2022 Winners of Zayed Award for Human Fraternity announced
“Zayed Award for Human Fraternity” announces that it has selected the King and Queen of Jordan and Haitian humanitarian organization FOKAL as winners of this year’s edition.
By Vatican News staff reporter
King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein and Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan, alongside the Haitian Foundation for Knowledge and Liberty (FOKAL), are the three recipients the second edition of the “Zayed Award for Human Fraternity” 2022.
The Award was established in 2019 and is organized by the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity, an independent international committee instituted to fulfil the aspirations of the Document on Human Fraternity signed by Pope Francis and the Grand Iman Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb of Al-Azhar in Abu Dhabi of February 2019.
Named after Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the late ruler of Abu Dhabi and founder of the United Arab Emirates, it aims to recognize and honour individuals or organizations with outstanding achievements and contributions to building a more peaceful, harmonious and compassionate world based on the values of human fraternity.
