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Nature's healing power
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 11/07/2022
» The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted not only the physical health and economy of millions of people around the world but also has disrupted their mental health in a significant manner. As the world cautiously reopens to travel, Thailand has become a destination of choice for numerous tourists as travel restrictions continue to subside.
Hope fades for migrant children
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 13/12/2021
» Once a happy-go-lucky fifth-grader who studied at a migrant learning centre in Mae Sot, Min* opts to sniff glue in his free time. By doing so, he wishes to momentarily forget the enormous responsibility of bringing food to the table by working long shifts at a local slaughterhouse after his parents were laid off due to the impact of Covid-19.
Medical miracle
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 30/03/2021
» Having fought deadly breast cancer for close to a decade, Phloenphit Kowae's life was hanging by a thread. The deadly disease had ravaged her body, starting from the breast and later spreading to her lungs, liver and bones. The reality was that she was terminally-ill and slowly dying.
Heart of gold
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 08/03/2021
» The seed of becoming a philanthropist was first sewn in Punsiree Kunakornpaiboonsiri's heart when she accompanied her family to donate clothes and goods to tribal communities in the north as a child.
Fear and desperation in Latin America
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 11/10/2019
» At Simon Bolivar International Bridge, the most transited point across the Tachira River on the Venezuela-Colombia border, Thailand's UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Praya "Pu" Lundberg witnessed a grim sight.
How the old stay young
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 11/12/2018
» Despite being 65 and frail, Auntie Pim, a retired nurse, doesn't miss a day of her workout classes at the Lumpini Youth Centre and Sports Club, which aside from sports activities for the youth offers retired folks classes on classical Thai music, painting and other arts-based activities.
The Golden Years
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 07/08/2018
» Dressed in white jumpsuit Vijitra Kanthawivorn, 73, a retired nurse from King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, gestured for a group of her friends to sit next to her as the screening of the film was about to begin.
Waiting for some humanity
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 21/11/2017
» Raped, torched and traumatised, the Rohingya minority fleeing Myanmar to Bangladesh are in dire need of basic necessities like food, water, shelter and medical assistance. As the number of refugees continues to rise -- now it stands at over 600,000 -- relief agencies have been working around the clock to mitigate one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent memory.
Living in limbo
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 21/03/2017
» It is hard not to get noticed in a sea of Thai faces when you are Middle Eastern. Being a refugee in Thailand, which is very "grey" on such status, will only add to the predicament.
Southern provinces need a flood of generosity
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 25/01/2017
» Since the beginning of January much of southern Thailand has been swamped by heavy rain, causing massive flooding in several provinces. Besides human and animal casualties, infrastructure in many areas has taken a beating, slowing the process needed to assist flood victims in hard-to-access areas.