The second annual ceremony of Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity kicked off in Yerevan.
Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity was founded in 2015 by Aurora Humanitarian Initiative on behalf of Armenian Genocide survivors and in gratitude to their saviors. An Aurora Prize Laureate will be honored each year between 2015 and 2023 (in remembrance of the eight years of the Armenian Genocide 1915-1923) with a US$100,000 grant as well as the unique opportunity to continue the cycle of giving by nominating organizations that inspired their work for a US$1,000,000 award.
This year’s finalist’s are Fartuun Adan and Ms. Ilwad Elman, Founders of the Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre, Jamila Afghani, Chairperson of the Noor Educational and Capacity Development Organization, Afghanistan, Dr. Tom Catena, Surgeon at the Mother of Mercy Hospital in the Nuba Mountains, Sudan, Muhammad Darwish, Medical Doctor at the Madaya Field Hospital, Syria, Denis Mukwege, Gynecological Surgeon and Founder of the Panzi Hospital, The Democratic Republic of the Congo.
World famous singer Charles Aznavour is in Armenia for participation in the ceremony.
