Bach cares deeply about the health and well-being of people in Viet Nam. His organization, the Law and Policy of Sustainable Development Research Center (LPSD), does important work to support communities threatened by powerful economic and political interests. LPSD helps them understand their rights and empowers them to protect their livelihoods.

Uncle Pabai and Uncle Paul are Indigenous leaders of the Guda Maluyligal Nation in the Torres Strait in the northernmost part of Australia. Their ancestors have lived on the islands for thousands of years.