{"id":3933,"date":"2017-06-15T02:46:41","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T02:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ifreedom.wwwss16.a2hosted.com\/travelthaiculture.com\/?p=3933"},"modified":"2017-06-15T04:44:29","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T04:44:29","slug":"commemorating-world-refugee-day-in-thailand-praya-and-kit-in-a-collaboration-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/?p=3933","title":{"rendered":"Commemorating World Refugee Day in Thailand: Praya and Kit in a Collaboration of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bangkok \u2013 The UN Refugee Agency commemorates World Refugee Day with \u201cLove is Boundless\u201d a photo exhibition. This special collaboration between UNHCR\u2019s Goodwill Ambassador in Thailand, Praya Lundberg and high-profile supporter and Thailand top fashion photographer, Kit Bencharongkul, This showcased at the M Floor, Siam Paragon in Bangkok from 14 \u2013 18 February 2017. From left; Wanchai Tachavejnukul, Managing Director at Krishna Mongkol Co.,Ltd.; Sombatsara Teerasaroch, Managing Director at TUE Co.,Ltd.; Ruvendrini Menikdiwela, UNHCR Representative in Thailand; Praya Lundberg, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, Kit Bencharongkul Thailand top fashion photographer; Sasinan Komolsuthi from The Export Shop Co.,Ltd., and Nishanant Panya, PR & Marketing Manager Swarovski\u00a0 (Thailand) Limited.<\/h3>\n

BANGKOK, 14 June 2017 \u2013<\/strong> The UN Refugee Agency commemorates World Refugee Day with a photo exhibition titled \u201cLove is Boundless\u201d. This special collaboration between UNHCR\u2019s Goodwill Ambassador in Thailand, Praya Lundberg, and high-profile supporter and top fashion photographer, Kit Bencharongkul, displays a series of 30 photos of untold refugee love stories.<\/h3>\n

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\u201cWe are currently facing the worst global displacement crisis of our generation, with 65.3 million people forced to flee from their countries,\u201d said Ruvendrini Menikdiwela, UNHCR Representative in Thailand, \u201cIt is important to remind ourselves that refugees are not numbers, they are ordinary people, in extraordinary circumstances.\u201d<\/h3>\n

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From one side of the world, the \u201cLove is Boundless\u201d exhibition features stories told by Praya Lundberg during her recent visit to Jordan, which currently hosts around 655,000 refugees, the majority who fled from war in Syria. \u201cI am so grateful for those who shared their stories with me in Zaatari and Azraq camps,\u201d stated Praya Lundberg, \u201cAs human beings, we are connected and can relate to one another through our emotions. Therefore, I decided to share refugees\u2019 stories of love, from stories of love at first sight, to those with broken hearts.\u201d<\/h3>\n

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On another side of the world, through his lens, Kit Bencharongkul, explores what love means to refugees who have lived in Thailand for over 30 years. \u201cI believe in the power of photography and want to use it for a humanitarian purpose,\u201d said Kit, \u201cThe story that struck me most are teenage sisters, without parents, who told me they don\u2019t have anyone else in the world. I hope that when people see these photos, and stories, that they care. Together, we need to stand with, and support refugees.\u201d<\/h3>\n

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The exhibition has been made possible by our generous corporate partners, who are committed to humanitarianism: Siam Paragon, Swarovski Thailand, Chiang Mai Charles Michels Co.Ltd., Amarin Printing & Publishing Public Co and Krishna Mongkol Co., Ltd.<\/h3>\n

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\u201cLove is Boundless\u201d photo exhibition is open to the general public from 14 \u2013 18 June 2017, at M Floor, Siam Paragon.<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bangkok \u2013 The UN Refugee Agency commemorates World Refugee Day with \u201cLove is Boundless\u201d a photo exhibition. This special collaboration between UNHCR\u2019s Goodwill Ambassador in Thailand, Praya Lundberg and high-profile supporter and Thailand top fashion photographer, Kit Bencharongkul, This showcased at the M Floor, Siam Paragon in Bangkok from 14 \u2013 18 February 2017. From […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[178],"class_list":["post-3933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travelthaiculture","tag-commemorating-world-refugee-day-in-thailand-praya-and-kit-in-a-collaboration-of-love"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3933"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3945,"href":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3933\/revisions\/3945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}