1. **Professor Muhammad Yunus** – He is a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, and economist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2006. He found a unique way to help his country’s impoverished citizens by establishing the Grameen Bank, which provides micro-loans without requiring collateral. His initiative has enabled millions of individuals, especially women, to start their own businesses and break free from the cycle of poverty.
2. **Maggie Doyne** – After travelling to Nepal, she decided to use her life savings to buy land and build a school, a women’s center, and an orphanage for the impoverished children she met during her journey. Today, her organization BlinkNow provides a home for over 50 children and education for hundreds more.
3. **Scott Harrison** – Witnessing the desperate need for clean drinking water in West Africa, he established Charity: Water. His non-profit organization funds clean water projects in developing countries. To date, it has funded over 64,999 water projects in 29 countries and has helped supply clean water to more than 10 million people.
4. **Nicholas Winton** – During the eve of World War II, he arranged for over 600 Jewish children from Czechoslovakia to find safe homes in Britain, in an operation known as the Czech Kindertransport. His actions remained unknown until 1988 but have since been widely acknowledged and celebrated.
5. **Dr. Sanduk