Over 500,000 postcards sent to PMO to tackle basic issues

New Delhi, June 13: Over 500,000 Indians have sent postcards to Prime Minister Narendra Modi under the the Action/2015 campaign of Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai, urging him to represent their voices at the UN General Assembly later this year ahead of sustainable development goals (SDGs) being adopted for the next 15 years. Thousands of men, women, children and activists from India have also met political leaders and lawmakers to discuss issues like poverty and inequality. Action/2015, a coalition of over 1,600 organizations in around 160 countries, is arguably one of the biggest campaigns in the world. Yousafzai announced the campaign whwen she accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, shared with child rights' activist Kailash Satyarthi, last December 2014. It was launched in India in January 2015 across 15 states. "There have been over five lakh (500,000) postcards sent by people from marginalised communities directly to the Prime Minister's Office. These postcards appeal to him to think on issues of sanitation, health, education and repeal of the Armed Forces Special Protection Act (AFSPA) in the northeast," Pragya Vats, An action/2015 campaigner from NGO Save the Children, told IANS.