Introducing Prae

Introducing Prae

by | May 13, 2014 | Thailand

I’m both pleased and proud to announce that Thanaporn Phonboon, or Prae, as she is commonly known, is joining Team Relentless as a Project Manager! Prae is a delightful, bright, passionate, young Thai woman of high character and integrity. She is educated (English...
Introducing Prae

Symptoms for 300, please!

by | Mar 28, 2014 | health care, Thailand

This week at Urban Light we played a “Jeopardy”-style game to teach about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) Although sexually transmitted infections are no joke, playing a game and having fun facilitate learning. Jessica had developed a lesson plan and adapted...
Introducing Prae

Blurred Lines

by | Feb 14, 2014 | Guest Blogger, Thailand

This post is written by Jessica Simons, a nurse who is currently interning with Relentless. I’ve reposted this from her blog dated 9 February. Here is her original post.   Two weeks ago Katherine and I spent the week in Bangkok working with different partner...
Introducing Prae

Measuring Success

by | Feb 8, 2014 | health care, Thailand

Last week Relentless had a successful week in Bangkok. One of the things that is difficult to quantify in this work is how to measure success? How do we know when we are being successful? Work in this area is difficult to measure – the process is slow – just ask...

Compounded Consequences

by | Mar 20, 2013 | health care, Medical, Thailand

“A” I met “A” a couple weeks ago. I was visiting an outreach location where street boys can come and hangout in the afternoons. My friends who set it up were particularly concerned about A and when I met him, so was I. Although he still needs a confirmatory blood...