There's a headline you don't see often.

Eighty-six-year-old Emilia Kamvysi (pictured far right), who lives on the island of Lesbos, might be the most unassuming candidate of a Nobel Peace Prize ever.

When asked about the potential share of the $1.2 million prize, the grandmother, who makes do on her modest $360-a-month farmer’s pension said, "What am I going to do with it anyway?"

She was nominated along with her neighbours, aged 89 and 85, after being photographed last year helping a Syrian refugee mother bottle-feed her child on the beach.

But Kamvysi said her actions were nothing: “There are many people that helped the refugees — the fishermen, the volunteers. It wasn’t just us.

“Those poor babies, escaping war and drowning in the waters. It’s such a shame. We’re all crying in the village whenever there’s a shipwreck.”

If she wins, Kamvysi intends on donating the money to the crumbling Greek healthcare system.

“I wish that Greece wins this prize, not just me,” she said.

It's nice to be reminded that good people exist out there. 

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