A Jesuit priest from the Philippines who worked with the Cuilon Leper Colony.

The Fourteenth Incarnation of the Patron God of Tibet.

Recognized as the Father of the Community School Movement in the Philippines, pioneering reforms to ensure that community life is integrated in the education system

A writer who used the power of the pen in order to uphold the public interest in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) during the country's transition from the British colonial rule to independence

A Chinese man who dedicated his career to educating rural people who had no opportunity for schooling and reeducating the educated to share in this task

Malaysia's "Father of Independence"

Together with his father, he led medical missions and treated blindness in the hinterlands of Pakistan.

A British Christian medical missionary who traveled to India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Baluchistan to provide ophthalmologic surgery and care

A feminist whose efforts toward the development of women's rights in Thailand earned her the title Steel Lotus Blossom.