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    Recently Sotheara Chhim from Cambodia won the Ramon

    Magsaysay award . He is a?
    A Mental health advocate Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Mental health advocate Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C young man who is on a mission of eradicating marine plastic pollution Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Pediatrician Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The Ramon Magsaysay Award which is Asia rsquo; s premier prize and highest honour, celebrates the greatness of spirit and transformative leadership in Asia . Since 1958, Ramon Magsaysay Award has been bestowed upon over three thousand outstanding individuals and organizations . They have been honored for the selfless services that they have offered to their societies in Asia, and for the world rsquo; s most successful solutions to some of the most challenging problems of human development . They are to be presented in Manila on November 30 .

    Winners

    Country

    Sotheara Chhim

    Cambodia

    Tadashi Hattori

    Japan

    Bernadette J . Madrid

    Philippines

    Gary Bencheghib

    Indonesia


    Sotheara Chhim
    • He is a mental health advocate from Cambodia who is a leading voice in the Cambodia trauma syndrome . Sotheara Chhim has been honored with Ramon Magsaysay Award 2022 for his calm courage in surmounting the deep trauma to become his people rsquo; s healer . Chhim has been healing his countrymen rsquo; s unique trauma, baksbat .
    Tadashi Hattori
    • Another winner of the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2022 Tadashi Hattori is a sight - saving humanitarian from Japan . An Ophthalmologist and humanitarian who has committed his time and resources to provide free eye surgeries in Vietnam . Hattori decided to become a doctor at the age of 15 years when he witnessed the rude treatment that his cancer - stricken father received in a hospital .
    Gary Bencheghib
    • Gary Bencheghib is a young Frenchman who is on a mission of eradicating marine plastic pollution in Bali, Indonesia one river at a time . He is an anti - plastic pollution warrior from Indonesia who is being recognized for Emergent Leadership for his inspiring fight against marine plastic pollution
    Bernadette J . Madrid
    • Bernadette J . Madrid is a Filipino pediatrician who has been championing the Filipino Child rsquo; s Right to protection by creating safe spaces for abused children nationwide . Since 1997, Madrid has led the country rsquo; s first child protection center at the Philippine General Hospital in Manila . The Centre has served more than 27,000 children as of 2021 .
    • Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award that has been established to perpetuate the former President of the Philippines Ramon Magsaysay rsquo; s example of integrity in governance, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism in a democratic society .
    • Ramon Magsaysay Award was established in April 1957 by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund which is based in New York City with the concurrence of the Government of the Philippines .

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