{"id":51255,"date":"2021-09-02T05:48:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T05:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=51255"},"modified":"2021-09-02T05:48:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T05:48:14","slug":"ramon-magsaysay-award-2021-names-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/ramon-magsaysay-award-2021-names-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramon Magsaysay Award 2021 names announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Ramon Magsaysay Award 2021<\/strong>\u00a0awardees have been announced, the winners will be formally awarded the Magsaysay Award during the November 28 event at the\u00a0<strong>Ramon Magsaysay Centre in Manila.\u00a0<\/strong>Among the awardees is\u00a0<strong>Dr Firdousi Qadri<\/strong>\u00a0of Bangladesh and\u00a0<strong>Muhammad Amjad\u00a0Saqib<\/strong>\u00a0of Pakistan, as well as Philippine fisheries and community environmentalist\u00a0<strong>Roberto Ballon,<\/strong>\u00a0American citizen\u00a0<strong>Steven Munsi,<\/strong>\u00a0who works for humanitarian work and help refugees, and Indonesian\u00a0<strong>WatchDoc<\/strong>\u00a0for investigative journalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>List of awardees of Ramon Magsaysay Awards 2021:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Muhammad Amjad Saqib:<\/strong>&nbsp;A visionary who founded one of the largest microfinance institutions in Pakistan, servicing millions of families.<\/li><li><strong>Firdausi Qadri:<\/strong>&nbsp;A Bangladeshi scientist who has been instrumental in discovering vaccines that have saved millions of lives.<\/li><li><strong>Steven Muncy:<\/strong>&nbsp;A humanitarian who has been helping the displaced refugees of Southeast Asia rebuild their lives.<\/li><li><strong>WatchDoc:<\/strong>&nbsp;A production house that ingeniously combines documentary filmmaking and alternative platforms to highlight underreported issues in Indonesia.<\/li><li><strong>Roberto Ballon:<\/strong>&nbsp;A fisherman from Southern Philippines who has led a community in restoring their rich aquatic resources and their primary source of livelihood.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Ramon Magsaysay Award:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ramon Magsaysay Award is Asia\u2019s highest honor and is widely regarded as the region\u2019s equivalent of the Nobel Prize. 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