Peuan Peuan’s Perfect Day
No, nothing to do with Lou Reed, but an unforgettable day for the Bangkok Peuan Peuan team as they share their work with a visiting dignitary from Sweden is recalled by Peuan Peuan Country...
Tagged: Thailand
Back To A Future – Sokphea’s story – from Cambodia to Thailand and back again!
With support from UNICEF and innovative collaboration with The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MoSDHS), the Peuan Peuan Program started in Thailand back in 2006. Initially the Peuan Peuan team provided services...
New outlet for products in Thailand helps families rebuild lives.
This week, the Peuan Peuan team partnered with The Sukosol Hotel to establish a new sales outlet for its Home Based Production products. The Sukosol Hotel is a luxury 5 Star Hotel in central...
The sprawling Rongkleu market, it’s invisible boundaries, traders, travelers and workers – and Friends.
Vuthaya Charoenpol (Ann) is the Country Program Director of the Friends Peuan Peuan program in Thailand. She is based in Bangkok, but in our ‘story from the field’ from her today, we travel with...
Friends-International Annual Report 2011
Coinciding with International Children’s Day, we are delighted to announce the online launch of the Friends-International Annual Report 2011 on June 1st 2012. Reaching out to over 55,000 individuals during 2011, the report details...
After the Floods
The floods which swept across SE Asia last year wrought devastation, death and distress in many already vulnerable communities. They also galvanized Governments and agencies into action to alleviate the impact, and many instances...
Neko Jump meet Peuan Peuan!
Back in July, the Peuan Peuan program in Bangkok had some celebrity visitors, the twin sisters, Neoy and Jam, who make up Thai pop singing sensations Neko Jump. They wanted to find out for...
Bangkok Update
The waters may recede, but the work goes on… as the Bangkok floods slip further from the media glare, Peuan Peuan Country Program Director Ann reflects on the last few hectic weeks and on...
Shelter from the flood
After assessment of the Bangkok emergency shelters by the Peuan Peuan teams and UNICEF, Peuan Peuan is now poised to deliver services to those children and families in the shelters, especially as the risks...
Where motorways were, now filthy water flows…
‘October 31st – early morning, and a phone call from Thai Public Broadcast Service (Thai PBS) where, 2 days ago, I went to request survival bags for Sapansiri community. I remembered that day well,...
Children of the floods
Out and about over the weekend helping with relief efforts, our Program Director in Bangkok, Ann, has sent us this report on one of the emergency shelters there… ‘The Rajabhat Panakorn University in Bangkok...
‘Together – facing the Bangkok floods with Friends’
‘No power, no (milk) powder… and water, water everywhere, but not the kind to drink…’ Ann in Bangkok writes ‘Another exciting and exhausting day, out and about during this crisis. Thip and Nat came...
Little fishes in the big floods
The flood situation in Bangkok remains critical. Particularly affected among our beneficiaries are those from the Sapansiri community. This from Ann, our Country Program Director in Thailand. ‘ The situation is worsening. The authority...
Thailand floods – updates from Peuan Peuan
More on how the floods in SE Asia are affecting our project areas. In Thailand, where our Peuan Peuan program is based in Bangkok, the worst flooded areas are Sapansiri Community and the Kredtrakan...
Home Based Production in Poipet
Yos, a home based production trainer explains the new home based production technique using recycled plastic bags. Items made from the recycled plastic bags include key & camera chains for wrist or neck. The three families...
