Rachel Andres, 45, took the podium at New York’s Morgan Library & Museum to accept The Charles Bronfman Prize 2008 in recognition of her humanitarian contribution to female survivors of the Darfur genocide.

As the world stands aghast watching the genocide unfold in Darfur, one determined woman will be awarded the 2008 Charles Bronfman Prize for her visionary humanitarian efforts to improve the lives of thousands of Darfur’s female survivors.

The Charles Bronfman Prize will award Dr. Amitai Ziv its 2007 humanitarian prize. Ziv, 48, is the founder and director of the Israel Center for Medical Simulation (MSR), and Deputy Director of Sheba Medical Center, the largest and most comprehensive medical institution in Israel.

The Charles Bronfman Prize, a $100,000 humanitarian award, named Dr. Alon Tal, Founder and Director of Research for the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies and the Israel Union for Environmental Defense, its 2005 recipient at a ceremony in Jerusalem, on January 10, 2006.

The Charles Bronfman Prize announced today that the first Charles Bronfman Prize of $100,000 for humanitarian achievement is being awarded to Jay Feinberg, 35, a Leukemia survivor and founder of the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation.