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| Malala Yousafzai wants all children to have education | Malala Yousafzai wants all children to have education |
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| Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban, said a fund had been set up to help all children get an education. | Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban, said a fund had been set up to help all children get an education. |
| Malala, 15, was speaking in an interview recorded before surgery at a Birmingham hospital on Saturday. | Malala, 15, was speaking in an interview recorded before surgery at a Birmingham hospital on Saturday. |
| She was shot on a school bus in October in Pakistan after campaigning for girls' rights to education. | |
| A bullet was removed from her head by surgeons in Pakistan, before she was flown to the UK for further treatment. | |
| Malala was discharged as an inpatient from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in January and underwent surgery at the weekend, which lasted five hours. | |
| Speaking in English Malala said she wanted to "serve the people". | Speaking in English Malala said she wanted to "serve the people". |
| "Today you can see that I'm alive. I can speak, I can see you, I can see everyone and today I can speak and I'm getting better day by day. | "Today you can see that I'm alive. I can speak, I can see you, I can see everyone and today I can speak and I'm getting better day by day. |
| "It's just because of the prayers of people, because all the people - men, women, children - all of them have prayed for me. | "It's just because of the prayers of people, because all the people - men, women, children - all of them have prayed for me. |
| "Because of these prayers God has given me this new life and this is a second life. | "Because of these prayers God has given me this new life and this is a second life. |
| "I want to serve the people and I want every girl, every child, to be educated and for that reason we have organised the Malala Fund." | |
| She also made her comments in Urdu and Pashtu. | |
| The Taliban said it attacked the campaigner for girls' education for "promoting secularism". | |
| The Malala Fund has been set up by Vital Voices. | |
| A message on the organisation's website said: "We established the Malala Fund on behalf of Malala and her family, working together with supporters of the cause, including the United Nations Foundation and Girl Up, and within a community of supportive organisations and individuals, to realise Malala's vision of education for all girls." |