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Umra Omar

Founder and Executive Director, Safari Doctors; 2016 CNN Hero

LocationKenya
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Fartuun Adan

Founder, Elman Peace and Human Rights Center; 2017 Aurora Humanitarian

LocationSomalia
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Anna Afeyan

Co-Founder, Noubar & Anna Afeyan Foundation

LocationUnited States
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Jamila Afghani

Founder and Chairperson, Noor Educational and Capacity Development Organization (NECDO); 2017 Aurora Humanitarian

LocationAfghanistan
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María Elena Agüero

Secretary General, Club de Madrid

LocationSpain
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Ido Aharoni

Global Distinguished Professor, New York University; Member, International Advisory Council, APCO

LocationUnited States
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Marine Ales

Composer; Author; Theater Critic; Member, Aurora Prize Creative Council

LocationArmenia
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Seda Ambartsumian

Partner, Strategic Communications & External Affairs, Kamet Ventures

LocationUnited Kingdom
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Mohamed Amersi

Founder and Chairman, Inclusive Ventures Group; Founder, Amersi Foundation

LocationUnited Kingdom
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Garabed Antranikian

Head, Institute of Technical Microbiology, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH); Chairman, Advisory Board, FAST

LocationGermany
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Simon Appleby

Chairman, Yu Feng Nong Holdings Limited

LocationHong Kong (Special Administrative Region of the PRC)
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Umra Omar

LocationKenya

Founder and Executive Director, Safari Doctors; 2016 CNN Hero

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Umra Omar is a Kenyan humanitarian and community conservation strategist. She is Founder of Safari Doctors, an organization that delivers primary medical care and health education by boat, air, and land to Bajuni and Aweer communities in Lamu, Kenya. 

After moving to the United States to go to college and work, she returned to Lamu to help her community, believing that "With a leap of faith, we can all be the change our world screams for.” In 2016, Omar was named a Top 10 CNN Hero, and in 2017, she was named the UN in Kenya Person of the Year along with the rest of the Safari Doctors team.