1. Thailand Annual Report 2011

2. Introducing
Our Mission and Vision
ActionAid Thailand
ActionAid Thailand is a part of ActionAid International. It was founded in 2001 with the aims
to giving individuals a voice in the society and the rights to their own livelihood and natural
resources. ActionAid Thailand also focuses on educating poor and marginalized people
about their rights, enabling them to better influence public policies and empower them to
represent their concern.
Our Mission and Vision
A world without poverty and injustice in which every person
enjoys their rights to a life with dignity.
We work together with poor and excluded people to end
poverty and injustice.
Our Values
• Mutual Respect
• Equity and justice
• Honesty and transparency
• Solidarity with poor, powerless and
excluded people
• Independence from any religious or party
political affiliation
• Courage of conviction
• Humility
A world without poverty and injustice
in which every person enjoys the
rights to a life with dignity...

3. Message from
Acting Country
We could not achieve all these
without the valuable assistance and
cooperation of our partners,
communities, volunteers, and
networks...
The year 2011 marks the registration of AA Thailand as a Thai non-governmental
organization under the name of ActionAid International (Thailand) Foundation
(AAIT). AAIT is an affiliate member of ActionAid International (AAI) with its national
board members.
Although it was a transition year for AAIT, the real work has already begun. A
European Union funded program has started in the three southern provinces to
strengthen the capacity of the local NGOs and CBOs, and the communities. The
project aims to bring all stakeholders closer together to achieve more cohesive
results. We have managed to secure the funding for and started the Waste to
Energy for Economic Development and Environment Health Project in Chiang Rai,
northern Thailand. The purpose of the project is to reduce deforestation and GHC
emissions and simultaneously provide a cost effective and income generating fuel
source. Funding for the project came from Energy and Environmental Project
Mekong – EEP Mekong.
We have continued to reshape and strengthen our regular programs on Education,
Women’s Rights, Urban Poor, and Emergency Response. Through Human Rights
based approach, AAIT have built capacity and empowered marginalized women,
landless women, small-holder women farmers, and the women leaders in the rural
and urban areas with whom AAIT has worked. In addition, marginalized children,
parents, and local teachers have benefited from the Education program in the
North, South, and Central Thailand. Teachers are trained on the issue of Rights in
School, to ensure that the rights of the children and teachers are promoted and
implemented. During the emergency period, when floods disaster affected one
third of Thailand, AAIT has moved immediately to help the victims. Despite the
limited resources and past experience, we have managed to reach more than
10,000 victims with relief packages. Our rehabilitation work to help those affected
communities will continue well into 2012, through our Disaster Reduction and
Recovery Preparedness program. We aim to help build resilience of communities
so that they are capable of dealing more effectively with similar calamities in the
future.

4. We have put together a strong team of professionals in 2011 and begun capacity building
exercises through ActionAid International. The design and implementation of systems for
human resources and organizational development that started in 2011 will continue to
produce tangible outcomes in 2012. In terms of fundraising, we have managed to secure
investment from AAI for face-to-face fundraising activity and the high-value fundraising
staff salary and associated costs. The year of 2012 will mark the systematic testing of
fundraising in the Thai market.
We could not have achieved all these without the valuable assistance and cooperation of
our partners, communities, volunteers, and networks. However, special commendation
must go to our dedicated and industrious team. They have selflessly worked under trying
circumstances and stood on the side of the community to ensure that AAIT stays loyal to
its values and its vision.
Roatchana (Nui) Sungthong
Acting Country Manager
ActionAid Thailand

