Blanket them With Love -Flood&Cold Relief Thailand

Tireless Help for a Hardy Community

Wang Thong district in the province of Phitsanuloke lies by the river bank and because of its location, will see the river overflow during rainy seasons. Being in a low-lying area, the community that lives there see flooding annually in their land where their houses are built.
The waters from the overflow banks tend to stay stagnant for around 3 months before water level drops and it flows back to the river and land becomes dry and walkable by foot.

The residents in the community have stayed in that area for many generations and are generally poor with many seniors left home to look after their grandchildren, whose parents have gone to look for jobs in the cities. This hardy community have little choice in where they can stay, as to move or to sell their flood-prone land are formidable options.

 This year our Volunteer Saengchan sought out those whose families who are in need, which included granny Thurian Boonmad, who was delighted to be a receipient of help from our Foundation, family of Mr Prateep (who is disabled and unable to get out of his home) and his siblings who also live on the same land, but whose ground floor kitchen-living area toilet was unuseable for about 3 months while the waters slowly subsided. 

The Foundation is grateful for volunteers, partners and donors who tirlessly seek out the unfortuanate victims to support them in times of their need.

Any feedback or comments to help us improve our reach to the underpriviledged is appreciated.

As Christmas approaches and 2023 is just round the bend, may we in our Foundation wish all donors, volunteers and patners...

A Joyous Christmas and a Blessed New Year!!

It is coming soon!

It is the rainy season yet again, The Foundation has to be on the lookout in case flooding that occur during this period may adversely affect victims.

IN the past week, heavy rains in the city of Bangkok had caused traffic to come to a standstill.
Our client (a kidney dialysis patient) and a parttime staff, Renu, spent 6 hours trying to come to the office, but had to give up, when the bus that she was on did not move at all in the flood waters. By the time she reached home, it was nearly a whole day’s effort.

In order for the Foundation to be prepared for the coming typhoons and storms, we tried various ways to raise funds, like organising “garage sales”, having volunteers help to bake brownies, cakes etc… and the Foundation will hold Bake Sales, in preparation for emergencies.

Today we hear that Storm Mulan has hit the north and north-eastern borders of Thailand and heavy to very heavy rain

On the morning of 13 August 2022, the river burst its banks and flooded the Mae Sai-Tachilek border checkpoint between Myanmmar and Thailand. More than 2,000 households were inundated, according to local reports. Some residential areas are under 1 metre of water. There were no deaths or casualties reported.

However, we will have our ears glued to the ground, should there be needs that we can afford to meet.

As our partners, our Foundation would like to invite you to participate in this cause, as we prepare to meet needs as soon as it is known to us.

Thank you for your participation and generosity.

Links:

• WION on youtube