Ramon Magsaysay Award

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2019 List of Ramon Magsaysay Awardees

Awardee

Rationale

Ravish Kumar  (India)                                                                                                                                                                 

For his unfaltering commitment to a professional, ethical journalism of the highest standards; his moral courage in standing up for truth, integrity, and independence; and his principled belief that it is in giving full and respectful voice to the voiceless, in speaking truth bravely yet soberly to power, that journalism fulfills its noblest aims to advance democracy.

Raymundo Pujante Cayabyab (Philippines)

For his compositions and performances that have defined and inspired  Filipino popular music across generations.

Kim Jong-ki
(South Korea)

For his quiet courage in transforming private grief into a mission to protect Korea’s youth from the scourge of bullying and violence, his unstinting dedication to the goal of instilling among the young the values of self-esteem, tolerance, and mutual respect, and his effectively mobilizing all sectors of the country in a nationwide drive that has transformed both policy and behaviors towards building a gentler, non-violent society.

Ko Swe Win(Myanmar)

For “his undaunted commitment to practice independent, ethical, and socially engaged journalism in Myanmar.

Angkhana Neelaphaijit
(Thailand)

For her unwavering courage in seeking justice for her husband and many other victims of violence and conflict in southern Thailand; her systematic, unflagging work to reform a flawed and unfair legal system, and the shining proof that the humblest ordinary person can achieve national impact in deterring human rights abuses.
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2019 List of Ramon Magsaysay Awardees

Awardee

Rationale

Ravish Kumar  (India)                                                                                                                                                                 

For his unfaltering commitment to a professional, ethical journalism of the highest standards; his moral courage in standing up for truth, integrity, and independence; and his principled belief that it is in giving full and respectful voice to the voiceless, in speaking truth bravely yet soberly to power, that journalism fulfills its noblest aims to advance democracy.

Raymundo Pujante Cayabyab (Philippines)

For his compositions and performances that have defined and inspired  Filipino popular music across generations.

Kim Jong-ki
(South Korea)

For his quiet courage in transforming private grief into a mission to protect Korea’s youth from the scourge of bullying and violence, his unstinting dedication to the goal of instilling among the young the values of self-esteem, tolerance, and mutual respect, and his effectively mobilizing all sectors of the country in a nationwide drive that has transformed both policy and behaviors towards building a gentler, non-violent society.

Ko Swe Win(Myanmar)

For “his undaunted commitment to practice independent, ethical, and socially engaged journalism in Myanmar.

Angkhana Neelaphaijit
(Thailand)

For her unwavering courage in seeking justice for her husband and many other victims of violence and conflict in southern Thailand; her systematic, unflagging work to reform a flawed and unfair legal system, and the shining proof that the humblest ordinary person can achieve national impact in deterring human rights abuses.

2018 List of Ramon Magsaysay Awardees

2018 List of Ramon Magsaysay Awardees

Awardee

Rationale

Sonam Wangchuk(India)

For his uniquely systematic, collaborative and community-driven reform of learning systems in remote northern India, thus improving the life opportunities of Ladakhi youth, and his constructive engagement of all sectors in local society to harness science and culture creatively for economic progress, thus setting an example for minority peoples in the world.

Bharat Vatwani(India)                                                                                                                    

For his tremendous courage and healing compassion in embracing India’s mentally-afflicted destitute

Youk Chhang

For his great, unstinting labor in preserving the memory of the Cambodian genocide

Vo Thi Hoang

For her dauntless spirit and prodigious energy in rising above her condition; her creative, charismatic leadership in the sustained campaign to break down physical and mental barriers that have marginalized PWDs in Vietnam; and for being a shining, inspirational model for the young in her country and elsewhere in the world.

Maria de Lourdes Martins

For her pure humanitarianism in uplifting Timor Leste’s poor

Howard Dee

For his quietly heroic half-century of service to the Filipino people

2017 List of Ramon Magsaysay Awardees

2017 List of Ramon Magsaysay Awardees

Awardee

Rationale

Philippine Educational Theater Association

A Philippine theater organization that has used the power of theater arts in empowering communities and in social change

Tony Tay

A quiet and good-natured Singaporean who mobilized collective goodwill to address hidden hunger in his country

Abdon Nababan

An Indonesian IP leader who gave compelling face and voice to Adat communities and their rights, positively affecting millions of Indonesians

Lilia de Lima

A veteran Filipino public servant who initiated reforms of a sustained, non-stop and credible public service

Yoshiaki Ishizawa

A Japanese scholar who devoted more than fifty years of his life in restoring Cambodia's treasured gift to world culture

Gethsie Shanmugam

A Sri Lankan teacher who used empathy and compassion in rebuilding war-scarred and disaster-stricken lives through impassioned psychosocial support

2016 List of Ramon Magsaysay Awardees

2016 List of Ramon Magsaysay Awardees

Awardee

Rationale

Thodur Madabusi Krishna (India)                                             

Emergent Leadership through breaking caste systems and healing India's divides through the power of music.

Conchita Carpio-Morales

The fearless and indefatigable Ombudsman of the Philippines whose integrity and dignity restored the people's faith in the rule of law.

Vientiane Rescue

Heroic work in saving Laotian lives in a time and place of great need, under the most deprived of circumstances.

Bezwada Wilson(India)

Leading a grassroots movement to eradicate the degrading servitude of manual scavenging in India, reclaiming for the Dalits the human dignity that is their natural birthright.