Global Peace & Humanitarian Award
Global Peace & Humanitarian Award
Global Peace And Humanitarian Awards is presented to honour individuals and organizations in various fields whose exemplary efforts have significantly improved the lives of others and consistently contributed in promoting a culture of Peace and humanitarian services.This Prestigious awards also seeks to honour those who have demonstrated great courage and creativity in their work with the power to inspire others, the ability to lead, take responsibility and also an incredible integrity in difficult circumstances.
| Sl | Name | Country | Flag | Year | Awarded For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Stephen Killelea | Australia | exemplary efforts have significantly improved the lives of others and consistently contributed in promoting a culture of Peace and humanitarian services. | ||
| 14 | Millie Agada Attu | Nigeria | exemplary efforts have significantly improved the lives of others and consistently contributed in promoting a culture of Peace and humanitarian services. | ||
| 13 | Istifanus Dung Gyang | Nigeria | exemplary efforts have significantly improved the lives of others and consistently contributed in promoting a culture of Peace and humanitarian services. | ||
| 12 | Haluk Levent | Turkey | exemplary efforts have significantly improved the lives of others and consistently contributed in promoting a culture of Peace and humanitarian services. | ||
| 11 | Nezaket Emine Atasoy | Turkey | exemplary efforts have significantly improved the lives of others and consistently contributed in promoting a culture of Peace and humanitarian services. | ||
| 10 | Ann Frisch | United States | exemplary efforts have significantly improved the lives of others and consistently contributed in promoting a culture of Peace and humanitarian services. | ||
| 9 | Tamara Lorincz | Canada | exemplary efforts have significantly improved the lives of others and consistently contributed in promoting a culture of Peace and humanitarian services. | ||
| 8 | Reem Ghunaim | United States | exemplary efforts have significantly improved the lives of others and consistently contributed in promoting a culture of Peace and humanitarian services. | ||
| 7 | Rodolfo Fernando RIVERA | Italy | exemplary efforts have significantly improved the lives of others and consistently contributed in promoting a culture of Peace and humanitarian services. | ||
| 6 | Barry Rassin | Bahamas | exemplary efforts have significantly improved the lives of others and consistently contributed in promoting a culture of Peace and humanitarian services. | ||
| 5 | John Hewko | United States | exemplary efforts have significantly improved the lives of others and consistently contributed in promoting a culture of Peace and humanitarian services. | ||
| 4 | Josephine Ojiambo | Kenya | exemplary efforts have significantly improved the lives of others and consistently contributed in promoting a culture of Peace and humanitarian services. | ||
| 3 | Helen Grant | United Kingdom | exemplary efforts have significantly improved the lives of others and consistently contributed in promoting a culture of Peace and humanitarian services. | ||
| 2 | Namrata Suri | India | exemplary efforts have significantly improved the lives of others and consistently contributed in promoting a culture of Peace and humanitarian services. | ||
| 1 | Arthur Mattli | Switzerland | exemplary efforts have significantly improved the lives of others and consistently contributed in promoting a culture of Peace and humanitarian services. |
Global Peace & Humanitarian Award Laureates (2030 ~ 2021)
Stephen Killelea
Global Peace & Humanitarian Award 2022
