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Home » Reader question » Reader question: Is food still being distributed to poor Thai people?
Dear readers,
A few weeks ago I saw all kinds of great initiatives from farang to distribute food to Thai people who have become unemployed. But I don't hear or read much about it anymore. Has this stopped or is it no longer needed? Who can tell me?
Regards,
Arie
This continues mi Today my girlfriend is handing out food again in Burriram and we will keep that up for at least another month. Then we'll see. Friends of mine also donate (through me) to Ning in Burriram.
Lionsclub IJsselmonde and the Dutch Association Hua Hin and Cha Am are still handing out 125 food packages yesterday in Bueng Khan, municipality of Hua Hin against the border with Burma. This area has no electricity and running water. Approximately 800 packages have now been distributed and money/stock for another 400. A package consists of 5 kg of rice, eggs, canned fish, noodles, cooking oil and fish sauce, good for a good week per family.
Food is also distributed daily in Pattaya to the poor and unemployed of the city. The reason you don't hear about it is that it is kept silent by the media, only donations by Thais are mentioned in the media, with the exception of the Bangkok post, everyone else is silent about this, by whose order or wish???, there we can only guess.
It's the farang that keep the Thais eating, but for some reason it's not allowed to be made public.
It is frustrating for those handing out food. but it must not be at the expense of these poor people, they desperately need it. does it make you think????????
It's the farangs that keep the Thais eating, why.
I see daily on the Thai media, including TV, that many Thais and monks also give money and food for their compatriots.
Similar actions by farangs will also appear on the Thai viewing tube.
Jan Beute.
It is indeed mainly the monks who ensure that people who can no longer take care of themselves can come and eat with them and possibly sleep even if they don't have a roof over their heads. When I was young, poor people also went to the monastery or to the church to get food. That was just after World War II. My mother also gave food to people who had nothing left because of the bombing of our village.
Jungle Aid is active in the region around Hua Hin. In Hua Hin itself, Jungle Aid supports various initiatives for people whose income has disappeared. The help will continue as long as it is needed.
Good idea to use Jungle Aid's existing network for this. Check out the website!
It is striking that the distribution of food by Thai volunteers is extensively portrayed in all kinds of TV reports. I haven't seen any reports of handing out by farang so far. I do feel that handing out food is shown to strengthen solidarity between Thai people. That also seems fine to me, but it would certainly be nice and desirable if the farang initiatives in this area were also portrayed through reports.
Nothing changed yet. The poor are getting poorer and the rows longer
I live in BANGKOK, CHACHUCHAK district.
Two weeks ago I saw that glass cabinets of about 40x60x120 cm with glass doors were being installed. Near the 7/11 and our apartments. To help the poor during this Corona period.
The locals fill the cupboards and so do the shopkeepers.
(We live in Supalai Park, a neat and clean building complex. Not the expensive apartments, but certainly not the cheapest either.)
Also saw food being put in, noodles for cooking. etc. Soft drinks, water bottles etc etc.
For the people who can't afford food.
Walked near such a cupboard last week, a freshly dressed Thai person comes out of such a cupboard with a bag to do some free shopping.
A few days later a neat Thai man from the 7/11 comes with groceries, walks to the cupboard and takes out the bag with eggs, I see where he is going and he lives in the same apartment complex.
What I mean by this, Thai stand in line for everything as long as it's free. Regardless of whether they can afford it or not.
I lived in the countryside for 3> years, really between and with the farmers, I experienced what poverty means for a Thai. Thai help each other, that's their culture. No matter how poor they are, there is always a family member who comes to the rescue.
Getting something for free…that's always a bonus. You don't have to be poor for that.
With the exceptions of course.
This writing is not intended negatively towards a section of the Thai population, certainly not but only for the purpose of exposing a fact 🙂
Well Jan will help you out of your dream, that's the same here, still looking for someone who wants to mow the lawn around the house, give 200 bht for an hour's work, no interest so far;
Best,
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Andre
The situation has not changed, everyone in our town is still largely unemployed. So there is still 150 euros going that way every month for friends.
Let's hope for a quick normalization, because people, children, are also dying from other diseases because the parents cannot afford the costs for the medicines / clinic. Hospitals are free, but often overcrowded.
I live in the extreme Muslim south of Thailand. There's no sign of any action whatsoever here, although I'm sure some people are watering their lips.
However, I suspect that a lot is handed out here in the form of 'zakat' by the mosques, Islamic foundations, etc.
Hello Ari,
This will continue for as long as necessary!
https://helphelpeninthailand.nl
Best regards. Bz
Many working Thai people have become unemployed and have no income. Most of Isan, the area where I live, work in Bangkok Pucket or Pattaya and have now returned en masse to their families, also because they could no longer afford the rent there. I've been to such a place in Bangkok myself. They are often zinc corrugated plates that are hammered together and then you have a stay of 2 × 2 mtr. If you are in the center, it is much different. Then you sleep together in a bare room without good facilities. Most are taken care of at home after their return, but for those who no longer have family, things are miserable and they depend on donations. I have been living in Isaan for 10 years now and I have not experienced this yet, so many people who have to come back simply because there is no work left in the tourist industry. In the hamlet where I now live, 2 young men took their own lives in 2 weeks because they no longer saw a future. The use of drugs and alcohol is also becoming an increasing problem. Many young men and women die from the use of very strong alcohol and Jaba (Crystal med). The trafficking of jaba also puts many people in prison and there is no good addiction policy. There is no alternative. I myself have more or less fallen victim to the addicted son of my late wife, but that is a different story. There is a lot of work to be done in Thailand. They use everyone to teach the children English, but usually that does not go beyond: “Where are you from” or “whats your name” A lot of foreign aid is needed here. Tourism is at a standstill. Pattaya and Pucket have become ghost towns. Politicians now want to get rid of the Farrang modal and want to lure the upper class to Thailand. I'm curious how that works out