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The Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity is an international humanitarian award recognizing individuals for humanitarian work. It is awarded on behalf of the survivors of the Armenian genocide. [1] The Aurora Prize ceremonies have taken place since April 24, 2016. The laureate of the prize receives $1,000,000.
Kyaw Hla Aung was born in Sittwe, capital of Rakhine State, Burma, British Raj, as the son of a government official. His father Yusuf was a state court's Head Clerk, served for 40 years. [2] His birth name was Muhammad Kasim. He grew up and obtained his education in Sittwe and began to work as a court clerk and stenographer in 1960.
Noubar Afeyan (Western Armenian: Նուպար Աֆէեան; born in 1962) is an American-Canadian entrepreneur, inventor, and philanthropist. He is best known for co-founding the biotechnology company Moderna, through his venture capital firm, Flagship Pioneering, and for co-founding humanitarian projects such as Aurora Prize and The Future Armenian.
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Jamila Afghani ( Persian: جمیله افغانی; born 1976 in Kabul) [1] is a feminist and an activist for women's rights and education in Afghanistan. She is the founder and executive director of the Noor Educational and Capacity Development Organization (NECDO). She is also an executive member of the umbrella organization, Afghan Women's ...
Medical doctor, surgeon, Aurora Humanitarian Initiative Chair. Medical career. Institutions. Mother of Mercy Hospital. Thomas Gerard Catena is an American physician who has been practising in Gidel in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan since 2008. [3] [1] [4] On May 28, 2017, he was awarded the second annual Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity ...
Marguerite Barankitse. Marguerite (Maggie) Barankitse ( born in 1957 in Ruyigi, Ruyigi province, Burundi) is a Burundian humanitarian activist who works to improve the welfare of children and challenge ethnic discrimination in Burundi. After rescuing 25 children from a massacre, she was forced to witness the conflicts between the Hutu and Tutsi ...
On December 16, 2014, a death threat against Daoud was issued from a Facebook page that is now locked. Abdelfattah Hamadache, the radical Islamist preacher who issued the fatwa, leads a Salafist group called the Islamic Awakening Front. Hamadache has labeled Daoud an apostate, "an enemy of religion," a "deviant creature" and a "collaborator."