snoop1130 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Donations pour in for father, son living in tuk-tuk in Songkhla By The Nation Public donations for a father and son who live in an old tuk-tuk in Songkhla have reached more than Bt1.3 million, the organiser of the fund-raising said on Tuesday. Phanu Phithakpao, director of the sufficiency-economy learning centre in Songkhla’s Hat Yai district, said the donations to two bank accounts amounted to Bt1.347 million and were still rising six days after he organised the fund-raising. Rungrot Tiprat, 62, and his 10-year-old son, Kampanat, are homeless and have been sleeping in Rungrot’s tuk-tuk and taking showers at petrol stations, as well as living on food from monks’ alms. Phanu said he would set up a committee to manage the donations to the maximum benefit of the father and son. The money raised would be used to rent housing and buy a second-hand tuk-tuk for the father to drive to earn a living. The rest of the money would be used for his son’s education, he added. Phanu pointed out that Rungrot was not an alcoholic as some social networkers suspected, but he talked like a drunk because he had a health problem and had had a chest operation. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30336381 -- © Copyright The Nation 2018-1-16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Travolta Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 What a lovely and heart warming story. Look at the smile on the boys face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymonddiaz Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Good news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellstens Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Really happy it ends up in a good way :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 17 hours ago, snoop1130 said: Phanu said he would set up a committee to manage the donations to the maximum benefit of the father and son. That way the donations can be shared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchooptip Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Phanu pointed out that Rungrot was not an alcoholic as some social networkers suspected, but he talked like a drunk because he had a health problem and had had a chest operation. Social media full of love as usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geisha Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 GReat news. They both deserve some good luck. There are a lot of very poor people in Thailand , it breaks my heart to see some , even families, sleeping rough. I know it’s a world problem, the luckier ones in most of Europe get some help if they want it. Not here.Especiallybif you are no longer able’ to wrk, and avec no family. Sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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