Stephen Killelea is an IT entrepreneur and founder of the Institute for Economics and Peace, a global think tank. In August 1988, Killelea formed the Australian company IR, which was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 2000. The company’s main business is providing its PROGNOSIS performance monitoring software for business critical computing and IP telephony environments used by corporations such as Visa, Master Card and American Express; the New York, London and Hong Kong stock exchanges; and most of the world’s ATM.Killela retired from IR as Chairman in November 2018 to focus more time on hisphilanthropic interests. Killelea also has an IT venue capital fund named SmarterCapital, which is one of the investors behind Australian software firm EmagineInternational.Killelea set up The Charitable Foundation (TCF) in 2000, one ofAustralia’s biggest private overseas aid providers, spending over five million A$ in 2008.Killelea is the creative force behind the Global Peace Index study, launched in May 2007, that ranks the world’s nations’ and regions’ peacefulness. The Index has been endorsed by the Dala Lama , Desmond Tutu and Jimmy Carter. Killelea is the founder of the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) which is “analyzing the impact of peace on sustainability, defining the ‘Peace Industry’, estimating the value of peace to the world economy, and uncovering the social structures and social attitudes that are at the core of peaceful societies”.In 2013, Killelea’s founding of IEP was recognized as one of the 50 most impactful philanthropic gifts in Australia’s history by a coalition including the Myer Family Company, The Myer Foundation and Sidney Myer Fund, Pro Bono Australia, Swinburne University and Philanthropy Australia. He is also notable as being one of Australia’s largest individual donor to overseas aid. He sits on the advisory board of the Washington DC based Alliance for Peacebuilding, is a member of the Presidents Circle of the Club of Madrid, and is the Treasurer of Religions for PeaceIn 2008, Killelea was the producer and chief financier for the documentary Soldiers of Peace, which was shown at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, where it received The Club of Budapest World Ethic Film Award. The documentary also won Best Feature Film at the Monaco International Film Film Festival.In June 2010, Killelea was appointed a Member of the Order of Australian for his service to the community through the global peace movement and the provision of humanitarian aid to the developing world.
Millie Agada Attu
Global Peace & Humanitarian Award 2021
Attu Reachout Foundation is a registered Non-Governmental Organization,
established in the year 2013 by Major General AE Attu alongside his wife Millie Attu
in honour of their father, late Pa Stephen Ameh Attu. Late Pa Stephen Ameh Attu was
a discharged military personnel and an unsung hero, who recognized the value of
education as a tool for development. He was very passionate in ensuring that the less
privileged children and Orphaned Children acquire basic education as a prerequisite
for development, even with his meagre pension money.
THE PROGRESS: The Attu Reachout Foundation, meticulously and passionately
overseen by Mrs Millie Attu as its Executive Director, is basically focused on
providing educational support to Orphans and the poorest of the poor in Rural
Communities, with much impact within the North Central states of Nigeria, including
the Federal Capital Territory.
Over the years ARF also provided basic amenities such as borehole water supply,
Free Healthcare Outreach, Empowerment programmes for women and youths as well
as scholarship for 243 children amongst other humanitarian activities in various
Communities.
ARF recently conducted alongside its sister organization, Emildda Research and
Consultancy Services, a Health Symposium on Peptic Ulcer, Tuberculosis and HIV, at
the Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK). The Symposium had its participants cut
across different organizations, and promises to be an annual event.
THE FUTURE
The Attu Reachout Foundation intend to replicate its humanitarian activities in the
36 States of Nigeria and other African Countries, God willing.
ARF is open to synergize with other Organizations all over the world in bringing
Humanitarian Services to the downtrodden around the globe.
