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04 June 2007
Hundreds of Chinese volunteers to teach Mandarin in Thailand  
Beijing, China: China sent more than 400 volunteers to teach Mandarin in Thailand, the largest number of volunteers since China launched its program to send volunteers abroad to teach the Chinese language, the overseas edition of People's Daily reported on Monday.   Read article
From: Xinhua News
More about: China  Education
30 May 2007
Thai civil servants get leave to volunteer 
Bangkok, Thailand: Civil servants will be given five days leave a year to do volunteer work  starting today, says Deputy Prime Minister Paiboon Wattanasiritham.  The announcement was made after Thai government declared that giving and volunteering was placed in the national agenda.  Read article
More about: Infrastructure
06 February 2007
Young Thai volunteers as 'bird flu busters' 
‘Bird Flu Busters’ at Baan Noong Wang School in Thailand's Udon Thani Province get children singing and dancing to learn essential messages about keeping safe from the bird flu virus. (UNICEF Thailand)
Udon Thani, Thailand: Watch out, the "Bird Flu Busters" are on their way.  These are children dressed as chickens marched through the streets of Thailand chanting slogans and waving banners bearing simple facts on how to prevent the spread of avian influenza.  Read article
More about: Health  Young volunteers
11 August 2006
Volunteers to help monitor bird flu in Thailand 
Bangkok, Thailand: After a teenager died and more birds infected, Thailand's public health officials are mobilizing some 7,500 volunteers to look for humans and poultry infected with the deadly bird flu virus in the capital Bangkok.  Read article
More about: Health
14 June 2006
Helping Thailand’s orphaned children by Kerry McQueeney
Tsunami volunteer: Civilian police worker Emma Linney has recently returned from a trip to southern Thailand where she helped in an orphanage.  (From: This is Local London)
It was the natural disaster that killed hundreds of thousands and devastated large parts of southern Asia. But the effects of the tsunami which struck on 26 December 2004 are still being felt especially by volunteers. Civilian police worker Emma Linney, for example, devoted five weeks to help orphans in southern Thailand recently. Shocked by the extent of damage and how much help is still needed, she has encouraged colleagues to donate money and vowed to continue volunteering.  Read article
From: This is Local London, London, UK
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