Blogs

Hear from supporters, staff and people working with ActionAid working to end poverty in Thailand.

High Power Women
Ahmee participated in one of the project’s briquette production training sessions on 5th March 2012. After the training at the briquette factory, which is located in Baan Pang-Sa, she...
by:
Chokdee Smithkittipol
Monday, 14 May 2012 - 7:20am
agriculture

Climate Change

Environment

Minority

Thailand

Woman

Thailand

Womens Rights

Asia
A world washed away
Granny Nu Rittiruk, aged 74, is a farm labourer, she earns a subsistence wage in the fields around her village in Phetchabun province, north of Thailand. Now, because of the floods, even this...
by:
Panjit Kaewsawang
Sunday, 6 November 2011 - 5:22pm
Asia Flood

Climate Change

emergency

women smallholder farmers

Emergencies & Conflict

Thailand

Womens Rights

Asia
A timely delivery
Thailand’s floods have swept away the little support that existed for the poorest members of our society. Though the waters continue to decrease and disappear, ActionAid has consistently found that...
by:
Chokdee Smithkittipol
Tuesday, 20 December 2011 - 4:36am
Asia floods

flood

Education

Emergencies & Conflict

Thailand

Womens Rights

Asia
The night I lost my mother
Still grief-stricken and tearful, Wattana Chankrajang, told me how he sat holding his dying mother’s hand during her final night. Wattana, aged 52, lived with his brother Viroj and his mother in a...
by:
Chokdee Smithkittipol
Monday, 21 November 2011 - 4:58am
Asia

Climate Change

disaster

emergency

flood

Thailand

Emergencies & Conflict

Thailand

Asia
Seeds of hope
“Even the flood is gone from the area but there’s nothing left for me” Suthi Chansa, a 56 year-old woman who lives with her 10 years old grandson. Her daughter, mother of a boy is working as a...
by:
Chokdee Smithkittipol
Thursday, 3 November 2011 - 6:30pm
agriculture

Asia floods

Climate Change

flood

food crisis

Emergencies & Conflict

Food rights

HungerFREE

Thailand

Womens Rights

Asia
Let our actions speak louder than words!
In Thailand there are so many development organizations - both governmental and non-governmental (NGO) – which address a whole range of issues such as children’s Rights, community development, health...
by:
Chokdee Smithkittipol
Monday, 9 May 2011 - 4:45pm
Thailand

Asia
Children are the future of our world
Everyone was a child once. Most of you reading this will have happy childhood memories because you were well treated by your family; they gave you food to eat, supported your education and nurtured...
by:
Anurak Lekgul
Monday, 9 May 2011 - 4:27pm
Thailand

Asia
Why I choose to work with Youth
Family is very important to quality of one’s life. It is the first school for children and youth, which will have a positive impact on their personality and behavior as they grow up. Recently, there...
by:
Chatree Manurat
Tuesday, 29 March 2011 - 7:27am
Thailand

Asia
About Women’s rights
Whenever I hear stories or cases of domestic violence in women and children, I feel depressed and heartened. In Thailand, we are quite lucky as there is a support mechanism provided by NGOs for...
by:
Panjit Kaewsawang
Friday, 18 March 2011 - 2:52pm
Thailand

Womens Rights

Asia