About Prateep Ungsongtham Hata
Prateep Ungsongtham Hata is a Thai activist noted for her work with slum dwellers in the Khlong Toei District of Bangkok, Thailand. Among her supporters, she is known as Khru Prateep, the "Angel of Khlong Toei" or "Slum Angel". She was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service in 1978, founded and became the Secretary General of the Duang Prateep Foundation. She was one of the leaders of the 1992 oppositional movement. In 2000, she was elected to the Senate, representing Bangkok. In 1981, she became the first Asian citizen to receive the John D. In Thailand's first direct election of the Senate in the year 2000, she won a seat in this chamber of parliament. She used the prize money to establish the Duang Prateep Foundation (DPF; "flame of hope") and became its secretary general.
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