Having built roads and bridges in relative obscurity for two decades, in 1995 Ho (nominated by the ROC Office of the President) was awarded the Magsaysay Prize by the Philippines. Suddenly the Chiayi Charitable Group was famous.
默默造橋鋪路了二十餘年，一九九五年，何明德因總統府推薦獲得菲律賓「麥格塞塞」獎後，「嘉邑行善團」一夕之間聲名大噪。