Dr Jacques Kongawi, American Leprosy Missions’ Country Representative for the Democratic Republic of Congo, was presented with the Damien Dutton Award 2009 at a reception on 5^th November.

 “Dr Kongawi works tirelessly, often in life-threatening situations, to treat people suffering from leprosy in his home country of the Democratic Republic of Congo” according to the press release issued by American Leprosy Missions: http://leprosy.org/getinterested/newsandmedia/news.php

 

Damien Dutton Award

This Award was created by the Damien-Dutton Society for Leprosy Aid Inc., which is a non-profit organisation dedicated to the ridding the world of leprosy. It is named after both Saint Damien, a Belgian priest, who was canonised on 11^th October 2009 and after Joseph Dutton, a US civilian war veteran, who helped Father Damien whilst he had leprosy.

Winners of this Award since 1953:

1953        Stanley Stein, USA
1954        Rev Joseph Sweeney, Korea
1955        Sister Marie Suzanne, France
1956        Perry Burgess, USA
1957        John Farrow, USA
1958        Sister Hilary Ross, USA
1959        Dr H Windsor Wade, Philippines
1960        Msgr Louis J Mendelis, USA
1961        Dr Kensuke Mitsuda, Japan
1962        Rev Pierre de Orgeval, France
1963        Eunice Weaver, Brazil
1964        Dr Robert Cochrane, UK
1965        John F Kennedy, USA (posthumously)
1966        Peace Corps, USA
1967        Dr Howard Rusk, USA
1968        Dr Frans Hemerijckx, Belgium
1969        Dr Victor Heiser, USA
1970        Dr Dharmendra, India
1971        Dr Chapman Binford, USA
1972        Dr Patricia Smith, Vietnam
1973        Dr Jacinto Convit, Venezuela
1974        Dr Jose N Rodriquez, Philippines
1975        Dr Oliver Hasselblad, USA
1976        Dr Yoshio Yoshie, Japan
1977        Drs Paul and Margaret Brand, USA
1978        Dr Fernando Latapi, Mexico
1979        Dr Stanley Brown, UK
1980        Robert Watelet, Zaire
1981        American Leprosy Missions, USA
1982        Dr Ma Heide, Peoples Republic of China
1983        Murlidhar D Amte (Baba Amte), India
1984        Mother Teresa, India
1985        Dr John Hanks, USA
1986        Samuel Butcher, USA
1987        Dr W Felton Ross, USA
1988        Hermann Kober, West Germany
1989        Catholic Medical Mission Board, USA
1990        Dr Wayne Meyers, USA
1991        Dr Ruth Pfau, Pakistan
1992        Anwei Skinsnes Law, USA
1993        Dr C K Job, India
1994        International Journal of Leprosy, USA
1995        Dr Joon Lew, Korea
1996        Richard Monks, Molokai
1997        Dr Roy Pfaltzgraff, USA
1998        Jean Margaret Watson, UK
1999        Dr Margaret Anne Meyer, USA
2000        Dr V K Desikan, India
2001        Professor Michel Lechat, Belgium
2002        Dr Yo Yuasa, Japan
2003        Gerard Kirchner, USA
2004        Dr Michael Waters, UK
2005        Eliazar Rose, India
2006        Dr Ernst Fritschi, India
2007        Dr Roland Cellona, Philippines
2008        The Nippon Foundation & Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation
2009        Dr Jacques Kongawi

Website of the Damien-Dutton Society for Leprosy Aid Inc: http://www.damien-duttonleprosysociety.org/ 

 

 

 

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