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05/09/22 06:05 AM IST

64th Ramon Magsaysay Award 2022

In News 
  • The Ramon Magsaysay Awards Foundation (RMAF), which is widely regarded as the “Nobel Peace Prize of Asia,” recently announced this year’s awardees in a global announcement ceremony.
Awardees 
  • The 2022 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees are Sotheara Chhim (Cambodia), Bernadette Madrid (Philippines), Tadashi Hattori (Japan) and Gary Bencheghib (Indonesia).
About Recipients 
  • Sotheara Chhim-He is a mental health advocate from Cambodia. He is a leading voice in Cambodian trauma syndrome. He is being recognized for “his calm courage in surmounting deep trauma to become his people’s healer”. As a child, he was forced to work in Khmer Rouge camps for more than three years until their rule ended in 1979.
  • Tadashi Hattori-He is a sight-saving humanitarian from Japan. He is being recognized for his simple humanity and extraordinary generosity as a person and a professional. He decided to become a doctor at age 15 when he witnessed the rude treatment that his cancer-stricken father received in a hospital.
  • Bernadette J. Madrid-She is a children’s rights crusader from the Philippines. She is being recognized for “her unassuming and steadfast commitment to noble and demanding advocacy. Since 1997, she has led the country’s first child protection centre at the Philippine General Hospital in Manila. It has served more than 27,000 children as of last year.
  • Gary Bencheghib-He is an anti-plastic pollution warrior from Indonesia. He is being recognized for Emergent Leadership for “his inspiring fight against marine plastic pollution.

About Ramon Magsaysay Award
  • The Ramon Magsaysay Award, established in 1957, is Asia’s greatest honour and distinction.
  • The award is managed by RMAF. It is named after Ramon Magsaysay, the third president of the Philippines.
  • The award is regarded around the world as ‘’Asia’s Nobel Prize’’.
  • The prize is annually presented in a ceremonial ceremony in Manila, Philippines on August 31.
  • The first Ramon Magsaysay Awards ceremony was held on 31st August 1958.
Source- Indian Express

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