Zarina Kheraj receives Member of the Order of the British Empire
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For the last seven years Zarina Kheraj has been jetting between her home in Dulwich and the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan.
The 66-year-old retired teacher works with a project setting up
English language classes in the impoverished central Asian country.
And now her good work has been rewarded with an MBE.
Zarina said: "It was quite a surprise. I got back from Tajikistan and
found this letter waiting for me.
"I don't know who nominated me but the British Ambassador visited one of our projects and maybe it's something to do with that.
"Our work is part of the Aga Khan Development Network and it is just
wonderful.
"It can be quite a hard place to live and if you get up in the morning
and find water flowing through the pipes and the electricity working
then you will jump for joy. But the work is wonderful.
"It is nice to do something worthwhile."
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