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Catholic Office for Emergency Relief and Refugees (COERR)
Thai: สำนักงานคาทอลิกสงเคราะห์ผู้ประสบภัยและผู้ลี้ภัย (โคเออร์)
Type: NGO
Area: National

Main Services:
Natural Disaster Preparedness (Flood, Wind, etc)
"Community Best Disaster Risk Management"
Education and Social Services at refugee camps along the Thai/Burma and Thai/Laos border.

Contact Information: Bangkok Office: ph: 02 681 3900 email: coerrbangkok@coerr.org
Field Offices
Mae Hong Son: ph: 053 613 825 email: maehongson@coerr.org
Mae Sariang: ph: 053 682 226 email: maesariang@coerr.org
Mae Sot: ph: 055 535 358 email: maesot@coerr.org
Ratchaburi: ph: 032 326 453 email: ratchaburi@coerr.org
Surin: ph: 044 514 354 email: surin@coerr.org
Aranyaprathet: ph: 037 223 243 email: aran@coerr.org

English Speaking?: In Mae Sot, some staff yes, some no. Would assume the same for other offices, too.

 Institution familiar with Peace Corps/your name?: If phrased as, "Peace Corps, like the white volunteer in Tambon Mae Laa," the Mae Sot Field Office may remember. If contact is with the other offices, then probably not.

Website: www.coerr.org

Additional Details:
- Provides the additional ag/eco projects outside of the camps:
- Sanitation and Waste Management, including building and operating a state-of-the-art waste dump.
- Organic Farming
- School-based Gardening
- Provide the following in other Thai communities:
- Landmine Risk Awareness
- General educational assistance
 - Drug Prevention - Environmental Awareness
- Catholic "Values" Outreach

Comments:
- Though the are Catholic, I believe that there is no religious element to projects which are not inherently "Catholic".
- Field Offices are spread along the Thai/Burma and Thai/Cambodia borders, but they have run programs all throughout the country. See website for more details.
- COERR has taken over refugee services in the Hmong camps in Petchabun Province.

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