5. Thailand 2011’s
Context
Social and Political Context
The dispute tearing apart Thai society is from income inequality and
exposing class divisions that have unsustainable economic growth
emerged from the rising industrialization continues to generate anxiety for
within the country and the increasing political instability.
gap between the rich and the poor.
Resentment among the rural poor Traditionally the Thai society is coherent
solidified, as they felt excluded from the and strongly united. The recent changes
rapid economic growth of the 1980s and in the politics have created a deep
early 1990s, which had transformed division among the Thai people. This
Bangkok into a capital city of mega division is not just political or party-
proportions. Therefore, while the urban based, it effects the whole social value
middle classes have clearly benefited concept and structure. This is a
from trade and globalization, the rural challenge for the country and a threat to
poor have seen the agricultural sector the implementation of any poverty
collapse in the face of competition from eradication activity in Thailand. On the
China and other countries, especially in other side, the social and moral
the rise of bilateral and regional FTAs. governance of the society and people
Although the national election and has been changing. There is a growing
subsequent decisive victory of Pheu apprehension among many corners of
Thai party in July 2011 gave some hope the society about the effectiveness and
of tranquility to the political scene, the validity of the current system of
political conflict which deeply divides the governance, which, in turn, is making
urban elites and rural poor stemming the society more vulnerable.
Economic Context
Thailand’s income categorization has (PPP), making it the 24th largest
been upgraded by the World Bank from economy in the world. Thailand's
a lower middle-income country to an recovery from the 1997–1998 Asian
upper middle-income economy in 2011. financial crisis depended mainly on
The economy of Thailand is heavily exports, among various other factors.
export-dependent, with exports Thailand ranks high among the world's
accounting for more than two thirds of automotive export industries along with
gross domestic product (GDP). manufacturing of electronic goods.
Tourism revenues are on the rise and
Recently, Thailand experienced GDP contributing to about 6% of GDP.
growth by 7.8% in 2010 making it one of
the fastest growing economies in Asia
and the fastest growing economy in
South East Asia. The country has a GDP
of 9.5 trillion Baht, or US$584 billion

6. Poverty in Thailand
Thailand is an upper middle income majority of those works in informal labour
country; ironically the gap between the rich sector, and lack housing security and land
and the poor is still prominent. The high rights; lack access to basic infrastructure,
level of poverty and the most vulnerable health and education; and face eviction
groups in Thailand are found in rural problems preventing them from accessing
communities in the far North, Northeast, their basic rights and improving their
and South. Other vulnerable groups are livelihood.
indigenous people who are not benefiting
from the overall economic growth, migrants,
and urban poor living in slum dwellings. The
Conflict in the South
The insurgency in southern Thailand is structural problems in the relationship
active primarily in Narathiwat, Pattani, and between the southernmost provinces and
Yala provinces. The combined population of rest of the country is seen as one of the
Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala provinces is main reasons for the violence. As it was in
approximately 1.8 million, of which about the past 50 years, the recent questions of
80% are Malay Muslims. Narathiwat, education, employment in the public sector,
Pattani and Yala are among the 20 poorest language and economic development lie at
of the 76 provinces of Thailand and have the root of conflict. Women and youths are
some of the highest rates of poverty in the the most vulnerable and represent the
country. The failure to address broad primary victims of the conflict.
“ Thailand has more than 1.470.000 disadvantaged
children, of which 75% have no rights or opportunity
to receive basic education
Situation of Women and Girls
According to UNIFEM Thailand, “The more than 1,470,000 disadvantaged
primary challenges to gender equality are children, of which 75% have no rights or
low political participation of women, opportunity to receive basic education”
citizenship for ethnic minorities, and a according to the THAI Education Watch
flourishing sex industry that has Network. Those disadvantaged children are
contributed to HIV prevalence, trafficking street children, indigenous children,
and exploitation.” Additionally, women still stateless children, slum children, children
have fewer career advancement and dependants of migrant laborers,
opportunities and domestic violence children in remote areas, and children
against women continues. The majority of affected by the conflict in the South of
Thai children attend school, but access to Thailand.
free and quality education for all is not
provided, nor is it applicable. “Thailand has

7. Floods of 2011
the capital city of Bangkok. Flooding
persisted in some areas until mid-January
2012, and resulted in a total of 815 deaths
(with three missing) and 13.6 million people
were affected. Sixty-five of Thailand's 77
provinces were declared flood disaster
zones, and over 20,000 square kilometres
(7,700 sq mi) of farmland was damaged.
The disaster has been described as "the
worst flooding yet in terms of the amount of
water and people affected." The World
Bank has estimated 1,425 billion baht (US$
45.7 Bn) in economic damages and losses
due to flooding, as of 1 December 2011.
Severe flooding occurred during the 2011 Most of this was to the manufacturing
monsoon season in Thailand. Beginning at industry, as seven major industrial estates
the end of July, flooding soon spread were inundated by as much as three meters
through the provinces of Norther n, (10 feet) during the floods. Disruptions to
Northeastern and Central Thailand along manufacturing supply chains affected
the Mekong and Chao Phraya river basins. regional automobile production and caused
In October, floodwaters reached the mouth a global shortage of hard disk drives, which
of the Chao Phraya and inundated parts of is expected to last throughout 2012.

8. Partnership for Change
and Developing Areas
ActionAid Thailand is working closely with partners in local and national organizations
committed to eradicating poverty. Community development projects are being run with 6
local organizations in 7 provinces in Thailand and have reached to 41,186 people in 2011.
ActionAid Thailand’s main partners are:
• Associate Partner: Chumchon Sattha Community Network
• Chumchon Thai Foundation
• European Commission
• HADF: Hill Area and Community Development Foundation
• WePeace women’s group
• Community Eco-Culture Reforming and Learning Center Phetchabun
Mountainous (CECR-LCPM)
• Protection Women’s Rights to Land Network (PWRLN)

9. Programmes
Update

10. Strengthening Civil Society
Roles in Poverty Alleviation
ActionAid Thailand, with its partner Chumchon
Sattha Thai Foundation (CCS) became
effective intermediaries between the Thai
communities and authorities at local, provincial
and policy levels. With the support of the
European Union (EU), we succeded in enabling
the communities for equitable participation in
sustainable development and poverty
allocation actions.
Activities:
1. Capacity building, Empowerment and
campaigning : fellow, CCS and CBOs
(Community Based Organization)
2. Institutional involvement of CSOs in
community development.
3. Strengthening and enhancing community
entrepreneurship.
4. Land access and property disputes
The 2011’s achievements are:
PHOTO: CHOKDEE SMITHKITTIPOL/ACTIONAID THAILAND
• Community development plan of 40
communities are presented to different
government bodies.
• More than 60% of community needs are
addressed, and over 70% of needed public
services are delivered.
• More than 90% of the community members are
able to reduce their household expenses.
• More than 80% of community members are
skilled in basic marketing techniques and in
production services relating to their specific
businesses.
A youth representative as a leader for giving a vow to
bring peace to the south in ‘Voice of the Voiceless’
• More than 90% of land access and property
event (12 September 2011, Thaksin University, Thailand)
disputes are well identified and documented.
Read more on www.actionaid.org/thailand
or click this link: http://bit.ly/qZ0SzC • 60% of land access and property disputes are in
the process of consultation with stakeholders.

11. Waste to Energy for Economic
Development and Environment
Health Project
PHOTO: CHOKDEE SMITHKITTIPOL/ACTIONAID THAILAND

12. Agricultural burning in Thailand
The purpose of this project is to reduce deforestation and GHG
includes the burning of old rice
emissions while simultaneously providing a cost-effective and crops to make way for new crops
income generating fuel source. and other biomass like leaf matter,
grasses and other unwanted tree
In working towards this overall objective, this demonstration and bush materials. Clearing old rice
project aims to save approximately 60 tons of native forest crops with fire an old tradition,
from being cut down and used as domestic fuel wood, thus which is believed to fertilise the soil
preventing approximately 18.75 mts of carbon and particulates for future crops, reduce pest insect
entering into the atmosphere. To ensure the feasibility of these population and as well as minimising
targets, the project at the same time provides farmers and labour and machinery costs.
agricultural produce processors with an alternative means of
disposing waste. More specifically, the project will enable them
to sell or send reusable waste to the two ELCs for conversion
into briquettes, rather than burning it.
Activities:
Waste to Energy for Economic Development and Environment
Health Project to demonstrate the efficiency of alternative fuel
sources as a means of sustainable environmental conservation.
The purpose of the project is to demonstrate the efficiency of
alternative, readily available, and cost-effective fuel sources as
a means of environmental conservation. The alternative fuel
sources that the project will promote is the manufacturing and
use of solid fuel briquettes made from agricultural and other
waste. The utilization of the briquettes at both domestic and
small industry levels will reduce the need for the Pa Tueng
(Chiangrai Province, Thailand) residents to take wood from the
sub-district’s natural forests to use as a source of fuel.
The indicators that correspond to the project
purpose are:
• Residents of 40 villages in Pa Tueng sub-district now know
how to use the briquettes, and briquettes are being used as
an alternative fuel source.
• Three hundred school children are trained in Waste to Energy
as an environmental safeguard.
“It’s just our way of life, we have used fire for many years. The issue
about pollution is a recent occurrence due to the late rains and hotter
air temperatures. It doesn’t last forever. When the rainy season arrives
the conditions will improve.”
- Thai land owner on burning his fields. http://www.chiangmai-
mail.com/322/reflection.shtml

13. Story of
Change
Ahmee participated in one of the project’s briquette
production training sessions on 5th March 2012. After
the training at the briquette factory, which is located in
Baan Pang-Sa, she understands it is an alternative
energy project. Currently the Pang-Sa villagers are
mostly employed by agricultural plantations and
involved with the cultivation of rice and corn. The fact
that the factory is located in their village will allow the
community to access additional employment
opportunities and sell local resources to produce the
briquettes, such as corn cobs that produce high yields
in Pang-Sa, every year. Currently, after the corn seeds
are taken off, the cobs are burned. This activity causes
smoke pollution. The government launched a campaign
about forest fires, requesting cooperation from the
public to not burn garbage, agricultural waste, twigs or
grass, but people do not have an alternative way to
effectively dispose of these types of waste. If agricultural waste, such as corn cobs, is utilized to
produce briquettes, Ahmee thinks this is a useful way to reduce the smoke pollution in the area.
Moreover, Ahmee has had a chance to use the trial
briquettes which were produced during the training
program. She compared the project’s briquettes to
normal firewood and found that the briquettes are more
flammable and produce a stronger heat than ordinary
firewood. While cooking with the briquettes she only
had to light the briquettes once and was able to leave
the fire unattended to do other things. Whereas she
needed to continually add to the firewood to keep it
burning before. In addition, small pieces of briquette
can be recycled after use in the briquette production
process, compared to firewood which cannot be
reused, and the trial briquettes produce less smoke
Interview and photo by:
Mr. Terapun Kuntawung
Field Programme Officer, Waste to Energy for Economic Development and Environmental Health
Complied by:
Mr. Kulachart Daengdej
Programme Officer, ActionAid-Thailand

14. Women’s Rights
Through capacity building and empowerment of
marginalized women, landless women, women
small-holder farmers, women community leaders,
and strengthening of Protection Women’s Rights to
Land Network (PWLN) and women’s networks to
support and advocate equality, equity and gender
fairness, ActionAid Thailand Women’s Rights
Program and partners act to support and build the
recovery of livelihoods from disaster or conflicts, and
enable women’s movement to secure policies.
PHOTO: CHOKDEE SMITHKITTIPOL/ACTIONAID THAILAND

15. Activities:
1. Empowerment of women to reject
gender-related violence, denial of control
over their bodies and their sexuality and
the factors that make them vulnerable
HIV and AIDS.
• Four hundred marginalize women in
conflict area and rural area were given
encouragement, an understanding of PHOTO: ACTIONAID THAILAND
women’s rights, Violence Against Women
and Girls, and understanding of the 3. Strengthening and collaborating
concept of control over their bodies w o m e n ’s n e t w o r k s a n d w o m e n ’s
through organized training and peer group movement to secure policies from their
discussions. government.
• Forty women artists were invited to • Protection of Women’s Rights to Land
advocate on Women’s Rights, Sexual Network (PWRLN) was established for
Autonomy and Bodily Integrity, and advocacy policy and to support women’s
Violence Against Women rights to land movement
• To present an open letter of proposal to
PHOTO: ACTIONAID THAILAND the Prime Ministry on behalf of Women
Network for Advancement and Peace
(WNAP), asking for recognition of the
voices of the people, especially women,
and response to those that seek help and
protection. The proposal recommended
the recognition as a response to the peace
resolution for the great benefit of peace,
harmony and stability between the two
countries, Thai and Cambodia, and among
the general ASEAN community.
ActionAid Thailand joined with women network in 4. Supporting landless women and
Thailand to celebrate IWD 2011. women small-holder farmers in the
communities to build their capacity to
access and control over land, natural
2. Emergency response support and resources and to improve their
building the recovery of livelihoods of livelihoods, as well as organizing women
landless women, women small-holder leadership training for landless women
farmers, and women and girls in urban and small-holder farmers women to
poor communities that are affected by increase decision-making capacity and
disaster or conflicts advocate equality, equity, and gender
fairness in their communities.
• A total of 2,500 women and girls have
received responsive action and women • Thirty women from landless women and
and girls in 14 communities that were women small-holder farmers were trained
affected by floods that are continuing to and taught more about women’s rights,
receive support in remedial action and women leadership, Violence Against
environment building action for their Women, and women’s rights to land.
livelihoods

16. PHOTO: CHOKDEE SMITHKITTIPOL/ACTIONAID THAILAND
PHOTO: JAMES BOAKES/ACTIONAID THAILAND
Our work on education aimed to ensure access to education
that is relevant and of quality for the marginalized children.
Education We believe that education is the most important tool to
address the challenges, including the weakening governance,
democracy deficit, and inequality within the society.
Achievements:
• More than 500 marginalized students were given access to safe drinking water and adequate
sanitation.
• More than 1,000 children benefited from our school lunch programme.
• Education materials were provided to at least 159 students.
• Basic infrastructure in three schools was improved sufficiently.
• More than 30 local teachers were trained and learned more about rights to education.
• More than 900 community members benefited from AAT’s education programme. Access to
education for marginalized students improved and coordination among teachers, community
members, and district authority for the development of school curriculum, and community
established.

17. STORY BY CHOKDEE SMITHKITTIPOL
Story of PHOTO: JAMES BOAKES/ACTIONAID
Change
“I like the school a lot. If I don’t have
a chance to study here I don’t know
how my future will look like”
Marisa Mayer, 13-year-old Akha girl told us.
Like her parents, Marisa was born in Myanmar but poverty forced them to cross the border seven
years ago to settle down in Chiangrai province, northern Thailand.
With no national identity, her family has no claim to even the most basic rights afforded to a Thai
citizen. Her parents work as laborers, harvesting crops or cutting grass in the agriculture farm.
They use this money to support their five children. The two oldest children work with the parents
to support the rest of the family. Luckily, Marisa had a chance to go to school because of the
Thai government’s policy to provide free education for all children in Thailand. Marisa got to go to
school but found that she had problems adapting to a Thai school and her fellow students.
“I was troubled by the language; I couldn’t speak or read Thai at that time. All my friends
and teachers couldn’t understand me at all. I felt so isolated”
Like other minority children in Thai schools, she faced language and cultural problems. Most of
those children leave the school because they couldn’t adapt themselves to the new and
unfamiliar environment.
ActionAid Thailand in collaboration with Hill Area and Community Development Foundation
(HADF) supported the shared learning mechanism among students, teachers, community
members and local authority on education for minority children by organizing teachers’ trainings
and increased education awareness in the community. Now minority children like Marisa could
enjoy studying in Thai schools with the education in adoption and acceptance of ethnic multi-
cultural.
ActionAid Thailand in collaboration with Hill Area and Community Development Foundation
(HADF) organizes teacher's training and increased education awareness in the community.
Learning mechanisms and techniques are shared among students, teachers, community
members and local authorities on education for minority children. Now Marisa and many other
children from minorities can enjoy studying a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic education and pave
the path towards their own futures.
“I want to be a chef to support my family and I believe that education could make my
dream come true”

18. PHOTO:ACTIONAID THAILAND
Bang Bua Canal Community -
Urban Poor Empowerment
Objectives:
• To provide quality early childhood care and development and
pre-primary education to approximately 500 pre-school children
in communities along Bang Bua canal
• Meeting with the community, including community leaders,
women’s group, and the selected committee of child care centre
to inform everyone about the project and seek their involvement.
• Approval of architect’s plans for the construction of an early
childhood development centre.
• Construct the early childhood development centre on the
designated site with a two-story building. The centre will include
three classrooms for children, playing zone, a library that will
function as a community library, a kitchen, a common area where
community members can use for their weekend meetings, and a
small office for staff. Approximately 20 community members will
be employed as labourers for the four to six month period of
construction.
• The communities are more aware of their rights and their
capacity enhanced.

