Malala honoured in the Caribbean

Published August 1, 2014
Malala Yousafzai delivers the feature address at a gala event in her honour at the National Academy for the Performing Arts in Port of Spain on Friday. – Reuters Photo
Malala Yousafzai delivers the feature address at a gala event in her honour at the National Academy for the Performing Arts in Port of Spain on Friday. – Reuters Photo
Malala Yousafzai gestures next to visiting children from Kiara's Youth Camp during a group photo opportunity at the Emancipation Village in Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain on Friday. – Reuters Photo
Malala Yousafzai gestures next to visiting children from Kiara's Youth Camp during a group photo opportunity at the Emancipation Village in Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain on Friday. – Reuters Photo
Malala Yousafzai holds two scholarship scrolls which she received on behalf of Malala Education Foundation at a gala event in her honour at the National Academy for the Performing Arts in Port of Spain on Friday. – Reuters Photo
Malala Yousafzai holds two scholarship scrolls which she received on behalf of Malala Education Foundation at a gala event in her honour at the National Academy for the Performing Arts in Port of Spain on Friday. – Reuters Photo
Malala Yousafzai leaves the dais after delivering the feature address at a gala event in her honour at the National Academy for the Performing Arts in Port of Spain on Friday. – Reuters Photo
Malala Yousafzai leaves the dais after delivering the feature address at a gala event in her honour at the National Academy for the Performing Arts in Port of Spain on Friday. – Reuters Photo
Malala Yousafzai and her father Ziauddin Yousafzai play drums as her brother Apal Khan looks on during their visit to the Emancipation Village at Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain on Friday. – Reuters Photo
Malala Yousafzai and her father Ziauddin Yousafzai play drums as her brother Apal Khan looks on during their visit to the Emancipation Village at Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain on Friday. – Reuters Photo
Malala Yousafzai paints at an art workshop during a visit to the Emancipation Village at Queen's Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain on Friday. – Reuters Photo
Malala Yousafzai paints at an art workshop during a visit to the Emancipation Village at Queen's Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain on Friday. – Reuters Photo
A girl displays a copy of the book, “I Am Malala,” copies of which were given to guests attending the gala event in honour of Malala Yousafzani, at the National Acedemy for the Performing Arts in Port of Spain on Friday. – Reuters Photo
A girl displays a copy of the book, “I Am Malala,” copies of which were given to guests attending the gala event in honour of Malala Yousafzani, at the National Acedemy for the Performing Arts in Port of Spain on Friday. – Reuters Photo
Malala Yousafzai autographs a copy of her book, “I Am Malala”, for acting President of Trinidad and Tobago Timothy Hamel-Smith, following a gala event in her honour at the National Academy for the Performing Arts in Port of Spain on Friday. – Reuters Photo
Malala Yousafzai autographs a copy of her book, “I Am Malala”, for acting President of Trinidad and Tobago Timothy Hamel-Smith, following a gala event in her honour at the National Academy for the Performing Arts in Port of Spain on Friday. – Reuters Photo

Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai took a trip to Caribbean where she was not only honoured with scholarships and book signing ceremonies but enjoyed herself with family at gala events and local festivals.

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