Trio For Justice 2011 !
BABSEA CLE hosted its 3rd Annual “Trio for Justice” on November 13 with its first-ever Access to Justice Public Interest Fair in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on November 12. The “Trio for Justice” was supported by sponsors like Energizer, Buzzwoo!Asia, the HRBA A2J Asian Consortium, the Global Alliance for Justice Education (GAJE), and so many more.
BABSEA CLE’s Trio for Justice is a half-marathon race, 10K run, 5K fun walk, and duathlon (a new event) held for the third year this year to raise funds for BABSEA CLE and to raise awareness for access to justice issues in the region. This year, the event was “bookended” by a CLE skills workshop for participating law students and law lecturers from northern Thailand. The skills sessions focussed on interviewing clients and clinic supervision procedures, and the Thai participants were joined by BABSEA CLE’s CLE team from Laos.
The Trio event itself was a huge success. More than 160 people ran, biked, or walked for justice under beautiful blue skies in Sankampaeng, Thailand, north of Chiang Mai. After the race, they listened to a presentation by CLE Fellow Souliya Svithongthai, who described the start-up of the CLE clinic at the National University of Laos. Svithongthai’s fellowship at the University’s Faculty of Law and Political Science CLE program is supported by BABSEA CLE and the Australian law firm, Freehills. Bruce Lasky, Co-Director of BABSEA CLE, described the organization’s many projects throughout the region before announcing that the first $5,000 raised by this year’s Trio for Justice would go to support the opening of the CLE clinic in Vientiane. We are proud to say that we raised enough money, with the support of Freehills Law Firm Singapore Branch, who generously donated the remaining amount needed for the construction of the legal consultation clinic.
All in all, with educational workshops, the first Access to Justice fair in Chiang Mai and an very enjoyable race day, BABSEA CLE’s Third Annual Trio for Justice weekend was a highly successful awareness-raising and fundraising event.
Thank you to all who supported our 3rd annual Trio for Justice and we are pumped for the 2012 Trio for Justice weekend!
5K Fun Walk
Enjoy a fun 5K walk! This option allows those who are not avid runners to still take part in this invigorating event. The path will take you through a portion of the same path as the runners in the 10K and Half Marathon where you will see the beautiful mountains and the breathtaking scenery. It will undoubtedly make you forget you are walking 5K!
**There has been a slight modification to the route - Please see new MAP here.
10K Run
The 10K run will take you through a portion of the half marathon route into stunning rural Thailand scenery with participants also running past the local Meaphahaen School, a BABSEA CLE supported partner. The school is located in a local village, and most of the students of the Meaphahaen School are orphans from Burma and Northern ethnic minority communities.
**There has been a slight modification to the route - Please see new MAP here.
Half Marathon OR Duathlon
The half marathon running portion of the event will begin bright and early as the kickoff to the entire event. Participants in this event will experience an exhilarating run in beautiful scenery through the Thai countryside. The route goes through rainforest, alongside lakes and mountains, through a fishing project, past the local Meaphahaen School (a BABSEA CLE partner), and into the King’s Project Reforestation Community (another BABSEA CLE partner). Runners will enjoy views of a small Thai village and its surrounding rice fields. The majority of the route is flat, with some slight rolling hills and unpaved paths.
Participants in the duathlon will join a group of duathletes from the Chiang Mai area as they run 5K, bike the half marathon route twice, and finish off with another 5K run. There are some off-road bits on the course so a mountain bike would be more suitable. However, you will not need very knobby tires. The duathlon participants will not only complete a challenging athletic feat, but also experience this scenic route twice! Learn more about our duathlete co-organizers here.
**There has been a slight modification to the route - Please see new MAP here.
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Trio Race Day 2011
