KUALA LUMPUR: The Gandhi Memorial Trust (GMT) is to present a special award to Life President of The Pure Life Society, Datin Paduka Mother A. Mangalam for her immense contribution in social service for more than 60 years.
GMT chairman S. Radhakrishnan said the award would be presented to Mangalam, 88, in conjunction with the United Nations international day of non-violence at the Royal Lake Club here, tomorrow.
“Mother Mangalam is an outstanding teacher and a caring mother to the underprivileged,” said Radhakrishnan.
Mangalam started teaching in 1948 until she took optional retirement from the teaching service in 1977 to devote her time to work for the Pure Life Society’s orphanage.
The Pure Life Society, founded in 1949 by Swami Satyanandaji, runs an orphanage which houses, among others, abandoned children and those from broken families.
Meanwhile, Radhakrishnan said two well-known speakers would be attending the event to deliberate ideas on how Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals on non-violence is still applicable in this era.
The speakers are Global Movement of Moderates (GMM) chief executive officer Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah and Universiti Malaya’s Faculty of Medicine Deputy Dean Prof Datuk Dr Christopher Boey Chiong Meng.
United Nations Resident Coordinator for Malaysia, Michelle Gyles-McDonnough is scheduled to officiate the event. Bernama