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Aubrey Charette, 416.971.7474; aubrey@warchild.ca
September 15, 2003
As doctors who have worked extensively in war zones, Eric Hoskins and Samantha Nutt know the human toll taken by war, especially its effects on children.
The married couple’s efforts to help war’s youngest victims through their organization, War Child Canada, are being recognized by this year’s Thakore Foundation Visiting Scholar Award. The award is co-sponsored by SFU's institute for the humanities, in cooperation with the Thakore Charitable Foundation and the India Club of Vancouver.
Hoskins has just returned from war-torn Iraq, where he led a team of humanitarian workers to assess how children were faring under post-war conditions. The team also delivered medicine and medical textbooks to a hospital it established in Karbala two years ago. Earlier this summer Nutt travelled to Afghanistan, where the organization has launched a women’s literacy and vocational training program
War Child Canada was established in 1999 and has projects underway in war-affected countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. The organization also promotes awareness of human rights issues and war-affected children among North American youth, and works with the music industry to help raise funds, including $100,000 from sales of the recently released CD, Peace Songs.
The Thakore award was created in 1991 by the late Natverlal Thakore, a former member of SFU's education faculty, to honour individuals who show a concern for truth, justice and non-violence in public life, qualities that Gandhi valued.
The award ceremony will be held in conjunction with the celebration of Gandhi's birthday on Oct. 2. It will take place in SFU’s Images Theatre at 7:30 p.m., following the Gandhi commemorative ceremony at 6:45 p.m. at the Gandhi bust, located on the south side of the academic quadrangle.
Note: Nutt is not able to attend the ceremony. Hoskins will arrive from Toronto early on Oct. 2 and leaves later in the day on Oct. 3.
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For biographies on Hoskins and Nutt check their website, www.warchild.ca
The married couple’s efforts to help war’s youngest victims through their organization, War Child Canada, are being recognized by this year’s Thakore Foundation Visiting Scholar Award. The award is co-sponsored by SFU's institute for the humanities, in cooperation with the Thakore Charitable Foundation and the India Club of Vancouver.
Hoskins has just returned from war-torn Iraq, where he led a team of humanitarian workers to assess how children were faring under post-war conditions. The team also delivered medicine and medical textbooks to a hospital it established in Karbala two years ago. Earlier this summer Nutt travelled to Afghanistan, where the organization has launched a women’s literacy and vocational training program
War Child Canada was established in 1999 and has projects underway in war-affected countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. The organization also promotes awareness of human rights issues and war-affected children among North American youth, and works with the music industry to help raise funds, including $100,000 from sales of the recently released CD, Peace Songs.
The Thakore award was created in 1991 by the late Natverlal Thakore, a former member of SFU's education faculty, to honour individuals who show a concern for truth, justice and non-violence in public life, qualities that Gandhi valued.
The award ceremony will be held in conjunction with the celebration of Gandhi's birthday on Oct. 2. It will take place in SFU’s Images Theatre at 7:30 p.m., following the Gandhi commemorative ceremony at 6:45 p.m. at the Gandhi bust, located on the south side of the academic quadrangle.
Note: Nutt is not able to attend the ceremony. Hoskins will arrive from Toronto early on Oct. 2 and leaves later in the day on Oct. 3.
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For biographies on Hoskins and Nutt check their website, www.warchild.ca