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The Sino Phil Asia International Peace Awards Foundation was founded in 2014 by philanthropist and entrepreneur Sir Dr. Billy Chan, KCR, and later incorporated in Manila, Philippines in 2018.

Its President Emeritus is Sir Manson Fok, a highly regarded minimally invasive surgeon. US State Senator Emanuel Jones of Atlanta, Georgia is the Chairman Emeritus. The foundation’s main aim is to harness individuals who are “diamonds in the rough” and are contributing to peace through their profession: medicine, business, education, public service, media, humanitarianism, performing arts, science, sports, etc.

Individuals and institutions are selected by an independent committee. As a voice of peace coming from Asia, the foundation is supported by the local Rotary Club International, Diliman Central Chapter and the Order of the Knights of Rizal, World Brothers Chapter. The Order of the Knights of Rizal is the oldest recognized fraternal society established in the Philippines in 1911 and consequently created by law, i.e., Republic Act No. 646 of 1951 in memory of Philippines revolutionary Dr. Jose Rizal. The Sino Phil Asia Peace Awards Foundation was recognized by George State Senate Resolution #443 passed on March 25, 2019.

The first group of Laureates were commended on March 6, 2019 in Manila and include Sr Dr. Harley Seyedin (USA), 2017 winner of the Oslo Business for Peace prize under the Nobel Economics Laureates, and the 2013 winner of the Thomas Jefferson medal from President Obama. Other 2019 Laureates include Philippines Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, Secretary of Health of the Philippines Dr. Francisco T. Duque III, and Philippines literacy champion Mrs. Soccoro Ramos, among others.

Accepted Laureates for 2020 include Sri Lanka member of Parliament the Honorable Namal Rajapaksa, former US Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer, and former Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines and former Quezon City mayor Sir Fernando Feliciano Belmonte Jr., among others.

In 2019, the organization donated medical equipment for women’s health to the City of Davao Department of Health and Southern Philippines Medical Center, wheelchairs and toys to an orphanage in Quezon City, and Christmas toys to an orphanage in Trece Martires, Cavite Province, Philippines.

http://www.sinophilpeace.org/