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The Thai Red Cross Society (Thai: สภากาชาดไทย; RTGS: Sapha Ka Chat Thai) is a major humanitarian organisation in Thailand, providing services as part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. [citation needed] The society was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Bangkok.
The Royal Project Foundation is a Thai non-profit organisation based in north Thailand. It was founded by King Bhumibol Adulyadej as an umbrella organization for his charitable initiatives and research. [1] [2] [3] The focus of the foundation is to improve the quality of life of hill tribes.
Prachatai (Thai: ประชาไท, lit. ' Free People ') is an independent non-profit online newspaper in Thailand.Focusing on news from and commentary on NGOs, social movements, and human rights issues, the website became an alternative source for social and political news in a country where many media outlets are state backed, including military-run, or for-profit. [1]
Baci/Basi (Lao: ບາສີ; Thai: บายศรี, RTGS: bai si) and su kwan (Lao: ສູ່ຂວັນ; Thai: สู่ขวัญ, RTGS: su khwan; meaning "calling of the soul") is an important ceremony practised in Lao culture, [1] [2] [3] Sipsong Panna and Northern and Lao Isan.
Title page of the first printing, from the Chulalongkorn University Library. Ngo Pa (Thai: เงาะป่า, pronounced [ŋɔ́ʔ pàː]), also known in translation as Romance of the Sakai, is a Thai poem in the form of a lakhon nai traditional play written by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) in 1906 and first published in 1913.
EMPOWER ("Education Means Protection Of Women Engaged in Recreation"), also known as Centre for Sex Workers' Protection or Moolniti Songserm Okard Pooying (Thai: มูลนิธิส่งเสริมโอกาสผู้หญิง), is a non-profit organization in Thailand that supports sex workers by offering free classes in language, health, law and pre-college education, as ...
Yi-ngo (Thai: ยี่งอ, pronounced [jîː.ŋɔ̄ː]; Pattani Malay: ยือรีงา, pronounced [jɯː.riː.ŋāː]) is a district of Narathiwat province, southern Thailand. Geography [ edit ]
The time line is based on threes, staying as a monk for three days, or three weeks, or three months or three years, or three weeks and three days. This retreat is expected of all Thai males, rich or poor, and often is scheduled after high school. Such retreats bring honor to the family and blessings (merit) to the young man.