he has won many other awards, such as the ramon magsaysay award, the world food prize the sydney peace prize, the four freedoms award in the category "freemdom from want" in 2006, and the ecuadorian peace prize in december 2007. dr. yunus has been awarded 26 honorary doctorate degrees, and 15 special awards. the bangladesh government made a postage stamp to honour his nobel award. in january 2008, houston, texas declared 14 january as "muhammad yunus day".