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. 

Nominations for this year are closed. Join us Tuesday, February 6th at the Awards Luncheon to honor all nominees.

Past Awardees

​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