Magsaysay Awardees Digital Collection

Awardees

Shoaib Sultan Khan

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1992 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Community Leadership from India. In 1982, through the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP), Shoaib Sultan Khan…

Tetsu Nakamura

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2003 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Peace and International Understanding from Japan. A Japanese doctor, Tetsu Nakamura first witnessed the cruel…

Dita Indah Sari

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2001 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Emergent Leadership from Indonesia. As an underground labor organizer under the Suharto dictatorship, Dita Indah…

Vo-Tong Xuan

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1993 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Government Service from Vietnam. After the Vietnam War, Vo Tong Xuan undertook helping to rebuild his country. His…

Seiei Toyama

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2003 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Peace and International Understanding from Japan. A former professor and a Japanese authority on desert agriculture,…

Chamlong Srimuang

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1992 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Government Service from Thailand. When Chamlong Srimuang decided to run for governor of Bangkok in 1985, he placed…

Abdullah Abu Sayeed

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2004 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts from Bangladesh. A teacher and man of literature, Abdullah Abu…

Shantha Sinha

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2003 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Community Leadership from India. In India, many of those in bonded labor are children, given to creditors as payment…

Kiran Bedi

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1994 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Government Service from India. Kiran Bedi was the first and highest-ranking woman officer in the Indian Police…

Ohm Dae-Sup

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1980 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Public Service from Korea. The Village Mini-Library Movement originated from a fortuitous happening in Ohm…