Istifanus Dung Gyang
Global Peace & Humanitarian Award
Senator Istifanus D. Gyang
Opening a citation of ID Gyang without the appendage of the well deserved and rightly earned prefix of Senator is neither an error or omission but a perfect signification of the kindly, humane and humble demeanour of this great man. This is a man whose presence alone would normally exude that ambience of calmness and serenity.D. Gyang has, and still mean a lot of things to many persons with whom he has had one kind of relationship or the other, especially the community, which has been privileged to call him son.On the whole however, the man, I. D. Gyang, would best be described as an enigma, owing to his rise and transformation from quite a humble start in life to his present attainment.An attribution to a lifestyle of hardwork, diligence, dedication, a determined and dogged spirit of pursuit and purposefulness. He naturally bestrides any atmosphere of his habitation like a colossus, with peaceful carriage and calm disposition.Senator I. D. Gyang, whom the good people of Plateau North have found worthy, capable and well fitting to be their voice in the upper chamber, National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, was born on 4th February1963 in Fan District of B/Ladi LGA, Plateau State had his early formative years Rawuru, Fan. He began his quest for education at EKAN Primary school Rite Fan and Government Secondary school Riyom for his secondary school where he was the overall best graduating student in 1981.As it is rightly said, a man’s story of greatness would so easily be found in the very story of his early formation. This is true also of Senator I. D. Gyang, as right from this point in his young life, he started exhibiting leadership qualities among his peers. He later proceeded to the great Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and bagged a BSc International Studies in 1986. He later bagged an LL.B Degree from the University of Jos in 2005 and was at the Law School in 2007 for his BL and call to the Bar.Senator I. D. Gyang is beside the aforementioned, also a thorough breed administrator and leader, who has in cumulation, rendered selfless and impactful service to his people, community and the nation at large for the period spanning 24 years and counting. He began his career pursuit as a classroom teacher in 1999 and would later proceed to serve as an administrative officer and Permanent Secretary in the Plateau State public service from 1990 to 2014.He voluntarily retired into active politics following the demand that was placed on him by the people to represent Barkin Ladi/Riyom Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives where he served creditably with visble and impactful deliverables of democracy dividend as a member of the 8th Assembly. Of course, as it is often said; the reward for a job well done is simply more work, hence the good people of Plateau North deemed it suiting to demand that Senator I. D. Gyang move a stride higher, to offer them an astute and altruistic representation in the red chamber of the National Assembly as Senator.Here on this platform is the man that has connected with the hearts and minds of his people. One that is simple yet thorough, calm yet outspoken. A man whose impact, capacity andversatility has attracted many honorific awards, too numerous to be listed here, a few of which include:I.D. Gyang has been appropriately decorated and garlanded with over 30 honours and awards by State, National and International bodies including but not limited to the following;
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Haluk Levent
Global Peace & Humanitarian Award
Haluk Levent
Known for his charity concerts, celebrated Turkish rock music singer has devised a unique way to help people in need.With 200 philanthropists and 30,000 volunteers on board, the music star’s voluntary group Ahbap (Dude) has established its network in 70 provinces of Turkey.“For instance, if a family needs money to pay its rent, I will offer to prepare dinner for the one, who helps the family,” said the singer, while explaining his unique way to help the needy.Three years ago, Levent started Ahbap as a small platform. It soon gained momentum and attracted people, who turned it into an association.The association has so far provided scholarships to 245 students, delivered 136 medical devices, medicines and other aid materials to 4,216 families. It has also launched 331 blood and stem cell campaigns.He came to Istanbul in 1992, and in July 1993 he created his first album called “Yollarda”. With over Fifteen albums, thousands of concerts, over two books, hundreds of awards, charity concerts, two record concerts (twelve hours) and dozens of environmental lawsuits have fit into his quarter-century-long artistic life.He said, “I don’t get into politics, but I will establish a social assistance party,” upon the messages of “Let’s Vote to Set Up a Party” on Twitter at the time of the election.The Dude movement, which started with a joke, became operational as the Dude Platform with the participation of thousands of volunteers, and on July 31, 2017, the Dude Association was officially established.Dude Platform; Currently, 64 cities, 60 university representatives, and 14 university clubs continue to work with thousands of Ahbap volunteers.He continues to do environmental operations, aid campaigns for children, medical product support and many other aids, which he carried out alone, on the Fellow Platform, where he is the General President, now, together with thousands of Ahbap volunteers.The Famous singer is also seen visiting patients in hospitals. “I see all patients as my relatives. I visit children admitted in hospitals. I sing for them. They hug me, “he said.
