On 16 February 2023 at 21.30 hrs., Royal Thai Air Force’s A340-500 safely returned to Thailand after successfully delivering royal support and donation from H.M. King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua to Türkiye and bringing home 36 Thai victims and body of the deceased, at Military Air Terminal 2, Unit 6 Royal Thai Air Force, Sanam…
On 16 February 2023, Mr. Tej Bunnag, Secretary General of Thai Red Cross Society received one million Baht donation from Mr. Visit Malaisirirat, the chairman of Magnolia Quality Development Corporation Limited (MQDC), to support people affected by the earthquake in Türkiye and Syria. Thai Red Cross Society will send this donation to Turkish Red Crescent…
On 17 February 2023, Dr. Angela Macdonald PSM, Australian Ambassador to Thailand, and Ms. Julia Feeney, Minister and Deputy Head of Mission and Permanent Representative to UNESCAP 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 sides…
The Royal Thai Government handed over 1 million Baht to Thai Red Cross Society as humanitarian assistance to support people affected by the earthquake in the Syrian Arab Republic. On 14 February 2023, Mr. Sarun Charoensuwan, Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Thailand presented this amount of financial assistance to Dr. Apichart Chinwanno, Assistant Secretary…
Thai Red Cross Society pledges to donate USD 60,000 (approximately THB 2 million) to the Turkish Red Crescent and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (30,000 USD each) to support their relief operations in the Republic of Turkey and the Syrian Arab Republic. Thai Red Cross Society will also launch a public donation campaign to help…
Vientiane, 2 February 2023 — Mr. Tej Bunnag, Secretary General of Thai Red Cross Society (TRCS), accompanied by three senior officials, visited Lao PDR to sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Lao Red Cross. The MoU aimed to further strengthen the corporation between the two National Societies.It underscores a commitment to enhancing both organizations’…
Mr. Alexander Matheou, the Regional Director for Asia Pacific – IFRC, made an official visit to Thai Red Cross Society on 31 January 2023. He took this opportunity to meet the management and key operation units including Relief and Community Health Bureau, Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, Anti-Venom Serum Production Unit, and Thai Red Cross Museum.
More than 900 volunteers, staff and officers from Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, Nakhon Pathom provincial education office, and private sector joined force in “One Million Trees for Bangkok’s Green Spaces and Clean Air” event, a tree planting activity at Khok Nong Na Organic Farming Learning Center, Thawi Watthana district on 23 January 2023. This project aims to raise awareness on global warming solution while the future tree walls around Bangkok help filter dust PM2.5 and absorb Carbon dioxide.
Lt. Gen. Amnat Barlee, M.D., Director of Relief and Community Health Bureau welcomed Mr. Pascal Bourcher, IFRC Bangkok Program Coordinator and held discussion on humanitarian collaboration between Thai Red Cross Society and IFRC on 19 January 2023. Mr. Pascal Bourcher has been working for various components of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in…
On 4 January 2023, Ms. Noeleen Heyzer, Special Envoy of the Secretary- General on Myanmar 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, to share views and discuss on the situation and the humanitarian aid in Myanmar.…