A painted portrait of Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot in
the head by the Taliban, doing her homework fetched $102,500 at an
auction on Wednesday in New York. And according to Malala, the proceeds
will be donated from her Malala Fund to Nigerian nonprofits that focus
on education for women and girls in the wake of the kidnapping of more
than 300 schoolgirls in that country.
Last week, the Malala Fund had launched a special