Indiana University -Kenya Partnership to be honored by the International Center of Indianapolis

Mar 17 2008

The Indiana University-Kenya Partnership will be honored by the International Center of Indianapolis as the recipient of its annual International Citizen of the Year Award to be presented in September.

"We are thrilled to honor such a deserving and philanthropic organization as the IU-Kenya Partnership," says Diane Thomas, ICI president and CEO. "Long before the current events in Kenya put a spotlight on this country, the recipient of this year's International Citizen of the Year had spent years exemplifying ICI's motto: 'Indiana can change the world, and the world can change Indiana.'"

"We are grateful that this award recognizes the many Kenyans and Hoosiers who have worked together for nearly 20 years to build relationships of trust at the same time we build systems of care," said Robert Einterz, M.D., director of the IU-Kenya Partnership and associate dean of international programs in the IU School of Medicine.