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Home » Reader question » Reader question: What can I do for a Thai woman with a severely handicapped son
Dear readers,
Am now in Thailand in Sam Roi Yot. Here I met a single woman of 27. She has an 11-year-old daughter and a severely handicapped 8-year-old son. He lies on a mattress on the floor all day and is often ill. Mother drives home on her scooter every 2 hours to give him soy milk. I just brought diapers and milk to her.
My question is: what kind of help can I offer structurally? Pay for childcare for her son or continue to give diapers and milk? The living conditions will not change.
Greetings,
Ineke
Hi Ineke,
Please send your email address or phone number to: [email protected]
A volunteer from Charity Hua Hin will then call or email you. We need at least the following information:
name, telephone number and address of the patient; the hospital to which this patient belongs. .
Furthermore: brand and size of the diapers; brand of milk.
See also: http://www.charityhuahinthailand.com
Difficult to give a good answer to this question because there are many possibilities, but they depend on the situation and the story is too short, too little information to give a good answer.
Are you planning to continue living there, so you can be the babysitter yourself?
If you want to pay the babysitter, how do you want to do that, transfer money monthly or a lump sum, with the latter I'm afraid it also applies to something else.
What can also be done is help her move close to her work so that she no longer has to travel that distance and maybe even improve the living conditions.
Giving things that are important to the child and bring relief to the mother always seems better to me than giving money because many people cannot handle that. Of course I can't speak for the mother in question, but I think that's how it usually is.
Ineke, respect and praise for your good intentions! Success and strength.
Dear Ineke, it's great that you're thinking about this and wanting to help that mom and her son.
I think shelter is the best thing for this boy!
Best of luck!
Congratulations for your effort.
Authorities in Thailand may also be able to provide some assistance in this situation.
Does the Thai lady in question have enough knowledge about the correct entrances to authorities and also the time to delve into it? Because sometimes people are ignorant of possibilities. Could you help with that? A net-assertive farang can perhaps open a door more in this. Talking to a doctor, hospital and city hall could be an entrance?? Good luck.
What you should definitely not do is support financially through some organization.
Arrange something where the (support) strings can hold themselves (and cut if necessary).
If you live permanently in the area, you naturally have more options to offer help on a regular basis
You can help look up existing help – many Thais find legal options to do so
help/compensation (if any) difficult or not at all –
You can perfectly give a small monthly donation in the use of your common sense
You obviously know the situation better - always use your common sense, don't be led by emotion.
Grtn
Good that you are dealing with this!
Go and talk to the village chief and/or the town hall. Furthermore, in every village/district there are health volunteers, called in Thai อาสา สาธารณสุข aasǎa sǎatharánasòek. (aasaa is volunteer and saatharanasouk is public health) They know their way around and often do good work, maybe do this first. Good luck!
It sounds like a very poor woman. Is she Thai? Does she have family in the hinterland? If she's illegal, some options are more difficult than others.
If you really take it personally, you can of course always transfer an amount monthly or twice a month. 2 or 2000 baht per month is already a very nice aid amount for the child. She should preferably have a bank account and an ATM card.
We financially supported my wife's brother in prison in Cambodia for several years, until after 2 1/2 years it turned out that the intermediary (my wife's sister) put the money in her pocket...
I support Tino's advice to go with the village chief or his assistant. They know what legal/national (financial) options there are to offer support. In our village, registered disabled people receive a monthly amount.
In addition, I would recommend talking to a member of staff at the local clinic to see what medical support they can provide.
In our village it is customary for relatives, neighbors or friends to (partially) take care of the care where possible.
My advice is to look for opportunities within existing facilities and existing local networks.
I agree with a number of writers that you should hold back from pulling out your wallet based on emotion.
Finally, thanks for paying attention to this.
Rob