Alberto Cairo (physiotherapist)

From 1987 to 1990, Cairo worked for an Italian NGO in Sudan.^[3]

In 1990, Cairo joined the International Committee of the Red Cross and was assigned to Kabul, Afghanistan to develop their programs in physical rehabilitation.^[6][7][8] Since then, Cairo has worked continuously for the Red Cross, and is now the director of its seven Afghan orthopedic centres.^[9][10][11] As of 2017 he is credited with helping over 100,000 Afghan victims of landmines and accidents to walk again through the use of prosthetics.^[12]

In 2010, Cairo was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.^[3][13] In 2013, he received the Henry Dunant Medal, the highest award of the Red Cross Movement.^[14] He was awarded Honorary citizenship of Afghanistan on July 21 2019.^[15]

He won the Nansen Refugee Award in 2019.^[16]