17-19 January 2012--Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand.

The Foundation for Education and Development (FED) joined recently with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to deliver emergency relief supplies to flood-stricken areas in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province. At IOM’s request, FED joined IOM’s flash flood emergency relief team to assist in the distribution of emergency supplies. In all, the relief team comprised fifteen members: seven from IOM, six from FED, and three volunteers from the local area.

Written by Myat Nyo

22 January 2012—Samut Sakhon, Thailand—For no apparent reason, more than one hundred migrant workers were dismissed today from the Pakfood Public Company Limited’s shrimp processing plant in Sumut Sakhon Province.

13 January 2012, Khuk Khak, Thailand—Learning Center students enrolled in Foundation for Education and Development (FED) schools today held a ceremony here in observance of Thailand’s National Children's Day. This marks the sixth consecutive year that FED students have held an observance of Children’s Day. Also celebrated was the recent release of Burmese political prisoners by the Burmese government.

(570) Burmese migrant workers walked out of Tipco Foods pineapple factory in Muang District, Prachuab Kirikan Province in Thailand following attacks by Thai workers at the factory and unsatisfactory negotiations with factory management following the incident.