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The four finalists for the Aurora Prize in memory of the Armenian Genocide have been announced, according to The New York Times.

They are Marguerite Barankitse, founder of Maison Shalom, which began as a center for orphans during ethnic upheavals that convulsed Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo in the 1990s; Dr. Tom Catena, a physician from Amsterdam, N.Y., who founded the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Sudan’s war-ravaged Nuba Mountains eight years ago; Syeda Ghulam Fatima, who runs the Bonded Labour Liberation Front, an organization in Lahore, Pakistan, that aids destitute workers and who was once shot because of her work; and the Rev. Bernard Kinvi, a priest from Togo who runs a Catholic mission in the Central African Republic that has saved many civilians from reprisals in that country’s chronic civil conflict, regardless of their backgrounds.

The finalists will attend a ceremony in Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia, on April 24—the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide—, where the winner will be announced.

The Aurora Prize will be handed to the winner by its Selection Committee co-chair, Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel and Academy-award winning actor and humanitarian George Clooney, who will arrive in Armenia on April 22, for this very purpose.

The Aurora Prize was founded by the 100 LIVES initiative to celebrate the spirit of humanity demonstrated by those who intervened on behalf of persecuted Armenians one hundred years ago. It is named after Aurora Mardiganian, who, as a child, survived the atrocities of the Armenian Genocide and committed her life to seeking recognition and justice.

With the Aurora Prize, the 100 LIVES initiative recognizes today’s heroes who selflessly help others.

The prize was created by Armenian businessmen and prominent philanthropists Vartan Gregorian—the president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York—, Noubar Afeyan, and Ruben Vardanyan.

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