Bangkok Slum Org. Wins 1997 ESCAP HRD Award, UN Focus, April 1998


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BANGKOK SLUM ORGANIZATION WINS 1997 ESCAP HRD AWARD

The Human Development Centre, a community-based organization working in the Klong Toey slums of Bangkok, has been selected as the winner of 1997 ESCAP Human Resouces Development Award.

The Award will be presented to the Centre during the fifty-fourth session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) on 20 April 1998 at 17:00 hours at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok.

The ESCAP HRD Award was established by ESCAP to encourage exemplary achievement in human resources development. The special topic for the 1997 Award was: "Empowering the Urban Poor." An independent international jury selected the Human Development Centre as the winner of the Award because of its innovative programmes dealing with the diverse and immediate issues confronting urban communities.

The Human Development Centre carries out various programmes in basic education, health care, and community development. Over the past 25 years, it has developed a kaleidoscope of community-based service activities comprising kindergarten schools, vocational training centres, community health care centres, women's groups, savings and loans schemes, and shelters for street children and people living with HIV/AIDS. United through common goals, people of various religions work together in an environment respectful of each others' traditions and beliefs. A Catholic priest, Father Joseph Maier, is Director of the Centre.

The 1997 Award is being sponsored by the Government of the Republic of Korea. The winner will receive a cash prize of US$20,000.

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