Aurora Prize Laureate is honored each year with a US $1,000,000 award and a unique opportunity to continue the cycle of giving.
The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative calls for nominations for the sixth Aurora Prize
Ilwad Elman, Fartuun Adan and the representatives of their designated organizations discussed the most pressing challenges in their work
Co-founder and Chair of IMAGINE will contribute to the Aurora Prize Laureate selection process
Received submissions feature 593 unique candidates for the award.
The announcement was made during the inaugural Aurora Forum taking place in Armenia in October 2019
The 2020 Aurora Dialogues Online event took place on the World Humanitarian Day and featured Angelique Namaika, Sakena Yacoobi, Sophie Beau and Ilwad Elman.
The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative calls for nominations for the fifth Aurora Prize.
A member of the Augustinian congregation, Sister Angélique Namaika is the cofounder of the Center for Reintegration and Development and the Saint Daniel Comboni Pediatric Clinic the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Unlikely partners Sophie Beau and Klaus Vogel are the co-founders of SOS Méditerranée (SOS Mediterranean), a civil European association for search and rescue on the high seas with teams in Germany, France, Italy and Switzerland.
“Mother of Afghanistan” is not just an honorary title that people use to describe Dr. Sakena Yacoobi. That is, in essence, how she feels about children and women she has been working with.
Fartuun Adan and Ilwad Elman lead the Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre in Somalia. For years, this mother and daughter team has been championing human rights, protecting women’s rights, promoting peacebuilding and rehabilitating child soldiers.