Open University Sesame Honrary Graduate
Heather Mills, Open University Sesame Honorary Graduate for 2003.
Saturday 21 June Portsmouth
Philanthropist Heather Mills is a patron of No More Landmines and a United Nations Association Goodwill Ambassador, who has campaigned to raise funds and awareness to rid the world of landmines. She counsels people from across the globe who have lost limbs in accidents, through illness or as a result of terrorist activities.
Her work has earned her a multitude of international awards. In August 1993, she was involved in a road accident with a police motorcycle and suffered the loss of her left leg below the knee. Her prosthetic leg had to be regularly replaced – prompting her to instigate a nationwide appeal for the donation of unwanted prostheses for amputees and survivors of landmine explosions around the world.
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Awards
- The Compassionate Visionary Award
- VegNews Person of the Year 2009
- Animal Rights Activist of the Year Award 2008
- Vegan Society Achievement Awards 2007
- Graduate fellowship in Human Security
- Heather is honoured by PETA
- Award at UNESCO benefit Gala for Children in need, Dusseldorf
- Melvin Jones Lion Award 2003
- Open University Sesame Honrary Graduate
