There are 4 candidates of ‘’Aurora-2020’’. Chairman of the Selection Committee Ara Darzi presented their names. He noted that they received most applications this year and though it was hard to make a choice, they chose 4 candidates.
Fartuun Adan and Ilwad Elman from Somalia, who fought for peace in their country,
Angelique Namaika from Congo, who organized assistance to refugees,
Sophie Beau and Klaus Vogel, who helped 30 thousand refugees in the Mediterranean,
Sakina Yaqubi from Afghanistan, who helped 16 million Afghans and Pakistanis, mostly women, get an education.
The fourth annual Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity was awarded to Mirza Dinnayi, Co-Founder and Director of Luftbrücke Irak (Air Bridge Iraq) in 2019. Driven by his passion to save lives, the Yazidi activist has found a way to overcome numerous bureaucratic and logistic obstacles to help the most vulnerable members of the Yazidi community during numerous conflicts in Syria and Iraq. He was named the 2019 Aurora Laureate at the Ceremony in Yerevan that was held during the Aurora Forum. The Aurora Prize is granted by the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative on behalf of the survivors of the Armenian Genocide and in gratitude to their saviors.
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