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Shy and quiet Wanda Robinson of Upperco MD has become a strong voice for families faced with a little-understood medical condition called Noonan Syndrome. Using the Internet, a newsletter and a boundless interest in getting the facts, Robinson has built a formidable force of families and medical professionals determined to unlock the secrets of NS.
Home when commended: North America, US, Maryland Home now: North America, US, Maryland Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Carolyn Rocchio of Pompano Beach FL reacted to her own son's serious head injury by devoting herself to helping other Florida families get the best possible care for family members who had similar injuries.
Home when commended: North America, US, Florida Home now: North America, US, Florida Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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During the US Army’s 1994 military operation in Haiti, Captain Lawrence Rockwood called attention to severe human rights violations, torture and murder in Haitian prisons, despite orders to ignore these conditions. When appeals to his superiors were stifled, he set out to prove the military was criminally negligent and was court martialed.
Home when commended: North America, US, California Home now: North America, US, California Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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C.W. Roddy of Palo Alto CA stood up to drug dealers in her community, enduring several attempts to kill her and set fire to her home. Despite a $10,000 contract out on her life, Roddy galvanized her community into action.
Home when commended: North America, US, California Home now: North America, US, California Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Darlene Rodriguez of Miami FL spent lunch and after-school hours teaching inner-city kids about environmental issues and providing a bilingual bridge for Hispanic students. She translated environmental information into Spanish and saw that it was widely distributed throughout the Spanish-speaking community.
Home when commended: North America, US, Florida Home now: North America, US, Florida Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Martin Rodriguez, Angie Camacho, Horacio Romero, Fernando Beccerra, Raul Velasquez, and Alejandro Velasquez of East Los Angeles CA are leaders of Earth Niños at the Humphreys School. These 6th-graders planted more than 100 trees at their school and at Occidental College, beautified their neighborhood by planting flowers, and led Los Angeles' Unified School District in starting an aluminum recycling project.
Home when commended: North America, US, California Home now: North America, US, California Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Fred Rogers of Pittsburgh PA left a secure job at NBC to do pioneering children's programming on public television. Over the decades "Mr. Rogers" has refused all offers to cash in on his popularity with children or to jazz up his gentle program.
Home when commended: North America, US, Pennsylvania Home now: North America, US, Pennsylvania Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Ludmila Rogova develops and delivers free physical therapy to paralyzed Russian children, helping them gain more control over their bodies. She herself is disabled.
Home when commended: Asia, Russia Home now: Asia, Russia Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Paul Rokich of West Valley City UT singlehandedly revived barren strip-mined land, creating a thriving forest. Rokich worked 15-hour stretches, planting and tending 60,000 trees and shrubs on 14,000 acres.
Home when commended: North America, US, Utah Home now: North America, US, Utah Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Thirty-five years of military service haven't protected Doug Rokke from attacks on his character and on the accuracy of his research. Rokke headed an Army study of depleted uranium (DU) weaponry, which he favored until discovering alarming long-term effects. Gravely ill himself from his field exposure to DU, Rokke is campaigning to have the military care for the thousands of veterans and civilians exposed to DU, and to cease its use forever.
Home when commended: North America, US, Illinois Home now: North America, US, Illinois Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Horacio Romero, Angie Camacho, Paloma Camacho, Sarah Cardona, Fernando Becerra, Annette Martinez, Dana Page, Rosalinda Ugalde, Raul Velasquez and Alejandro Velasquez are leaders of Earth Niños at the Humphreys School in East Los Angeles. Giving up endless hours of their own time and braving the ridicule of other kids, these 6th-graders planted more than 100 trees at their school and at Occidental College, beautified their neighborhood by planting flowers, picked up tons of litter on their school grounds and around the neighborhood, and led Los Angeles' Unified School District in starting an aluminum recycling project.
Home when commended: North America, US, California Home now: North America, US, California Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Hugh (Wavy Gravy) and Jahanara Romney of Berkeley CA forsook promising careers in music and acting for lives of service. Wavy, a renowned clown, teaches homeless and abused kids to "make 'em laugh" at Winnarainbow, the camp he and Jahanara run for at-risk kids. For decades, this couple has given up personal & financial security to serve others.
Home when commended: North America, US, California Home now: North America, US, California Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Jahanara and Hugh (Wavy Gravy) Romney of Berkeley CA forsook promising careers in music and acting for lives of service. Wavy, a renowned clown, teaches homeless and abused kids to "make 'em laugh" at Winnarainbow, the camp he and Jahanara run for at-risk kids. For over 20 years, this couple has given up personal & financial security to serve others.
Home when commended: North America, US, California Home now: North America, US, California Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Jahanara and Hugh (Wavy Gravy) Romney of Berkeley CA forsook promising careers in music and acting for lives of service. Wavy, a renowned clown, teaches homeless and abused kids to "make 'em laugh" at Winnarainbow, the camp he and Jahanara run for at-risk kids. For over 20 years, this couple has given up personal & financial security to serve others.
Home when commended: North America, US, California Home now: North America, US, California Gender: C (couple) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Jemera Rone, a combat-zone observer for Americas Watch in El Salvador, risked her life to document human rights abuses in that troubled country, reporting what she saw to Witness for Peace.
Home when commended: Central America, El Salvador Home now: Central America, El Salvador Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Doug Rose of Conway MA has no permanent address and very few possessions, devoting himself to raising money to help the poor of the world. He has lobbied politicians to declare Massachusetts for Africa Month, raising nearly a million dollars for famine relief on that continent.
Home when commended: North America, US, Massachusetts Home now: North America, US, Vermont Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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