A nonprofit organization, established by a group of six Pakistani business leaders and executives, that aims to “remove barriers of class and privilege” through affordable, quality education and “to make the citizens of Pakistan agents of positive change

A self-sacrificing, innovative Indian who has given up being a priest to devote himself wholly to social work that is driven by an extraordinary passion to lift people from poverty and suffering

A social development organization that has evolved from being a bank which is owned and managed by landless women, into an outstanding and highly credible microfinance institution (MFI) that is presently leading the pack of microfinance institutions in the Philippines

The Filipino founder of Gawad Kalinga, a Philippine-based poverty alleviation movement

A Philippine-based movement that aims to end poverty by first restoring the dignity of the poor

Founder and leader of India's National Slum Dwellers Federation whose lifelong endeavor is to change the situation of millions of poor people in city slums for the better

Former President of Bangchak Petroleum who was appointed deputy governor of the Petroleum Authority of Thailand

A Christian pastor, founded the Asian Rural Institute which trains rural leaders from the entire developing world to become more effective change-makers in poor communities

One of the pioneers of rural development programs in Pakistan