Idaho Refugee Recognition Awards
The Idaho Refugee Recognition Awards are given out at the Tuesday Awards Luncheon at the Idaho Conference on Refugees. We invite your nominations of such individuals for the following awards:
Refugee Champion Awards: The purpose of the Champion Awards is to annually recognize outstanding humanitarian contributions to refugee resettlement in Idaho.
Idaho Refugee Success & Integration Award: This award is given to an individual who arrived in the US as a refugee and has demonstrated outstanding success in Idaho. The awardee might be a supporter and advocate in his or her local community, have overcome significant obstacles to obtain self-sufficiency, or have created jobs that benefit the economy and fellow refugees. Nominees must have arrived to the United States as refugees.
Refugee Champion Awards: The purpose of the Champion Awards is to annually recognize outstanding humanitarian contributions to refugee resettlement in Idaho.
Idaho Refugee Success & Integration Award: This award is given to an individual who arrived in the US as a refugee and has demonstrated outstanding success in Idaho. The awardee might be a supporter and advocate in his or her local community, have overcome significant obstacles to obtain self-sufficiency, or have created jobs that benefit the economy and fellow refugees. Nominees must have arrived to the United States as refugees.
Nominations for this year are closed. Join us Tuesday, February 6th at the Awards Luncheon to honor all nominees.
Past Awardees
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2017
Refugee Champion Awards Nathan Dennis Mary Karol Taylor Yasmin Aguilar Dustin Robinson Refugee Success & Integration Awards Gebregziabher Abrehaley Adey Salat Charles Sindayihebura 2015
Refugee Champion Awards Megan Jones Jill Ball Kay Wingert Refugee Success & Integration Awards Kituta Ibrahim Asimba Alaa Abdulamir Hawng Lum Tangbau Refugee Employer Award GCA Services Group 2013
Refugee Champion Awards Kathy Tidwell Angie Kutz Eunice Njiraini Dr. Molly O'Shea Refugee Success & Integration Awards Chandra Upreti Ayad Al Mansuri Refugee Employer Award B and D Foods 2011
Adult Educator Award Ruth Merrill Refugee Champion Award Office Shelli Sonnenberg Youth Educator Award Dr. Susan Williamson Refugee Success & Integration Award Fidel Nshombo Refugee Resettlement Honors Lana Whiteford Refugee Employee Award Three Mile Canyon |
2016
Refugee Champion Awards Josh Wiese Nick & Laura Armstrong Kathy Railsback Jodi Larson-Farrow Refugee Success & Integration Awards Belma Sadikovic Kibrom Milash Olga Nlemvo 2014
Refugee Champion Awards Rabiou Manzo Judith Hobbs Chalise Eyre Terri Macdonald Refugee Success & Integration Award Tecle Gebremichael Nahida Mohammad Eh Soe Min Refugee Employer Award The Riverside Hotel 2012
Refugee Champion Awards Bob Rush Steven Rainey Matt Rutte Mohamed Oudrhiri Refugee Success & Integration Award Devi Kharel Refugee Employer Award A Better Care Home Health |
