Awardees
Mahabir Pun
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2007 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Community Leadership from Nepal. After studying abroad, Mahabir Pun established a high school, teaching computer…
Chen Guangcheng
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2007 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Emergent Leadership from China. Chen Guangcheng learned firsthand how to transcend life’s limitations. Blinded as…
Kim Sun-tae
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2007 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Public Service from South Korea. The outbreak of the Korean War in 1950 suddenly rendered Kim Sun-tae an orphan at…
Arvind Kejriwal
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2006 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Emergent Leadership from India. As a tax officer with the Indian Revenue Service, Arvind Kejriwal understood how…
Yuan Longping
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2001 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Government Service from China. As a young plant scientist, Yuan Longping recoiled from the horror of China's great…
Muhammad Yunus
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1984 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Community Leadership from Bangladesh. Muhammad Yunus established the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh in 1983, when all…
Mechai Viravaidya
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1994 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Public Service from Thailand. In 1974, Mechai Viravaidya founded the Population and Community Development…
Fe del Mundo
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1977 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Public Service from the Philippines. Educated as a doctor from the premiere state university in the Philippines as…
Park Won Soon
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2006 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Public Service from South Korea. Despite imprisonment as a university student during South Korea's military…
V. Shanta
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2005 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Public Service from India. As a young medical student, V. Shanta was much inspired by Muthulakshmi Reddy, a social…