Blanket them With Love -Flood&Cold Relief Thailand

Preparing for the Cold Season

The rainy season is supposed to be about over, and so the Foundation is preparing for the cold, which happened to arrive earlier than usual.

Even  in the capital city of Bangkok, where the weather generally remains mostly hot, even though the rest of the country, especially in the central all the way to the north, the weather has cooled down to 25 degrees celsious in some mornings.

We received news from some volunteers in the northern provinces of Chiangmai and Chiangrai, that the climate has cooled down significantly, especially for those living in the highlands.
When this happens, the locals there tend to use firewood to warm themselves, sometimes resulting in fires, burns and deaths when accidents happen.

Therefore, our Foundation has decided to seek for donations to help with the purchase of blankets especially for those in the highlands, during the foeseeable cold weather, during Decembeer through Feburary.

Some donations has started coming in, and we have gotten hold of thick blankets, ready to send to the provinces of Chiangmai and Chiangrai for the needy children there.

Ajan Maew, from Doi Saket and Khru Nid from Doi Chang, both are school administrators of the local schools where hill-tribe and needy children are under their care.
Ajan Maew said, "About half the children studying here are placed in nearby dormitories because their homes are in the highlands, where schools are few. They would need help to keep warm during the cold weather."

Khru Nid confirmed,"The weather up in Doi Chang is already getting cold, espcially for the elderly and the young. It would be wonderful for them to have a warm place to lie down during the cold wintery nights here, where temperature has already falleen to 14 degrees Celsius in recent nights."

The Foundation thanks all who have been so generous in your giving, to provide a warm enviornment  for the needy recepients.

May you be richly blessed, as you have been a blessing to others!.. have a Merry Christmas!

Vena Lung

Never Resting on Our Laurels

Just when we thought that we have successfully tackled a problem in our circle of contacts, we also realise that we can never just rest on our laurels and applaud our percieved successes, because in the area of social outreach, events and situations are always evolving and needing response.

After the situation as reported in the previous report has been tackled and that our beneficiaries had been helped, we now have to ready ourselves for the coming rainy season as monsoons and typhoons make their way to this region of south-east asia.

The challenges in Thailand is that it is vulnerable to weather and climate extremes (eg very hot weather to heavy rains and flooding, to unsual cold weather espcially in mountainous regions, etc..). On top of that, differences in economic levels, population densities, technological capacities and urbanisation, add on to the challenges that the government and non-profit organisations have to face in easing the sufferings of the victims.

As the rainy season approaches from now till October, we in the Foundation have to again to ready ourselves in preparation for our contacts when the need arises.

We are thankful for donations of dried foods that have started to come in for our preparations, and look forward to receive from generous donors like yourselves.

Saeng, our contact volunteer from Phisanuloke, comment, "On behalf of the victims in my area, we are thankful for the help rendered to us, as we face the floodings yearly. Your donations encourage and help us go through these hard times and we are always grateful."

The Foundation for Life also want to thank all donors who have generously given for our projects and we look forward to our continued partnership. We also want ot thank you for your trust in us, to accomplish what needs to be done for suffering and needy victims.

Sincerely yours
Project Leader