Nezaket Emine Atasoy
Global Peace & Humanitarian Award 2021
Mrs. Nezaket Emine Atasoy
Mrs. Nezaket Emine AtasoyCHAIRMANINTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATIONOF INVESTMENT & BUSINESS WORLDNezaket Emine Atasoy is the chairwoman Atasoylar Prestige Group of Companies which main aim is to sponsor large number of social responsibility projects carried out for the benefit of women, older people, and people with disabilities every year.She is the first and only general president of a confederation in Turkey as a woman. She worked through many Arabic States and the Middle East, by cooperating with the Arabic States and Embassies in Ankara. She signed protocols of cooperation with the economical non-governmental organizations of Arabic States (including 22 Arabic States) with the purpose of contributing to economical and commercial relationships between Turkey and the Arabic States mentioned above.With the support and contribution of Republic of Turkey with Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, his Excellency King Abdullah II, Under the auspices of the Palestinian President and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, she is the president of Middle East Peace Conferences that determines the politics of the Middle East, realized with attendance of 22 Arabic States in Ankara.With the cooperation of Turkey International Investment and Business Confederation, Arabic States Union, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Palestine State and the contributes of Republic of Turkey; under the auspices of His Excellency King Abdullah Il and the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Nezaket Emine Atasoy received the award of Service because of her works that contribution to Middle East peace initiative. She is the chairwoman of the Investment and Trading Business Forum.In 2017, she has chaired and hosted one of the largest African conference held in Ankara, Turkey-Africa Economic Cooperation. NezaketEmineATASOY, is aconsultant to the Turkey United Nations agencies- WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and CIPDH (International Human Rights Protection Committee. ULUSKON
Ann Frisch
Global Peace & Humanitarian Award
Dr. Ann Frisch
Dr. Ann Frisch
Professor Emerita University of Wisconsin, US
Unarmed Civilian Protector and Senior Adviser, Nonviolent Peaceforce
Chair, Rotary Action Group for Peace Nuclear Weapons Education SubcommitteeDr Ann Frisch served as Professor of Education and Human Services at the University of
Wisconsin Oshkosh, US. Among other teaching responsibilities, she taught her students
(undergraduate Human Services and graduate teaching professionals) how to use nonviolent
strategies in conflict situations. Using case studies of exemplary nonviolence work around the
world, she demonstrated the effectiveness and morality of building peace in human
relationships.
Ann Frisch joined an advocacy team at Nonviolent Peaceforce to expand the public
understanding and support for unarmed civilian protection. She served as unarmed civilian
protector in Guatemala where human rights workers’ lives were threatened.
As a UCP and Senior Adviser to Nonviolent Peaceforce, Ann Frisch has documented and
photographed these UCP teams at work. She has been a speaker around the world for both
Rotary and other organizations (Australia, Japan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Korea, UK, Germany,
Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Bosnia/Herzogovina, Malaysia, Netherlands, and across the
United States) where she demonstrates the success of Nonviolent Peaceforce.
She was an author of the first training manual for unarmed civilian protection in partnership
with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. The manual has been used to
train UN peacekeepers and unarmed civilians as well. This manual was used to train a
thousand local South Sudanese women in nonviolent methods to protect civilians and work
together to bring peace to their communities, and to raise the status of women in peacekeeping
and peacemaking in their country. It continues to reach youth in Africa by distance learning.
In the past several years, Ann has presented at the World Ranger Congress and the World
Conservation Congress. Rotary, she believes, can directly address the environmental violence
within national parks and other areas around the world because Rotarians can now be safe
working in areas of armed conflict.
Ann has been an NGO delegate to the Decade Review of the UN Geneva Declaration on Armed
Conflict and Development; she presented at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe (OSCE) in Sarajevo on the importance of women peacekeepers in South Sudan; in
Warsaw at UN-SPIDER (the UN emergency communication network) to link the mutual
networks needed both for natural disasters and armed conflict. She was one of four Rotarians
to be a civil society observer at the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Preparatory meetings at
the United Nations in 2019 representing Rotary Action Group for Peace.