19. Child Care Center
Since last year, ActionAid Thailand has
supported the construction and development
of child care and development center in
Bang Bua community, to provide a solution
to the first problem of children being left
vulnerable to isolation and possible abuse,
as well as creating a facility that would
enable them to have some early play and
education.
Activities:
• Coordinate with the community and
partners to run the process of renovating
the building to become the child care
center
• Parental Classroom
• Weekend activity ‘Learning through Art’
for child development through art and
play
• The communities are more aware of their
rights and their capacity enhanced Photos of children in Bangbua community.
There are no spaces for them to play
PHOTO:ACTIONAID THAILAND

20. Emergency response
and recovery program
Due to the heavy flooding that hit Thailand in ActionAid Thailand continues to support the
the north, northeast and the central part of the communities for the recovery and
country in 2011, ActionAid Thailand rehabilitation process to ensure that:
implemented an emergency response • The immediate health and sanitation needs
program by providing immediate relief and of poor and vulnerable households in flood
facilitating long term rehabilitation and affected communities along Bang Bua canal
recovery through a community-based are met.
approach in the overall frame work of HRBA. • To ensure that the specific needs of women
and children are met through psychosocial
Recognizing the differential impact of floods activities.
on the communities, ActionAid invested its • Work with the government and concerned
resources for the most vulnerable authorities to ensure the mobile health
communities in the affected areas where we clinic service is maintained during the flood
have been working primarily, namely Bangbua period, by using alternative means of
and nearby urban poor communities in transport to reach the communities.
Bangkok, and communities of small scale • The collaborate with health institutions and
farmers and landless farmers in Petchboon other agencies to ensure health services
province. The relief efforts were also extended and medication are reaching the
to Bangpa-in district in Ayutthaya province, communities.
one of the most flood affected areas, upon the • The affected communities are able to
needs assessment. access the support and flood response
programmes of the government.
PHOTO:ACTIONAID THAILAND

21. ActionAid Thailand responded to the floodfrom September – November 2011
Upon the rapid need assessment in the flood affected areas, ActionAid provided food and non-food
aid to 315 households in Petchaboon, 2,450 households to Bangbua and nearby communities, and
to 300 households in Bangpa-in district, Ayuddhya province.
Totally, ActionAid reached out to at least 12,000 people during the flood response.
PHOTO: JAMES BOAKES/ACTIONAID THAILAND

22. An Information Associate, whose main role was to
support shared learning internally and advance brand
awareness of ActionAid Thailand, was responsible for
communications function. The main activities are
Communication and centred around bringing our engagements and
achievements in all intervention to the attention of the
Fundraising Unit public, donors, partners and decision makers. The crucial
role of the communication function would play in
supporting fundraising activities in the future was
recognized.
PHOTO: ACTIONAID THAILAND
Youth -The driver of change
On 25 June 2011, AAT has joined MTV EXIT Foundation for a free concert to ‘Stop trafficking and
exploitation’ in Chiang-Mai province, attended by 20,000 music fans. ‘Super Junior M’ and other
famous Thai artists performed to raise awareness and collect signatures to end human trafficking and
exploitation.
More Photos: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.
10150226556822283.316475.132632722282
In October 2011, AAT announced the ‘Youth Photography Competition’ in the issue of ‘INEQUALITY’
and successfully called for participation. There were more than 120 photos sent from the young
participants before the opening on AAT’s fan page to let the public vote for their most favorite photo.
WE have received more than3,000 votes in total.
See all the photos: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.
10150346165742283.345741.132632722282&type=1

23. Social Media
Website
(www.actionaid.org/thailand)
Communication unit has built the new website for
AAT with the support of ActionAid International to
reach our audiences. In addition to information
about AAT, there are blog entries, case stories,
videos, and publications that are regularly
uploaded on AAT’s website.
Facebook
(www.facebook.com/ActionAidThailand)
AAT has started using Facebook as a new
channel to communicate with the public.
Facebook has grown significantly and is now the
most popular social network in Thailand. In 2011,
AAT has received great response from this
channel as more than 100 volunteers joined to
help us packing and distributing the relief
packages during the flood situation in Thailand.
There are 1,500 fans on AAT’s fan page currently.
Twitter
(@ActionAidThai)
Twitter helps us to connect with people by
sharing links and entering into conversations.
AAT has joined Twitter at the end of 2011. There
are currently 50 followers, including AA staff,
people from other organizations, and people who
are interested in AAT activities. During the flood
disaster, our tweets have gained attention among
the volunteers and media. Together with the
website and Facebook pages, the social media
has become our main tool of communication with
the public.
Fundraising Achievements (Income):
In 2011, the major part of the income of the AAT came from AAI. We have also
secured 150,000 GBP of fundraising investment from Fundraising International
AAI Investment Fund. In addition, we have raised 100,000 from Energy and
Environmental Project Mekong – EEP Mekong and a major individual donor
through ActionAid UK. At the end of 2011, during the flooding emergency, we
have received 43000 GBP from International Emergency Coordination Team and
ActionAid Asia Regional Office.

