Awards

Entities and renowned institutions have honoured the work carried out by Vicente and Anna Ferrer through the Foundation. This is a summary of awards received.

Vicente Ferrer

• Associació Josep Vidal i LLecha, Award, 1991.
• Premio Príncipe de Asturias de la Concordia, 1998.
• "Español Universal", 1998.
• Miembro de la Comisión de Erradicación de la Pobreza, from the Government of Andhra Pradesh, 2000.
• Creu de Sant Jordi, from the Generalitat of Catalunya, 2000.
• Medalla d'Or de la Ciutat, from the City of Barcelona, 2000.
• Premio Derechos Humanos from the General Council of Spanish Lawyers, en 2000.
• Premio Convivencia Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta, en 2000.
• Doctor Honoris Causa, from the Polytecnic University of Valencia ,2000; and the University of Huelva, 2001.
• Leading figure in the history of the twentieth century, UNESCO, 2001.
• Premio al Espíritu Olímpico, from the Spanish Olympic Commitee, 2002.
• Gran Cruz de la Orden Civil de la Solidaridad, from the Spanish Ministry of Work and Social Affairs, 2002.
• Premio Quijote Universal, 2007.
• Gran Cruz del Mérito Civil, granted by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2009.
• "Català de l'any 2008" Award, 2009.
• Alta Distinció from the Generalitat of Valencia, awarded posthumously, 2009.
• Medalla de Oro from the Spanish Senate, awarded posthumously, 2009.

Anna Ferrer

• Isabel Ferrer Award for equality between men and women (Generalitat of Valencia), 2005.

Vicente Ferrer Foundation

• Recognition in the form of a letter from the ex-president of the republic of India Sri K R Narayana for development programs of Rural Development Trust spanning 30 yrs in Anantapur district-1998.
• Miembro de la Comisión para la Erradicación de la Pobreza, del Gobierno de Andhra Pradesh, en el 2000.
• Population Control Board – state of A.P award for meritorious work in our hospitals – 2000, 2003, 2006, and 2008.
• Andhra Pradesh Preservation and Water Control award in 2003.
• Award for Best hospital management of Bio-medical waste-2003 and 2010.
• Member of Government – NGO co-ordination committee for rural and urban development – Govt. of A.P 2006- 2010.