MOHAMED AMIN RECOGNITION & AWARD - PRESS RELEASE
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Colleagues and Friends:
The following is being passed along to you should you wish to share this with
other interested parties and to inform you of this special recognition and
award ceremony to take place at upcoming 24th Annual Meeting and Scientific
Symposium of the American Academy of Orthotist and Prosthetists.
F O R I M M E D I A T E P R E S S R E L E A S E
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOTISTS & PROSTHETISTS
1650 King Street, Suite 500 - Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Announces Special Ceremony and Award to Honor
World Renowned Photojournalist, Publisher and Humanitarian
Mohamed “Mo” Amin
The Recognition & Award Will Be Presented During Opening
Sessions Of The 24th Annual Meeting & Scientific Symposium
Location: Fountainebleau Hilton Resort & Towers
Grand Ballroom
Miami Beach, Florida USA
Date: April 2, 1998
Time: 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Contact Persons:
Thomas A. Gorski, CAE, Executive Director
Voice: 703-836-7118
E-Mail: <Email Address Redacted>
Internet URL: <URL Redacted>
Or
John N. Billock, CPO, Chairman
Awards & Recognition Committee
Voice: 888-856-8686 (Toll Free USA Only)
Voice: 330-856-2734
E-Mail: <Email Address Redacted>
March 22, 1998 - The American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists,
which represents specialists in the US who custom design, develop, and
fit orthoses (orthopedic braces) and prostheses (artificial limb), will
honor the late Mohamed “Mo” Amin with the first Outstanding Disabled
Person Humanitarian Award.
Preceeding the presentation of the Award to his son, Salim Amin,
special testimonial tributes will be presented including those from
former United States President, George W. Bush; Harry Belefonte on
behalf of USA for Africa; and Tom Brokaw of NBC Nightly News.
Mohamed Amin achieved international recognition from people and
leaders around the world for his efforts to bring attention to the many
tragedies and plights of Africa, and more importantly -- its people --
through his photojournalism and humanitarian efforts. Having been
involved in numerous accidents throughout his career pursuing
dangerous news stories, he sustained several injuries leaving him with
one leg shorter than the other. The worst injury came with the loss of
his left arm while filming an already destroyed ammunition depot in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in June of 1991, during the country’s worst rebel
uprising. Unaccepting of those who said he would never return to his
work following this, he set out on a world-wide search for a prosthetic
arm that would take him back to the work he loved and he did within 6
months of his injury.
Known affectionately as “Mo” to his many friends and colleagues
throughout the world, he became best known for his unrelenting tenacity
and concern for the continent of Africa. He is credited with awakening
the world in 1984 to the escalating famine in Ethiopia. His efforts and
those of close friend and colleague, Michael Burke, a BBC news anchor
man, brought the news of children and families who were dying by the
thousands -- without food and resources to sustain them.
Mo's films and pictures of the dying Ethiopians have been stated as
being the most moving and compelling pictures ever captured, as they
raised the consciousness of people from all walks of life around the
world to the plight of the Ethiopian people and others less fortunate on
all continents. His efforts led to world-wide outpouring of support to
save the thousands of Africans dying of hunger in Ethiopia on a daily
basis.
In October of 1984, British rock star, Bob Geldof, was so moved by the
news story and pictures of the Ethiopian Famine that he wrote the song,
Don't They Know It's Christmas, which he produced and sang with
several other British pop stars. The song immediately raised millions of
dollars and led to the Band Aid relief effort and Live Aid music concerts
in England and the US, eventually raising $140 million in relief funds
through 1995 for the starving people of Africa. Geldof stated: Mo
Amin had succeeded above all in showing you his own disgust, and
shame, and anger, and making it yours also.
Mo’s films and pictures sparked further relief efforts in several countries
around the world including the United States, where the
divinely-inspired song, We Are the Word , written by Michael Jackson
and Lionel Richie, and produced by Quincy Jones, was recorded by 45
musical superstars in an unprecedented collaboration. Within 14 days of
its recording, several of these music artists and executives, including
Lionel Richie, Harry Belefonte, Ken Kregan, Kenny Rogers, and others,
initiated the organization USA for Africa which was eventually funded
by the song, We Are The World and the “Hands Across America”
relief effort. These efforts alone raised nearly $97 million for the
starving people of Ethiopia and around the world, as well as here in the
US.
The Award will be titled: The Mohamed “Mo” Amin Humanitarian
Award and will be presented when appropriate to other outstanding
disabled persons using an orthotic or prosthetic device who step beyond
the limits of their own disability and demonstrate exemplary
humanitarian efforts.
Additional Internet Related Information:
<A HREF= <URL Redacted>>Mohamed Amin - Camerpix
Memorial</A>
<A HREF= <URL Redacted>>Mohamed Amin Tribute by
Mary Anne Fitzgerald</A>
<A HREF= http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~guildtvc/zerb-s97/mo-amin.htm >Zerb
Tribute: Mohamed Amin 1943 -1996</A>
<A HREF= http://www.oandp.com/publicat/busnews/jul15_97/prohelp.htm >O & P
Business News Article - Amin/Billock</A>
The following is being passed along to you should you wish to share this with
other interested parties and to inform you of this special recognition and
award ceremony to take place at upcoming 24th Annual Meeting and Scientific
Symposium of the American Academy of Orthotist and Prosthetists.
F O R I M M E D I A T E P R E S S R E L E A S E
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOTISTS & PROSTHETISTS
1650 King Street, Suite 500 - Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Announces Special Ceremony and Award to Honor
World Renowned Photojournalist, Publisher and Humanitarian
Mohamed “Mo” Amin
The Recognition & Award Will Be Presented During Opening
Sessions Of The 24th Annual Meeting & Scientific Symposium
Location: Fountainebleau Hilton Resort & Towers
Grand Ballroom
Miami Beach, Florida USA
Date: April 2, 1998
Time: 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Contact Persons:
Thomas A. Gorski, CAE, Executive Director
Voice: 703-836-7118
E-Mail: <Email Address Redacted>
Internet URL: <URL Redacted>
Or
John N. Billock, CPO, Chairman
Awards & Recognition Committee
Voice: 888-856-8686 (Toll Free USA Only)
Voice: 330-856-2734
E-Mail: <Email Address Redacted>
March 22, 1998 - The American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists,
which represents specialists in the US who custom design, develop, and
fit orthoses (orthopedic braces) and prostheses (artificial limb), will
honor the late Mohamed “Mo” Amin with the first Outstanding Disabled
Person Humanitarian Award.
Preceeding the presentation of the Award to his son, Salim Amin,
special testimonial tributes will be presented including those from
former United States President, George W. Bush; Harry Belefonte on
behalf of USA for Africa; and Tom Brokaw of NBC Nightly News.
Mohamed Amin achieved international recognition from people and
leaders around the world for his efforts to bring attention to the many
tragedies and plights of Africa, and more importantly -- its people --
through his photojournalism and humanitarian efforts. Having been
involved in numerous accidents throughout his career pursuing
dangerous news stories, he sustained several injuries leaving him with
one leg shorter than the other. The worst injury came with the loss of
his left arm while filming an already destroyed ammunition depot in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in June of 1991, during the country’s worst rebel
uprising. Unaccepting of those who said he would never return to his
work following this, he set out on a world-wide search for a prosthetic
arm that would take him back to the work he loved and he did within 6
months of his injury.
Known affectionately as “Mo” to his many friends and colleagues
throughout the world, he became best known for his unrelenting tenacity
and concern for the continent of Africa. He is credited with awakening
the world in 1984 to the escalating famine in Ethiopia. His efforts and
those of close friend and colleague, Michael Burke, a BBC news anchor
man, brought the news of children and families who were dying by the
thousands -- without food and resources to sustain them.
Mo's films and pictures of the dying Ethiopians have been stated as
being the most moving and compelling pictures ever captured, as they
raised the consciousness of people from all walks of life around the
world to the plight of the Ethiopian people and others less fortunate on
all continents. His efforts led to world-wide outpouring of support to
save the thousands of Africans dying of hunger in Ethiopia on a daily
basis.
In October of 1984, British rock star, Bob Geldof, was so moved by the
news story and pictures of the Ethiopian Famine that he wrote the song,
Don't They Know It's Christmas, which he produced and sang with
several other British pop stars. The song immediately raised millions of
dollars and led to the Band Aid relief effort and Live Aid music concerts
in England and the US, eventually raising $140 million in relief funds
through 1995 for the starving people of Africa. Geldof stated: Mo
Amin had succeeded above all in showing you his own disgust, and
shame, and anger, and making it yours also.
Mo’s films and pictures sparked further relief efforts in several countries
around the world including the United States, where the
divinely-inspired song, We Are the Word , written by Michael Jackson
and Lionel Richie, and produced by Quincy Jones, was recorded by 45
musical superstars in an unprecedented collaboration. Within 14 days of
its recording, several of these music artists and executives, including
Lionel Richie, Harry Belefonte, Ken Kregan, Kenny Rogers, and others,
initiated the organization USA for Africa which was eventually funded
by the song, We Are The World and the “Hands Across America”
relief effort. These efforts alone raised nearly $97 million for the
starving people of Ethiopia and around the world, as well as here in the
US.
The Award will be titled: The Mohamed “Mo” Amin Humanitarian
Award and will be presented when appropriate to other outstanding
disabled persons using an orthotic or prosthetic device who step beyond
the limits of their own disability and demonstrate exemplary
humanitarian efforts.
Additional Internet Related Information:
<A HREF= <URL Redacted>>Mohamed Amin - Camerpix
Memorial</A>
<A HREF= <URL Redacted>>Mohamed Amin Tribute by
Mary Anne Fitzgerald</A>
<A HREF= http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~guildtvc/zerb-s97/mo-amin.htm >Zerb
Tribute: Mohamed Amin 1943 -1996</A>
<A HREF= http://www.oandp.com/publicat/busnews/jul15_97/prohelp.htm >O & P
Business News Article - Amin/Billock</A>
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JNBillock, “MOHAMED AMIN RECOGNITION & AWARD - PRESS RELEASE,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 6, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/210472.