24. In 2011, the major part of the income of the AAT
came from AAI. We have also secured 150,000
GBP of fundraising investment from Fundraising
International AAI Investment Fund. In addition, we
have raised 100,000 from Energy and
Environmental Project Mekong – EEP Mekong and Financial Report
a major individual donor through ActionAid UK. At
the end of 2011, during the flooding emergency, we
have received 43,000 GBP from International
Emergency Coordination Team and ActionAid Asia
Regional Office.
PHOTO: ACTIONAID THAILAND

25. In the year 2010 and 2011, the main part of
AAT’s income was sourced from ActionAid
International (AAI). The income funds transfer
in the year 2010 was from AAI 381.22K GBP
and ActionAid United Kingdom (AAUK) 88.68K
GBP, or 81% and 19% of total funds transfer,
respectively. In the year 2011, we received
total income funds transfer of 625.13K GBP,
which comprise funds transfer from AAI to AAT (577.38K GBP), matching funds from AAUK
(Mr. Richard W. Hudd) to AAT (13.65K GBP) to cover the 20% co-financing of Waste to
Energy for Economic Development and Environmental Health project (EEP-Mekong project)
and a direct funds transfer from ActionAid Sweden (AAS) to AAT for the first installment of
EEP-Mekong project (34.10K GBP). Moreover, 92% of EEP-Mekong project funds were
received from AAI and the rest, 5.45% and 2.18%, from AAS and AAUK-matching funds to
EEP-Mekong project, respectively.
Regarding the funds transfer from AAI to AAT, 577.38K GBP, was comprised the investment
fund from AAT to AAT (363.07K GBP) to cover the approved plan and budget for the year
2011, first year matching fund (40K GBP) to cover 25% co-financing of EC Non-state Actor
project, International Fundraising Face-to-Face Program (131.30K GBP) that would be
implemented in year 2012, response to flood situation in Thailand from Asia Regional Office
(ARO) (18K GBP), emergency flood in Thailand from IECT (25K GBP).
ActionAid Thailand (AAT)’s
expenditure comprised the
five main functions,
including general support
and administration
function, governance
function, communication
and publication function,
program / project function
and fundraising function.
In the year 2011, total expenditure was 358.26K GBP, representing the Program/Project
function (187.54K GBP), General Support & Administration function (119.80K GBP),
Fundraising function (24.96K GBP), Communication and Publication function (14.83K GBP)
and Governance function (11.13K GBP).
The highest expenditures were the spending in Program/ Project function (52%), General
Support & Administration Function (34%) of total expenditure. The rest were spent on
Fundraising, Communication and Publication and Governance, 7%, 4% and 3%, respectively.

26. Toward 2012
We will continue to reshape our programs into more efficient, relevant, and
quantifiable projects. We are still short staffed at the beginning of 2012. During
the year, we will identify and recruit additional qualified personnel as necessary.
Our team will become a stronger and even more committed group of
professionals through capacity building programs that will be tailored to their
individual needs. We are looking forward to generating income within Thailand
through corporations and individuals. We will also continue to pursue for
additional institutional funding. Most importantly, we will devote sufficient time
to communicate and collaborate with our national board members to ensure
that mutual understanding and support between the board and the AAIT staff is
achieved and maintained.

27. PHOTO: JAMES BOAKES/ACTIONAID THAILAND
PHOTO: JAMES BOAKES/ACTIONAID THAILAND
Above: Photo of a volunteer who helped us distributing more than 1200 of the
relief packages for affected people in communities along Bangbua Canal,
Bangkok.
Below: Photo of affected people came out to received the flood relief packages
from AAT

28. THAILAND
ActionAid Thailand is a part of ActionAid
International working in 50 countries, taking
side with poor people to end poverty and
injustice together.
ActionAid Thailand
60/1 Monririn Building, A201
Soi Phaholayothin 8 (Sailom),
Phaholayothin Road, Samsennai
Phyathai, Bangkok 10400
Telephone: +66 2 279 6601-2
Facsimile: +66 2 615 5100
Email: Thai.Asia@ActionAid.org