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National Peace Corps Association > About Us > Awards
Awards
NPCA presents its awards biennially and/or in major Peace Corps anniversary years.
The Sargent Shriver Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Service
The Harris Wofford Global Citizen Award
The Loret Miller Ruppe Award for Outstanding Community Service
Global Community Project Competition
The Sargent Shriver Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Service
The Sargent Shriver Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Service is awarded by the National Peace Corps Association to a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer who continues to make a sustained and distinguished contribution to humanitarian causes at home or abroad or is an innovative social entrepreneur whose actions will bring about significant long-term change. The award was named to recognize the tremendous contributions of the first Peace Corps Director, Sargent Shriver, in the founding and development of the Peace Corps.
The winner of the 2013 Sargent Shriver Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Service is Philip Lilienthal, founder and president of Global Camps Africa.
View the full list of past Shriver Award winners
Harris Wofford Global Citizen Award
Harris Wofford (l)presents the first Wofford Global Citizen Award at the 50th Anniversary celebrations in Washington, D.C. in 2011.
The National Peace Corps Association’s Harris Wofford Global Citizen Award is named for the former U.S. Senator and special assistant to U.S. President John F. Kennedy who was instrumental in the formation of the Peace Corps. It is given annually to an outstanding global leader who grew up in a country where Peace Corps Volunteers served and whose life was influenced by the Peace Corps.
This award is made possible by a generous gift from Atiku Abubakar, businessman, philanthropist and former Nigerian Vice President, for the Global Leaders Program. Abubakar was the first recipient of the Award, which was presented at the Promise of the Peace Corps Gala in September 2011. You can read more about Abubakar, his Peace Corps connection, and the American University of Nigeria here.
The 2013 Harris Wofford Global Citizen Award Winner is Dr Mohamud Sheikh Nurein Said of Kenya.
Please check this page later in 2013 for information on how to nominate candidates for the 2014 award.
The Loret Miller Ruppe Award for Outstanding Community Service
The Ruppe Award is presented by the NPCA to an outstanding member group for a project or projects that promote the Third Goal of Peace Corps or continue to serve host countries, build group spirit and cooperation, and promote service. Eligible projects will have been completed within the past two years or have been on-going for at least three years. The purpose of the award is not only to recognize the great work that NPCA’s groups are doing, but also to generate ideas that other groups may emulate in their communities.
View the full listing of Ruppe Award winners
Global Community Project Competition
NPCA created the Global Community Project Fund to support innovative and scalable projects addressing today’s pressing challenges led by members of the Peace Corps community. Projects may include microfinance programs, working with local communities to build and manage housing or clean water and sanitation, advocating for education of girls, coordinating media activities to generate awareness and action or other projects in the Peace Corps community and beyond.
The $25,000 grant awarded to the winner of this proposal competition was based upon the most responsive submission which incorporates the principles of the Peace Corps (not limited to the three goals of the Peace Corps, continuation of service, bringing cultural knowledge home, cultural appreciation and sharing, integration in communities to solve community challenges), which aims to promote a more peaceful and prosperous world.
