Gethsie Shanmugam
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| Born | 1934 Ramon Magsaysay Awards (2017) |
Gethsie Shanmugam (
Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2017 for braving bombings and threats of arrests in conflict areas to counsel war widows, orphans and children affected by the civil war.[1][2]
Born in 1934 to a clerk in a British tea estate, Shanmugam had her education at Mowbray private girls’ boarding school.civil war.[4]
References
- ^ "Japanese, Sri Lankan among Magsaysay award winners". The Hindu. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Wijeya Newspapers. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ a b "'ආසියාවේ නොබෙල් තෑග්ග' ලැබුණු ලංකාවේ ගුරුවරිය ගෙත්සි ෂන්මුගම් (In Sinhala)". Lankadeepa. Wijeya Newspapers. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Shanmugam, Gethsie". The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
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