Tamara Lorincz
Global Peace & Humanitarian Award
Tamara has been involved in the Canadian peace and environmental movement for more than twenty years. She is a member of the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and served on its Board of Directors for ten years. She is also a member of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom-Canada section. She was appointed as the representative on the Women, Peace and Security-Network Canada and to the Canadian Pugwash Group. She co-founded the Vancouver Island Peace and Disarmament Network (now World Beyond War-Victoria) and the Canadian Peace & Justice Network. Tamara was invited to serve and currently sits on the advisory council of World Beyond War, the council of the International Peace Bureau, and on the international board of Global Network Against Nuclear Power and Weapons in Space. She has been awarded the Peace in Space award in New York in 2005 and the Rotary International World Peace Fellowship in 2013 for her commitment and work on peace and disarmament issues over many years.Tamara has organized many national campaigns related to peace, disarmament, nonviolence and the Women, Peace & Security (WPS) agenda and related to environment and climate justice across Canada. She has published widely on these issues in newspapers across the country and in popular publications such as Peace Magazine. In 2016, Tamara’s chapter entitled “A Brief History of the Power of Nonviolence in Canada,” was published in the book, Advancing Nonviolence and Social Transformation, edited by Dr. Heather Eaton and Dr. Lauren Levesque. As well, Tamara has given many community and conference presentations. She also given many guest lectures related to peace and environmental issues at various universities including the University of Victoria, University of Toronto, University of Ottawa, Dalhousie University and University of New Brunswick among others.Currently, Tamara is a PhD candidate in Global Governance at the Balsillie School for International Affairs (Wilfrid Laurier University) in the Conflict & Security stream. Her doctoral research explores the connection between climate change and militarism and how peace could help with decarbonization. She has received scholarships for her research. Previously, with the Rotary International World Peace Fellowship, she was able to graduate with an MA in International Politics & Security Studies from the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom and work as a senior researcher for the International Peace Bureau in Switzerland from 2013 to 2015.Tamara also has demonstrated passionate leadership on the environment. She graduated with an LLB/JD and MBA specializing in environmental law and management from Dalhousie University in 2003. At the university, she founded and led the Corporate Environmental and Social Responsibility (CESR) group and won the national Corporate Knights award for her leadership. After graduation, she was the Executive Director of the Nova Scotia Environmental Network from 2005 to 2010. She co-founded the East Coast Environmental Law Association and the Sustainability Education in Nova Scotia for Everyone (SENSE) initiative. For several years she was on the national board of Ecojustice Canada and the Nova Scotia Minister’s Round Table on Environment and Sustainable Prosperity. From 2009-2013, she led a successful school greening program in Halifax, Nova Scotia, which became the subject of a short film “A Greening Story: École Burton Ettinger School.” She successfully fundraised to build three outdoor classrooms and install vegetable beds, a mini-Acadian forest, a school orchard, bike rack and benches for an elementary school. She helped run outdoor education and nature-based learning for youth and teachers in the province. Tamara has inspired Canadians across the country to care about peace and the environment.
Reem Ghunaim
Global Peace & Humanitarian Award
Reem
Reem is the Executive Director for the Rotary Action Group for Peace based in Portland, Oregon. She is a Positive Peace Activator and a Global Peace Index Ambassador for the Institute for Economics and Peace. Reem started in Rotary as a Rotaractor in Ramallah, Palestine. Later, she earned a Rotary Peace Fellowship at Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center where she earned her master’s degree in City and Regional Planning and a certificate in International Peace and Conflict Resolution. She is now a Rotarian at the Portland Rotary Club.Reem serves on the boards of several international organizations: Rotary Club of Portland (one of the largest Rotary Clubs in the world), Hands of Peace (an organization that empowers youth to lead the solutions for peace between Israelis and Palestinians), Combatants for Peace (an international NGO and an egalitarian, bi-national, grassroots movement committed to non-violent action against the “Israeli occupation and all forms of violence” in Israel and the Palestinian territories), and Peace Village (an organization that creates