Sirikit - Charitable Works and Honors

Charitable Works and Honors

Queen Sirikit is well known for her charitable work, where she is the honorary president of the Thai Red Cross, a post she has held since 1956. She gained new prominence in this role in the aftermath of the tsunami disaster in southern Thailand in December 2004. She has also been active in relief work for the many refugees from Cambodia and Burma in Thailand.

Many things in Thailand have been named after the Queen:

  • The Queen Sirikit Medical Center building, Ramathibodi Hospital
  • The Queen Sirikit Centre for Breast Cancer, a new 10 storey hospital in Bangkok
  • the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok
  • the Queen Sirikit Park in Bangkok
  • the Sirikit Dam on the Nan River, Uttaradit Province
  • the Queen Sirikit Botanical Garden, Chiang Mai Province
  • the Queen Sirikit Arboretum Garden, Pathum Thani Province
  • the Queen Sirikit Cup, an annual Asian-Pacific golf Teams Event
  • the Queen Sirikit Crab (Thaiphusa sirikit)
  • the Queen Sirikit Rose
  • the Queen's Cup, annual football competition

The queen is also active in promoting Thai culture and history, mainly because of her initiative in the making of the Thai movie The Legend of Suriyothai, one of the most lavish and expensive Thai movies ever made.

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