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 successful US-educated banker in Hong Kong who left his job at the bank to devote himself full-time to China's AIDS crisis

A blind "barefoot lawyer" who is energizing the grass roots and, with many others, in challenging Chinese local authorities to obey the laws of the state

A tax officer with the Indian Revenue Service who started an anti-bribe campaign in his own department (Tax Department) and co-founded Parivartan (meaning "change") to empower Indian citizens to fight corruption

Founded Citizens Opening the World for Welfare, or COWW, in 1998 to improve social welfare in Cheonan for the vulnerable sectors

A young Filipino man who discovered the world of indigenous peoples and committed himself to improving their lives through education that emphasize literacy, livelihood and leadership skills that uphold their cultural values and traditions

A lawyer from East Timor who provided pro bono legal services to human rights victims in his country

An Indian who followed Gandhi's path and supported education for poor children by tapping the resources of the Indian diaspora

Executive director of the Cambodian Women's Crisis Center (CWCC) who spent thirteen years of her youth in a Thai refugee camp