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Honoring the Spirit of American Volunteerism
The Outstanding Citizen Achievement Citation Program
Making the world a better place isn’t a goal that can be achieved by a single organization. But one person—a college student, a businessman, a doctor—who reaches beyond backyards and borders to help another can make a tremendous impact.
USAID launched its Outstanding Citizen Achievement Citation program in October 2002 to highlight the value of American volunteer service in an international development context. Recipients are nominated by USAID field staff and selected through a competitive process, based on the extent to which their efforts have contributed to the realization of USAID’s mission to provide economic development and humanitarian assistance around the world.
To date, nine Americans have been honored for their work in communities throughout Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Collectively, their grassroots efforts have helped the citizens of newly-democratic nations build a more peaceful, healthy and prosperous future. Click on the links below to learn more about the work of USAID’s Outstanding Citizens.
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On April 19, 2006, USAID honored H. Kenneth Walker, M.D. of Emory University with its Outstanding Citizen Achievement Citation at the Emory Conference Center in Atlanta. Dr. Walker is being recognized for spearheading a volunteer partnership with his counterpart, Irakli Sasania, M.D. of M. Iashvili Central Children’s Hospital in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia. Read More ... |
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Leslie Hawke was honored Monday evening, January 10, 2005, by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) at an Outstanding Citizen Achievement Citation ceremony in the Rosenthal Pavilion at New York University's Helen & Martin Kimmel Center for University Life. Ms. Hawke was recognized by the Bureau for Europe & Eurasia for her work with Roma street children and their families in Bacau and Bucharest, Romania. Read More ... |
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U.S. District Judge Michael Mihm was honored Friday evening, August 6, 2004, by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) at an Outstanding Citizen Achievement Citation Ceremony in the Robert H. Michel Student Center at Bradley University. This event culminated a number of activities to honor the voluntary service Judge Mihm has given to support rule of law and judicial development over the past 10 years in Russia. Read More ... |
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Paul A. Unger, founder of Cleveland State University's Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs Unger Croatia Center for Local Government, was presented with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Outstanding Citizen Achievement Award in a ceremony this evening at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio. Read More ... |
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Dr. Gregory J. Spirakis received the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID) Outstanding Citizenship Achievement Award
in a ceremony this evening in Lakeland, Florida. The award was
presented to Dr. Spirakis by Dr. Kent R. Hill, USAID Assistant
Administrator for Europe and Eurasia. Read
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Rita Balian, Arlington, Virginia businesswoman and humanitarian activist
received the USAID Outstanding Citizen Achievement
Award in a public ceremony at the USAID headquarters today
in Washington, D.C. Ms. Balian received the award in recognition
of her volunteer efforts in Armenia. Read
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Dr. Patricia Kubow, assistant professor of education at Bowling
Green State University in Ohio, has been awarded the Outstanding
Citizen Achievement Award by the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID) for her work fostering the professional
development and democratic leadership of educators and students
around the world. Read
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Andrew A. Athens, Chicago businessman and philanthropist was
awarded the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Bureau Citation in a private ceremony in Washington on Friday.
Dr. Kent R. Hill, USAID Assistant Administrator for Europe
and Eurasia, presented the citation to Mr. Athens, which recognizes
his international service in the areas of human rights and
social justice. Read
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Kay Lauren Miller, a Georgetown University freshman from
Vienna, Virginia, was named the first recipient of the U.S.
Agency for
International Development (USAID) Bureau Citation for her work
in promoting reading in the developing world. Read
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