India’s Kulandei Francis was awarded the year 2012 Ramon Magsaysay Awa

India’s Kulandei Francis was awarded the year 2012 Ramon Magsaysay Award for his

steadfast passion in placing the power and discipline of science in the hands of farmers
passionate commitment as a journalist to restore the rural poor to India's consciousness, moving the nation to action
convincing validation of free and fair elections as the foundation and best hope of secular democracy in strife-torn India
visionary zeal and profound faith in community energies and his sustained programmes in pursuing the holistic economic empowerment of women and their families
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Kulandei Francis was awarded the 2012 Ramon Magsaysay Award for his work related to the economic empowerment of women and their families through community efforts.
Kulandei Francis founded the Integrated Development Trust (IDT) in Tamil Nadu, India. His work focused on organizing rural women into self-help groups, providing them access to credit, and empowering them socially and economically. The award recognized his “visionary zeal and profound faith in community energies and his sustained programmes in pursuing the holistic economic empowerment of women and their families.”
The Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund based in New York City, with the cooperation of the Philippine government. It is often considered Asia’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize and is given to individuals who have achieved distinction in their respective fields and helped others.
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