access to peace education for children worldwide).Reem has provided leadership through several international projects and events. In 2018, she served on the organizing committee of the Environmental Sustainability and Peace Conference, one of Rotary International’s six Presidential Peace Conferences which was addressed by the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau. She led the growth of the RAGFP Peacebuilder Club program from 22 clubs in the Pacific Northwest to over 270 clubs in 30 nations in less than three years. Reem is currently co-organizing the Rotary Peace Project Incubator, a gathering that aims to produce 40 international sustainable peace projects. Reem co-designed the 2020 Middle East Peace Education Trip to establish an experience for an international audience to create a fair understanding of the challenges and opportunities for peace in Israel and Palestine. She conceptualized and developed the Activate Positive Peace workbook which was presented at the 2019 Rotary Convention in Hamburg, Geneva Peace Week 2019 at the United Nations, and posted to the Positive Peace Academy by the Institute for Economics and Peace. Reem is the creator and host of the weekly Together for Peace webinar series which was designed to elevate social justice and peace issues. In this series, Reem interviews world-class leaders, including social entrepreneurs, organizational leaders, academics, peace activists, Nobel Peace Prize nominees, and inspiring Rotarians.Reem is an advocate for Human Rights, economic development, social entrepreneurship, technological innovation, and creative arts. She recently advanced a data-driven study of COVID-19 policies and their impact on vulnerable populations as a machine-learning contributor at Omdena, a global platform that builds innovative and ethical AI solutions. Currently, Reem is leading a Peace Project that builds a social-entrepreneurship hub for Palestinian youth to build innovative technological solutions to peace obstacles in their community.Previously, Reem created economic development strategies for the City of Shenzhen to advance the city’s livability program. She combined art and innovation for the Planning of Livable Cities project led by the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Reem worked for the United Nations Crisis Prevention Unit in Fiji where she worked with government representatives and religious leaders to foster collaboration between the government and civil society. She organized the 2011 Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival. This festival was mainly sponsored by the European Commission to promote mutual understanding through the creative arts. Reem advanced the 2010 International Conference for Human Values in Hamburg by integrating the Muslim community into the conference. This conference was held by the International Association of Human Values where Reem was completing her Yes We Can leadership program in Hamburg, Germany.
Rodolfo Fernando RIVERA
Global Peace & Humanitarian Award
Rodolfo Rivera
Rodolfo Rivera is currently Medical Doctor at the Nephrology Division of the Hospital of Desio
ASST-Brianza in Italy. In addition to the usual clinical activity, he carries out a substantial socio-
health activity in favor of his community.As President of the Lombardy section of the Italian Kidney Foundation, Dr. Rivera organized
numerous working days dedicated to the early diagnosis, treatment and prevention of kidney
diseases, coordinating interventions on the territory in collaboration with Italian Red Cross,
International Health Corps, and other local authorities such as Health Authorities. As the matter of
fact he recently cooperated with Municipality of metropolitan city of Milan and Lombardy Region.President 2021-2022 of the Rotary Club Milano Porta Venezia – Italy, in 2017 Dr. Rivera created
"AmaRene", a service dedicated to the prevention of kidney disease by which he has helped to
carry out over 1500 screenings to date for the community in Lombardy.In 2018, in collaboration with the Guardia di Finanza of Milan and in the context of AmaRene, he
organized and carried out seven days of prevention for arterial hypertension and chronic kidney
disease, screening over 550 soldiers. This project was supported by San Raffaele Vita e Salute
University of Milan and Milan-Bicocca University. Thanks to this propose early diagnosis of
numerous still silent pathologies could be performed.In March 2020, Dr Rivera became a patient. Struck by interstitial pneumonia from SarsCov2 during
the lockdown of the first wave, he experienced the effects of a still unknown and frightening
disease.However, after 5 weeks of convalescence he came back to work stronger and motivated than ever.
Still nowadays he is carrying out his commitment in the fight against COVID, not only as a
physician but as a volunteer, as Rotarian and above all as a citizen of a great community which,
maybe for the very first time after second world War is really facing great difficulties and
immeasurable pain.
