Asia’s premier prize
and highest honor
The Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia’s premier prize and highest honor, celebrates greatness of spirit and transformative leadership in Asia. Since 1958, the Ramon Magsaysay Award has been bestowed upon over three hundred outstanding individuals and organizations whose selfless service has offered their societies, Asia, and the world successful solutions to some of the most challenging problems of human development.
The 2024 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees

Phuntsho, Karma
BHUTAN

Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong
VIETNAM

Farhan, Farwiza
INDONESIA

Rural Doctors Movement
THAILAND

Miyazaki Hayao
JAPAN
Each year, transformative leaders working in Asia are added to the roster of distinguished Ramon Magsaysay Laureates
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Ramon Magsaysay Transformative Leadership Institute
In 2009, the Ramon Magsaysay Transformative Leadership Institute (RMTLI) was established as a major program of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation, to further expand the impact of the Ramon Magsaysay Award and the transformative work of Magsaysay laureates.
RMTLI presents an avenue for creative collaboration; a hub for sharing and connecting the solutions of Magsaysay Laureates across sectors and borders. So that more lives can become full and productive.

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