Apostol, Eugenia Duran
A courageous Filipino journalist whose various writings and publications were instrumental in planting seeds of hunger for democratic rights during the Philippine Martial Law era
Awardees from 2006
Ek Sonn Chan
Cambodia’s hardworking engineer-leader, who provided clean water for Phnom Penh’s residents from a decrepit water system
Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation
A Philippine-based movement that aims to end poverty by first restoring the dignity of the poor
Kejriwal, Arvind
A tax officer with the Indian Revenue Service who started an anti-bribe campaign in his own department (Tax Department) and co-founded Parivartan (meaning “change”) to empower Indian citizens to fight corruption
Meloto, Antonio
The Filipino founder of Gawad Kalinga, a Philippine-based poverty alleviation movement
Park Won Soon
A social justice and human rights activist and principal founder of the nonprofit watchdog organization People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy which monitors government regulatory practices and fights political corruption
Ruit, Sanduk
An eye surgeon, devised a suture-less procedure that speeds cataract surgery and reduces patients’ recovery time and Medical Director of the Tilganga Eye Centre (TEC) which also manufactures extremely high-quality intraocular lenses for surgery for less than US $5.00 apiece