Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation

Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation - 2011 Awardees Announced...

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	By the end of 2011, there are already 272 individuals and 18 organizations recipients of the Magsaysay Award. India has the most number of Magsaysay Awardees with a 48-awardee count, followed by the Philippines with a 36-awardee count. Dr. Sima Samar was the first and only Afghan to have received the Magsaysay Award. The Dalai Lama is the only surviving recipient among the 1959 batch of Magsaysay Awardees. The oldest (upon receiving the Award) male recipient of the Magsaysay Award was Seiei Toyama, aged 96; oldest woman recipient was Mary Rutman, aged 85.