Barry Rassin
Global Peace & Humanitarian Award
BARRY RASSIN
Int’l Heroes Award Recipient
COUNTRY: Bahamas
Barry Rassin is a director and former president of Doctors Hospital Health System
in Nassau, Bahamas, where he retired after a 38-year career. He was the first fellow
of the American College of Healthcare Executives in the Bahamas and was honoured
with the National Award of Health Hero by the Bahamas Ministry of Health and the Pan
American Health Organization.In 2010, Rassin coordinated Rotary disaster relief efforts in Haiti after a devastating
earthquake. That included supervising the completion of 105 relief and development
projects throughout Haiti that were made possible by the $6.5 million raised by Rotary
members worldwide. He is currently active on the Bahamas Rotary Disaster Relief
Committee and working on relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Dorian and the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Rassin chairs Volunteer Bahamas, a national program to create a culture of
Volunteerism in the country. He also helped found the Haiti National Clean Water,
Sanitation, and Hygiene Strategy (HANWASH), a collaborative program to bring
portable water and adequate sanitation to all the citizens of Haiti. In 2018, the
government of the Bahamas named him as an Officer of the Order of Distinction.
He served as RI president in 2018-19, and has received the Service Above Self Award.
He and his spouse, Esther, are Rotary Foundation Major Donors, Benefactors, Paul
Harris Fellows, and members of the Paul Harris Society.
John Hewko
Global Peace & Humanitarian Award
JOHN HEWKOFrom 2004 to 2009, Hewko was vice president for operations and compact
development for the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a U.S. government
agency established in 2004 to deliver foreign assistance to the world’s poorest countries.
At MCC, he was the principal United States negotiator for foreign assistance agreements
to 26 countries in Africa, Asia, South America, the Middle East, and the former Soviet
Union.
During his tenure, he completed the negotiation of assistance agreements totaling $6.3
billion to 18 countries for infrastructure, agriculture, water and sanitation, health, and
education projects.
Prior to joining MCC, Hewko was an international partner with the law firm Baker &
McKenzie, specializing in international corporate transactions in emerging markets. He
helped establish the firm’s Moscow office and was the managing partner of its offices in
Kyiv and Prague.
While working in Ukraine in the early 1990s, Hewko assisted the working group that
prepared the initial draft of the new Ukrainian post-Soviet constitution.
Hewko has been a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars, an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University, and a visiting scholar at
the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He has published papers and articles
in leading U.S. and international publications, and he has spoken extensively on
political and business issues dealing with the former Soviet Union, Central Europe,
Africa, and Latin America. He is also a member of the Council of Foreign Relations.
Hewko holds a law degree from Harvard University, a master’s in modern history from
Oxford University (where he studied as a Marshall Scholar), and a bachelor’s in
government and Soviet studies from Hamilton College in New York.
John Hewko is the general secretary and chief executive officer of Rotary International
and The Rotary Foundation.
Josephine Ojiambo
Global Peace & Humanitarian Award
DR. JOSEPHINE OJIAMBO"An advocate of democracy, good governance and sustainable development,
Ambassador Dr. Josephine Ojiambo champions Global Partnerships in the
implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals with a strong emphasis on
vulnerability including ensuring refugee and migrant rights, gender equality and
reproductive health and rights.
She has a distinguished public and diplomatic service career. She is currently an RI
Representative to UNICEF and Rotary Ambassador at large at the UNION.
She is Vice President of the Rotary club of Nairobi and serves on the Rotary District
9212 emergency response committee as the liaison to the National Business Compact
Coalition.
She is a member of the Resource Development Committee at the Aga Khan University,
Nairobi, Kenya. She is also a Special Advisor to the President and Executive Director of
Commonwealth Business Women (CBW)-International and Honorary President of CBW
Kenya.
