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PRESS RELEASE FROM THE MOVEMENT FOR AFRICAN REFUGEES IN NIGERIA (MAREN) Re: The 4th DINBMA 2007 Award to Dr. (Mrs.) Shambhavi Vedantam Murthy Gopalkrishna Our Founder, Dr. (Mrs.) Shambhavi Vedantam Murthy Gopalkrishna was Awarded the 4th Distinguished African Nation-Builder Merit Award 2007 (DINBMA 2007) for her contributions and work with the refugees in Nigeria. Dr. Shambhavi Gopalkrishna is the first Non-African/Asian to receive this Award. The Award ceremony took place at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja on Saturday, 25th August 2007 evening. For her work with the African Refugees in Nigeria, Dr. Gopalkrishna was recognised as Indian of the Year 2005-2006 in October 2006 by UBHAS Nigeria and as Millennium Woman 2006. Thanks & Regards, In Peace, Shola National Coordinator MAREN ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Note: The material contained in this communication comes to you from the Forced Migration Discussion List which is moderated by the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), University of Oxford. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the RSC or the University. If you re-print, copy, archive or re-post this message please retain this disclaimer. Quotations or extracts should include attribution to the original sources. List archives are available at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html