--- title: Malala Day Video Tells the #StrongerThan Story Through Children description: “Once there was a girl who wanted to go to school….” canonical: https://time.com/2967531/malala-day-video-tells-the-strongerthan-story-through-childrens-voices/ author: Denver Nicks article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-08T21:53:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:55:37.288Z og:title: Malala Day Video Tells the #StrongerThan Story Through Children og:description: “Once there was a girl who wanted to go to school….” og:url: https://time.com/2967531/malala-day-video-tells-the-strongerthan-story-through-childrens-voices/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e40547118503bc3/69869b1a35ba6fb756c02f33/malala-yousafzai.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Malala tipped for Nobel Peace Prize og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Malala Day Video Tells the #StrongerThan Story Through Children twitter:description: “Once there was a girl who wanted to go to school….” twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e40547118503bc3/69869b1a35ba6fb756c02f33/malala-yousafzai.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Malala Day Video Tells the #StrongerThan Story Through Children’s Voices  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Jul 8, 2014 9:53 PM UTC  Portrait of Malala Yousafzai taken on August 20, 2013. Portrait of Malala Yousafzai taken on August 20, 2013.Niall Carson—AP  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Jul 8, 2014 9:53 PM UTC **Correction appended, July 9** In preparation for worldwide Malala Day on July 14, 2014, the Malala Fund [released](http://community.malala.org/watch-malala-the-girl-who-was--619546484.html) this video of children telling the inspiring story of the Pakistani girl who dared to learn. “This is a story of strength,” begins the clip. One child after another then picks up the narrative, telling the story of Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl who narrowly survived a Taliban assassination attempt while still a young teenager, after gaining attention as an advocate for girls’ education. Since then, Malala has become an international envoy for education and women’s rights. “Malala Day is not my day,” she said in a statement. “It is the day of every girl and every boy. It is a day when we come together to raise our voices, so that those without a voice can be heard.” The Malala Fund calls on people to use the #StrongerThan hashtag on social medial to tell their own story of overcoming oppression. _Correction: The original version of this story misstated Malala_ _Yousafzai’s nationality._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2967531/malala-day-video-tells-the-strongerthan-story-through-childrens-voices/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2967531/malala-day-video-tells-the-strongerthan-story-through-childrens-voices/"},"headline":"Malala Day Video Tells the #StrongerThan Story Through Children’s Voices","datePublished":"2014-07-08T21:53:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:37.288Z","description":"“Once there was a girl who wanted to go to school….”","url":"https://time.com/2967531/malala-day-video-tells-the-strongerthan-story-through-childrens-voices/","keywords":["Living","Afghanistan","Education","Taliban","Malala Yousafzai","Malala"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e40547118503bc3/69869b1a35ba6fb756c02f33/malala-yousafzai.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e40547118503bc3/69869b1a35ba6fb756c02f33/malala-yousafzai.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Malala tipped for Nobel Peace Prize","caption":"Malala tipped for Nobel Peace Prize","creditText":"Niall Carson—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2967531/malala-day-video-tells-the-strongerthan-story-through-childrens-voices/","name":"Malala Day Video Tells the #StrongerThan Story Through Children’s Voices"}}]}] ```