Disaster

On 10 May 2012, Mr. Michael Gwerder, Director of Swiss School Bangkok together with Mr. Dirk Stepf, Head of Sports Department and student representatives presented donations to Mr. Phan Wannamethee, Secretary of the Thai Red Cross Society. The donations of 131,000 Baht and 76,750 Baht from the Swiss School Bangkok and the German European School Singaporn respectively are earmarked for rehabilitation of schools in flood affected areas.

BANGKOK, 4 May 2012 (NNT) – The compensation payout for farmers, who have been affected by the worst flood crisis Thailand has seen in decades, nearly completes, according to the Agriculture Ministry.

Advisor to the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry, General Pisarn Wattanawongkeeree, who chairs the committee tasked with the follow-up on the rehabilitation for flood-hit farmers, said on Thursday that more than 27.9 billion baht in financial compensation has been paid out to eligible farmers.

BANGKOK, 27 April 2012 (NNT)-The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) has invited academics and private sector representatives to participate in a discussion entitled ‘Flood Way: A Hope to Sustainability in Flood Prevention’ to hammer out solutions to possible flooding this year.

Thailand has plans to spend more than $12 billion in flood mitigation measures to try to avoid a repeat of last year’s devastating floods that killed hundreds of people and cost billions of dollars. The country is preparing ahead of the start of another monsoon season.

Honda factory recovery

An enduring image from Thailand’s 2011 flood catastrophe was the lines of white Honda vehicle roof tops above blackened waters left stranded at its plant in Ayudhya province, just 60 kilometers from Bangkok.

Analysis by Manipadma Jena

BANGKOK, Mar 27, 2012 (IPS) - India, like other Asian countries, has focused its climate change adaptation strategies on rural and urban areas while neglecting the urban fringes, say experts.

IOM has launched a series of trainings on collective centre coordination and management in collaboration with the Thai Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM), following the country's worst recorded floods in 2011.

The programme, which begins today and is funded by USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), will target 12 provinces and will run through April 2nd. It will include a half-day orientation for senior government officials and two four-day trainings for 80 provincial officials and civil society representatives.