Sandeep Pandey

Sandeep Pandey

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Sandeep Pandey is a senior social activist from India. He co-founded Asha for Education with Deepak Gupta and V.J.P Srivatsoy while working on his...
Aruna Roy

Aruna Roy

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Aruna Roy is an Indian political and social activist. Aruna Roy was born in Chennai, and served as an officer in the Indian Administrative Service...
V Shanta

V Shanta

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Dr.V. Shanta is a prominent Cancer specialist and the Chairperson of Adyar Cancer Institute, Chennai. Her career which spans over 50 years has been...
Shantha Sinha

Shantha Sinha

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Prof. Shantha Sinha is an anti-child labour activist of international reputation. She is the founder of M. Venkatarangaiya Foundation, popularly...
Cynthia Maung

Cynthia Maung

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Dr. Cynthia Maung is a Karen medical doctor who since 1989 has lived in Mae Sot, on the Thai-Burmese border. She left Burma (now Myanmar) after the...
Bienvenido Lumbera

Bienvenido Lumbera

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Bienvenido Lumbera is a prizewinning poet, critic and dramatist from the Philippines. He is a National Artist of the Philippines and a recipient of...
A. T. Ariyaratne

A. T. Ariyaratne

male, 78 years old
Dr. Ahangamage Tudor Ariyaratne is the founder and Executive Director of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement in Sri Lanka. Born November 5, 1931, he...
Jockin Arputham

Jockin Arputham

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Jockin Arputham has worked for more than 40 years in ‘slums’ and shanty towns, building representative organizations into powerful partners with...
Matiur Rahman

Matiur Rahman

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Matiur Rahman is the chief editor of Daily Prothom Alo, a Bangla language daily news paper in Bangladesh. He is the recipient of the 2005 Ramon...
Abdul Sattar Edhi

Abdul Sattar Edhi

male, 78 years old
Dr. Abdul Sattar Edhi, or Edhi, as he is often known, is one of the most active philanthropists in Pakistan and in the whole world. He is head of...