Jemilah gets award from US college
(Article in The Star)
Date: October 22nd 2006
KUALA LUMPUR : Mercy Malaysia President Datuk Dr Jemilah Mahmood has been conferred the Gandhi, King, Ikeda Award.
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Dr Jemilah: Awarded for her humanitarian work |
She is the first Malaysian to receive such recognition by the Martin Luther King Jr International Chapel of Morehouse College, United States. According to a press statement released here on Friday, the institute's dean, Dr Lawrence E Carter Sr presented the award which was accepted by Dr Jemilah's husband, Datuk Dr Ashar Abdullah, on her behalf. Dr Jemilah is currently attending a United Nations training programme in Sweden. “We are proud to link Dr Jemilah's name with our highest honour as she is an exemplary human being who has caught our attention with her undying efforts in providing medical and humanitarian aid through Mercy Malaysia to those suffering, regardless of race, colour and creed,” said Carter. The award symbolises the tradition of peace work based on non-violence that Mahatma Gandhi, Dr Martin Luther King Jr and Dr Daisaku Ikeda shared. – Bernama |
