CROSS SOCIETY
Thai Red
The Thai Red Cross Society was established as the Red Unalom Society in 1893, in the reign of King Chulalongkorn, to provide relief to the victims of the territorial conflicts along the borders of Thailand and French Indochina. It was later renamed the Thai Red Cross Society and became a member of the International Federation in 1921.
The Thai Red Cross Society endeavors to alleviate human suffering, promote international humanitarian law, and provide health services to the most vulnerable among children, women and the aged in four areas – medical and health-care services, disaster preparedness and response, blood transfusion services and social welfare and quality of life promotion.
Branch Offices: 76 branches with 240 sub-branches
Date Established: Established: 26 April 1893. Officially recognised by ICRC: 27 May 1920. Accepted as a member of IFRC: 08 April 1921.
Funding: Income: 20,686,798,276.22 THB. Expenditure: 15,416,378,567.93 THB
IFRC Country Delegation? No
Key Persons: President: H.M. Queen SIRIKIT. Executive Vice-President: H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. Secretary General: Mr. Phan WANNAMETHEE
Legal Status: The Thai Red Cross Society is registered as a juristic person. Thai Red Cross Society Act (5th revision) of 2008 “A juristic entity undertaking humanitarian charitable activities in keeping with the Fundamental Principles of Red Cross, the Thai Red Cross Society is thus eligible for state budget support” (Article 3)”.
People Reached: 4,837,740
Volunteers: 1,195,222 volunteers (of which 70,539 are youth, 152,660 volunteers from Provincial Red Cross Chapters, 11,851 volunteers from Red Cross Volunteers Bureau, 960,172 registered volunteers in the database.)
Major Partners: International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement partners
Thai Red Cross Society Contribution to Implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action 2006-2013
Thailand adopted the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015, and had been responding to it by implementing disaster risk reduction activities and community-based disaster risk reduction interventions in communities throughout the country since 2003. The report details Thai Red Cross Society’s contribution to implemeting Hyogo Framework for Action during 2006-2013.
Thai Red Cross Society – Relief and Community Health Bureau Annual Report 2014
Purpose: Annual Report of activities implemented in 2014 in Thai and English. Overview: The report covers activities of disaster preparedness (including community-based disaster risk reduction), disaster response, disaster recovery services, capacity building, and water and sanitation, and other activities of Thai…
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- Community-based Psychosocial Support – Participants Book [in Thai]
- Community-based Psychosocial Support – Trainers Book [in Thai]
- Manual for Leaders on Community-based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR) [in Thai]
- A guide to Community-based Disaster Reduction [in Thai]: Part I | Part II.
1) Assessment Analysis
Stories from the Fields: Resilience and Solidarity in Thailand’s 2011 Floods – Thai Red Cross Society
- Thai Red Cross Volunteers’ Handbook [in Thai]
- A Participatory Approach for the Discovery and Control of Village Health Concerns [in Thai]
- Information brochure on water purification unit [in Thai and English]
Thai Red Cross Society
2nd NDRT on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion (WASH) Training
25 August , 2020 - 28 August , 2020CBDRR, SBDRR Refresher Training | 10-11 June 2019 | Bangkok, Thailand
10 June , 2019 - 11 June , 20193rd National Disaster Response Team Training | 12-16 March 2018 | Ayutthaya, Thailand
12 March , 2018 - 16 March , 2018Regional Meeting on Building Stronger TB and TB/HIV Community Partnerships for Advocacy in Asia and the Pacific | 23-25 January 2018 | Bangkok, Thailand
23 January , 2018 - 25 January , 2018Eleven Grab Taxi Drivers Equipped with Basic First Aid | 27 December | Bangkok, Thailand
27 December , 2017 8:00 am - 5:00 pm UTC+7
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