Filipino community pantry gets Thailand version

“Despite our situation here, we still send money to our families in the Philippines,” said Mara, a Filipino teacher.

She has an employment contract with Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), which operates public and private schools around Bangkok. She lives with her husband, also a teacher, and two young daughters.

Mara thought everything would return to normal, although the “new normal” when Thailand had zero-case in July 2020, isn’t what it is now.

Resumption of face-to-face classes was interrupted in December during the second wave of coronavirus infections that started in Samut Sakhon. It was contained shortly.

A third wave began in late March 2021 in Thonglor, a known nightlife district for high society in Bangkok,…