As the crisis in Syria enters its second decade, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has surveyed 1,400 Syrians aged 18-25 living in Syria, Lebanon and Germany. The survey shows that important issues that young people mentioned are being torn apart from families and friends, economic hardship, anxiety, aimlessness, and psychological impacts of…
On 15 March 2021, the Meeting of Southeast Asia Red Cross and Red Crescent Leadership and the Timor-Leste Red Cross Society was briefed by the Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) about the situation in Republic of the Union of Myanmar and discussed ways to aid the MRCS. The MRCS provides 246 first aid units nationwide…
On 9 March 2021, at Nakhon Pathom Red Cross Chapter Office, Ms. Sunantha Sornanusin, Director of the Red Cross Youth Bureau, Thai Red Cross Society (TRCS), and her team, along with Ms. Waraporn Charoensirichot, President of Nakhon Pathom Red Cross Chapter, had a discussion on a youth volunteer project to support youth in assisting people.…
On 12 March 2021, Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Executive Vice President of the Thai Red Cross Society, proceeded to the meeting room at Sra Pathum Palace, to chair the 340th Virtual Thai Red Cross Council Meeting, while other TRCS Council members also participated in the meeting at Terd Prakiat Building, the Thai…
Amnat Charoen Province The President of Amnat Charoen Red Cross Chapter along with the Committee and members provided a laser pointer cane and daily necessities to a patient in Huay Rai Sub-district, Muang Amnat Charoen District. Kalasin Province The Committee and members of Kalasin Red Cross Chapter provided relief kits and financial support to a…
The Thai Red Cross Society AIDS Research Centre has opened the Transgender Health and Wellness Center, which operates Monday through Friday during 08.30 – 14.00 hrs. (close on public holidays). The services provided by the center include counselling service, HIV test, Syphilis/ Gonorrhea/ Chlamydia/ Hepatitis A B and other STI test, PrEP and PEP medication, same day ART,…
The Thai Red Cross Society in collaboration with diplomatic spouses and foreign embassies in Thailand invite people to visit the 54th Diplomatic Red Cross Bazaar, which will be organized under the concept of “Shop the World at the Diplomatic Red Cross Bazaar” during 27-29 March 2021 at Royal Paragon Hall, Siam Paragon, Bangkok. All proceeds…
Forensic science work is about moving corpses, analyzing evidence and identification. Over the past years, both movies and series depict characteristics of forensic science work which makes it more interesting. As of the International Women’s Day on 8 March, Dr. Sherry C. Fox, a forensic specialist from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),…
As the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a severe blood shortage, Red Cross Youth Volunteers from the Thai Red Cross Youth Bureau donated their blood at the National Blood Centre, TRCS, on 24 February 2021.
On 24 February 2021, Prof.Visith Sitprija, Director of Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, the Thai Red Cross Society (TRCS), and the management of the institute, along with D.V.M. Dr. Suphot Wattanaphansak, Department of Veterinary Medicine of Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, and D.V.M. Rachod Tantilertcharoen, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, together discussed Thailand’s African Horse Sickness Serotype…