carriew

thai air say they have enough supplies?

omg

here in UK is a report of a collection box for the tsunmari victims was stolen from a church

alain I have managed twice now with no problems but I am in UK . dont know if it makes any difference. maybe you can go through the swedish thai embassy?

why wait for donatins to double?

I have so far transfered £55 and collected lots in cash from local pub

I know its not enough

try contacting thai airways

happened to me too

but go back and click on annonymous donation and it should work

maybe you should have read other posts before posting this?

There are now collections going on in uk for clothing and bedding

please viit your local radio station web site on www.musicradio.com for local details

please bag up and label contents eg boys/girls/men/ladies/......

my local collection point is

195 New London Road

Chelmsford

Essex

I am sure there will be many more appeals

Trying to donate from the UK.

As said earlier by a previous poster, .... when paying from a uk bank to thailand you get charged.

Tried paying through the red cross site but it looks like you have to live i thailand. as no where was i asked to give my account details.

Help any one!!!!

I want to pay to thailand through card visa etc

Any web sites or numbers appreciated.

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I have waited until final confirmation from my bank but the Thai Red Cross page has an online hotspot that take you to amount page/name address page/then to secure payment page. There is a place to enter Visa card number/date/code and you are done. First authorization entry at your bank/card will be "unknown merchant" but final payment will be Thai Red Cross Bangkok when payment is cleared.

This was done on a US issued card without using US billing address.

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yes this worked from my UK bank account too

For those in Canada who wish to donate, received this by e-mail from the Thai Society of Ontario:

Dear Thai Society of Ontario members, friends and families,

You have heard the news about the tsunami in S.E Asia. Thousands were killed and thousands had left homeless and facing infectious disease in the South of Thailand. We have worked with various Thai organizations to set up to accept the donations to help buy drinking water for the survivors and body bags for the deceased.

If you wish to donate, you may send a personal cheque /money order or bank draft payable to “Royal Thai Embassy Relief Fund” and send to Royal Thai Embassy, 180 Island Park Drive, Ottawa, Ont. K1Y OA2. Please make sure to have your return address, the Embassy will send you an acknowledge letter.

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an acknowledge letter? wouldnt that money be better spent on relief aid?

Trying to donate from the UK.

As said earlier by a previous poster, .... when paying from a uk bank to thailand you get charged.

Tried paying through the red cross site but it looks like you have to live i thailand. as no where was i asked to give my account details.

Help any one!!!!

I want to pay to thailand through card visa etc

Any web sites or numbers appreciated.

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it is confusing but follow the thai red cross link I manged to pay in

with the media here (uk) predicting deadly health outbreaks I would not be suprised in the short term, but and I hope it wont affect long term plans

we are not getting the full picture

wissh i could do more.

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Imagine a doctor without bandages.

A person trapped under a building and no equipment to dig him out.

A person floating on the sea with no rescue boat to find them.

A child that survived the waves, who has no cholera vaccine, and is in danger of dying from disease now.

If you don't think that you are doing enough, remember that the money you give buys the vaccines that keep that child alive, the bandages that the doctor uses to dress a wound, and the fuel for the rescue boats and heavy equipment.

carriew you have no idea how important what you are doing is...even if from the other side of the world, you are putting tools in the hands of the people on the frontline, they can't do it without you.

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I want to do more tried sending money direct but couldnt, sent to thai red cross

its not enough

I know all of what you say is what is happening, but its too horrific to imagine

I have seen so many conflicting stories

am at a loss

will be thinking of you all

XX sorry words fail me more than that

yes I have done that but hoped to get it direct to hospital

I just went to barclays bank and tried to pay direct to the hospital (as details on first post in this thread)

a. can only do bank to bank (dont bank at barclays)

b. if I did bank there they wanted to charge me £20 for the transaction

I tried to e-mail the hospital but was not delivered, probabably been inundated. was just asking if anytrucks leaving from here. If I find any info later I will post it

will pay some money direct to hospital today and hope to collect more

please let me know if you hear of an aid truck leaving from uk (I am in essex) I will be willing to help (cant travel but can try to collect things this end)

thinking of you all XX

hi tornado

coming over is an imposibility at the moment, due to my own health problems. but would love to visit again soon (last trip 2000)

I plan today to visit a thai friend who lives local (although from east coast) to see if there is anything being arranged (maybe collecting for a food aid truck?)

My heart goes out to you all

thanks for your reply

still feel pretty useless but will do what I can and encourage others as well

ok thanks will go through them . wissh i could do more.

Bulk containers (5L)? of disenfectant and bleach might be a help from Makro or similar stores.

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can I send a parcel from uk?

is there anyway we can help from the uk? will send cash via red cross but can we help directly?

I feel so useless sitting here in my safe uk home

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Contact your local governement department of foreign affairs, maybe you canhelp with efforts there ?

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can we send anything over without majority being swallowed by admin?

is there anyway we can help from the uk? will send cash via red cross but can we help directly?

I feel so useless sitting here in my safe uk home

hi

I just stumbled on this site.

I have spent a bit of time in thailand and love it there! and thats coming from an english female!

koh samui is my favourite place in the world!

and love the radio station!!

p.s chang is my favourite beer