( CNN ) -- Malala Yousufzai , the Pakistani schoolgirl activist who was shot in the head by the Taliban , has expressed gratitude to the people around the world who have supported her as she recovers from the traumatic attack . `` Thank you so much for the outpouring of love and support , '' Malala said in a message read by Anderson Cooper at the CNN Heroes ceremony in Los Angeles . `` I thank the people that supported me without distinguishing religion and color . '' Malala has been campaigning for girls ' right to education in a conservative area of Pakistan for years . In her message , she praised girls in northwestern Pakistan `` who are continuing their studies despite threats from militants . '' She is now at a hospital in Britain , where she was transferred to soon after the assassination attempt in northwestern Pakistan in October . Examinations there revealed that she had suffered no major neurological damage , but she still faces a long struggle to recover from her injuries . Malala is reading books and walking in the hospital in the city of Birmingham , according to her father , Ziauddin Yousufzai . Her story generated a huge amount sympathy and support in Pakistan and across the globe . The Pakistani Taliban have threatened to go after her again , but Malala appears to be undeterred from her campaigning . `` People have actually supported a cause , not an individual , '' she said in her message . `` Let 's work together to educate girls around the world . '' CNN 's Kyle Almond and journalist Nasir Habib contributed to this report .
Malala Yousufzai says thank you for `` the outpouring of love and support '' She is recovering in Britain after being shot by Taliban gunmen in Pakistan . Her father says she is walking and reading books . She expresses commitment to the cause of promoting girls ' education .