Educated in the United Kingdom and Scotland, Ananda Galappatti devoted himself to addressing the psychosocial consequences of trauma caused by years of war and the 2004 tsunami in Sri Lanka

A Burmese activist during the anti-dictatorship demonstrations of 1988 who was arrested, tortured and fled to the jungle to seek refuge, recorded the horrible military atrocities committed against ordinary villagers and found a way to get these stories out into the world

A young, committed leader that is resolute and passionate about her work by devoting her whole life to helping the poor

A pragmatic, hands-on, and action-oriented leader who has led anti-logging campaigns and established community-based natural resource management in Indonesia by engaging the forest communities in various social enterprise initiatives

A Filipino teacher serving the indigenous Matigsalug tribe living in one of the remotest villages in the mountainous hinterland of Davao City

A young, idealistic civil servant in the Indian Forest Service and later on the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, who did not turn away from the corruption infesting government but resolutely worked to correct them

A celebrated Indian karnatic musician who is breaking caste systems and healing India's divides through the power of music

A young editor who has help rebuild the quality and force of media's truth-telling in Myanmar

A production house that ingeniously combines documentary filmmaking and alternative platforms to highlight underreported issues in Indonesia