She is an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health
at School of Public Health, Kenyatta University.& quot;
Helen Grant
Global Peace & Humanitarian Award
HELEN GRANTHelen became actively involved in politics in 2006 and was elected as Member of
Parliament for the Kent constituency of Maidstone & The Weald at the 2010 General
Election. She is the first black female Conservative MP and Minister. She has since been
returned as the MP in the general elections of May 2015, June 2017 and December 2019
with ever growing local support.After serving on the House of Commons Justice Select Committee she was promoted by
David Cameron as Minister for Justice 2012-13 and Minister for Women and Equalities
2012-2014. During that time, Helen was one of the three ministers responsible for
taking the historic 'Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013' through Parliament. As
Minister for Sport and Tourism from 2013-2015 she notably championed the growth of
women and girls' participation in sport in the UK, driving a similar agenda for people
from diverse and under-represented communities.In October 2017 she was appointed Chair of the Government's Apprenticeships Diversity
Champions Network, bringing businesses together with people of diverse and under-
represented backgrounds using the transformational opportunities of a apprenticeship
programmes.
Under Prime Minister Theresa May, Helen served as the Conservative Party's Vice
Chair for Communities for 2 years from 2018 to 2020. During this period she travelled
extensively and focussed upon issues concerning equality, inclusivity, social cohesion,
racism, and discrimination, engaging deeply with the UK's many ethnic groups and
communities.
In October 2020 Helen was appointed by the Prime Minister as the UK Trade Envoy to
Nigeria, the largest and fastest growing market in the African Continent with a
population of over 200 million people. She is supporting the drive for economic growth
by building on the UK's existing relations with Nigeria, maximising bilateral trade and
generating real and long term benefits for the UK.
Namrata Suri
Global Peace & Humanitarian Award
NAMRATA SURIAs the founder of The Peace Foundation, and over thirty five years of rich experience in
service and business encompassing running an Advertising agency.
Understanding international and domestic business in all major verticals and having the
requisite skills, experience, and confidence to manage a large enterprise/profit center.
She is the founder of 'National Institute of Advertising' (1995) and active member of a
team developing various apps and startups.
Following a younger days dream she was instrumental in launching India's first private
sector institution in Advertising. The institute has trained more than 2000 students that
are now working at various levels in the advertising industry across the globe. Some of
them are now at leadership positions.
As head of India operations and shareholder/director in the Indian JV, Namrata Suri
was responsible for the company's launch in India as well as the setup of marketing
activities. She own 18.75% stake in the holding firm that owns the 49% JV. She is one of
the two Indian directors.
She has been responsible for the initial presentations and the JV negotiations with
China CAMC. We have already obtained several critical contracts that are well past the
MOU stage and going on to planning and proposal stage. We have developed the
business initially in The Thermal, Hydro and Solar power industry as well as Water
Treatment and Cement Plants. Project Sizes: USD 50 Million to USD 1 Billion.
During her decade handling devices, she have worn many hats and throughout worked
at Board level (employee). The last big order at Olive was of USD 300 Million.
Arthur Mattli
Global Peace & Humanitarian Award
AMBASSADOR ARTHUR MATTI
Switzerland Ambassador to Romania
Switzerland
DIPLOMATIC SERVICE Ambassador of Switzerland to Romania, February, 2019
– PRESENT (accredited on April 16, 2019)
Ambassador and Representative of S w i t z e r l a n d t o t h e E a s t A f r i c a n
Community (EAC) and Ambassador of Switzerland to the Republic of Zambia, August
2015 – February 2019 with Residence in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
– Ambassador and Head of Division for Europe, Central Asia, Council of Europe and
OSCE (job-sharing), August 2011 – July 2015 Directorate of Political Affairs, Federal
Department of Foreign Affairs, Berne, Switzerland.
– Minister and Deputy Head of Mission, New Delhi, India, September 2008 – July 2011
Embassy of Switzerland in New Delhi, India
– Counsellor/Deputy Head of Mission,May 2004 – August 2008 Embassy of Switzerland
in Nairobi, Kenya, covering following countries and organizations:
Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, Somalia, Seychelles, Kenya, UNEP and UN-Habitat
– Head of Section Human Rights & International Humanitarian Law, Feb. 2000 – May
2004 Directorate for Public International Law, Section for Human Rights and
International Humanitarian Law, Federal Department for Foreign Affairs, Berne,
Switzerland