3 reasons (still) have to send rice to Khlong Toei "Kru Prateep Ungsongtham Hata"

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02 July 2021 – 21:05

A hidden thank you request It is not often that we see Teacher Prateep Ungsongtham Hata, the winner of the Magsaysay Award. Public Service Branch for the year 1978 out of the Khlong Toei community at this time Teacher Prateep’s appearance on MOVE ON FIGHTERS of Food For Fighters network at Chulalongkorn University Alumni Association under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King on June 29 Therefore, it is full of meanings that hide many significance.

With over forty years of roles of Teacher Prateep and Duang Prateep Foundation, who took care of the suffering and suffering of Klong Toey people until they knew this area better than anyone. This makes it a community center for receiving information about people infected with COVID-19. And is the key to help coordinate the relevant agencies to come and receive treatment. Including public health care to help spray disinfectants in the homes with infected people. Bring food to the relatives of the infected when quarantined. He believes that by integrating assistance as close as possible to the term inclusive will help stop the spread of the virus as effectively as possible.

Khlong Toei has been a target area for the COVID-19 virus, which has attacked hundreds of thousands of lives since April until thousands of infected people have been quarantined and have been quarantined for months. As a result, many parties have to continually reach out to help, including the mission of “Khaen Saen Box” by the Food For Fighters network, which has delivered food boxes and survival bags to more than 40 communities around this area. When the situation is still not good and there is no sign that it will end soon As the days go by, more and more people in need are like adding salt to the ocean.

Even every feast has a day to end. But the hunger of people who have to be quarantined in the Khlong Toei community has not decreased. The attitude and story that Kru Prateep has passed on in our discussion today reinforces that “Khao Saen Box”, which has sent almost 200,000 boxes of rice to the community, still can’t stop the mission. Although the opening time for donations has been extended once, the Provincial Office of the Provincial Police has considered extending the extension of time to continue this mission in order to alleviate the suffering of fellow citizens until July 31, 64 on the aforementioned issues. this Teacher Prateep gave three reasons for thinking.

Reason 1: Klong Toey people lost their jobs.

“For the first reason, unemployment is inevitable. In a situation where Thailand’s unemployment rate in 2021 is the highest in 11 years, at 1.95%, with 2.5 million workers in temporary absences, most of the slums who work in the service sector and The tourism industry is directly affected. When there is no job, there is no money to buy food, an essential factor that is indispensable to sustaining life. resulting in long-term malnutrition of people in the community.”

Reason 2: The covid is still spreading heavily.

“Due to COVID-19 Across the country, there is still a crisis. The number of seriously ill patients with severe pneumonia today is in the thousands. And with the death toll increasing more and more, access to government assistance is still relatively limited. Therefore, helping people in the community still requires the kindness of Thai people from many sectors, both the private sector and people who are ready to help.”

Reason 3: Fear of the closure of the construction camp

“When the government issued measures to close the construction camps to control and prevent the spread of the construction workers to close the construction site To close the temporary accommodation of workers both inside and outside the construction site. and also to stop the construction work As a result, a number of workers had to relocate. Some live in slum communities at risk, causing the infection rate in Khlong Toei to double in the next two weeks. There is also a tendency to close the access to the community again, leading to food shortages.”

For those who are interested, you can continue to donate food boxes and necessary items. to help people in slum communities by submitting it to the Chulalongkorn University Alumni Association under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King (SNP) from today until July 31, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. or donate money at SCB Bank Account No. 729 -233242-7 Account Name Kuwanan Foundation You can also download Line Stickers Move On Fighters designed by FFF Young Volunteer from the LINE Sticker Gallery. For more information, please contact Khun Mac 096-991-6363 and Khun Phut 086-564-0957