On 9 December 2022, Thai Red Cross Society sent financial assistance amounting USD 20,000 (THB 699,000) to support Palang Merah Indonesia (Indonesia Red Cross) in rescue operations and relief works to people affected by the earthquake in West Java Province, Indonesia. According to Palang Merah Indonesia’s web report, since late November 2022, the earthquake…
Lao Red Cross Delegation led by Prof. Dr. Phouthone Muongpak, the president, visited Thai Red Cross Society. This was also the first time ever the delegation brought in selective Laotian products such as local delicacies, hand-woven silk fabrics, and woodcrafts to display and sell at Red Cross Fair in Lumpini Park from 8-18 December 2022.…
On 2 December 2022, Thai Red Cross Society sent the third financial assistance amounting USD 8,778.54 (THB 307,434.19) to Ukrainian Red Cross Society in response to its humanitarian crises. This assistance combined THB 242,322.48 from public donation through the Thai Red Cross Society’s Support Ukraine Fund and THB 64,311.71 from Thais living overseas donated through…
On 1 November 2022, Her Excellency Mrs. C.A. Chaminda I. Colonne, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Kingdom of Thailand, received the second donation of medicines and medical supplies valued one million Baht from Dr. Apichart Chinwanno, Assistant Secretary General for External Relations, Thai Red Cross Society at the handover ceremony held at Ministry of…
78 delegates from Thai Red Cross Society, Lao Red Cross, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) joined the 3rd Thai-Lao Red Cross Conference between 3-4 November 2022 in Nakhon Phanom Province. The conference was co-chaired by Mr. Tej Bunnag, Secretary General of…
On 21 October 2022, Mrs. Cristine Cipolla, Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and her management team paid a courtesy call on Mr. Tej Bunnag, Secretary General of Thai Red Cross Society. Both sides shared views on regional humanitarian operations and situations in Myanmar and Afghanistan. Mr.…
On 19th October 2022, Hilda T. Cleofe, Senior Security and Emergency Services Officer, Asian Development Bank (ADB), met Lt.Gen. Amnat Barlee, M.D., Director of the Relief and Community Health Bureau (RCHB), to discuss security measures for employees, and visited Thai Red Cross Disaster Operations Center.
Mr. Tej Bunnag, Secretary General, together with the delegates and youth representatives from Thai Red Cross Society participated in the 19th Southeast Asia Leaders Meeting hosted by Brunei Red Crescent Society in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam, from 6-7 October 2022. This event aimed to enhance humanitarian collaboration in Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement…
Ms. Gita Sabharwal, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Thailand, paid a visit on Mr. Tej Bunnag, Secretary General of Thai Red Cross Society, together with Dr. Apichart Chinwanno, Assistant Secretary General for External Relations, on 10 October 2022 and discussed on situation in Myanmar, and assistance to migrants and displaced persons in Thailand. Since…
On 10 October 2022, H.E. Mr. Evegeny Tomikhin, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Thailand, and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission (ESCAP) in Bangkok, paid a courtesy call on Mr. Tej Bunnag, Secretary General of Thai Red Cross Society, together with Dr. Apichart Chinwanno, Assistant Secretary General for External Relations. Both…