Boy, 9, writes to Dutch PM to help save trapped footballers

 

Dennis Kramer and his letter (photos from his mother's Facebook)

 

A Thai-Dutch boy has written a letter to the prime minister of the Netherlands asking if the country could help evacuate the young footballers trapped in a Chiang Rai cave since June 23.

 

In his letter to Dutch PM Mark Rutte, nine-year-old Denise Kramer asked “Could you do something about it?”

 

The young footballers and their coach were located in the heavily flooded Tham Luang cave10 days after they went missing. However multinational rescue teams have not been able to evacuate them from the cave as their condition is weak after starving for days and the exit path is heavily flooded water levels reaching the roof in parts of the cave.

 

According to Dennis, since Netherlands has expertise in water management the country must be able to do something. 

 

His letter was published in De Telegraaf newspaper’s website – telegraaf.ne – on July 5, with the headline; Thaise Dennis (9) vraagt Rutte om hulp bij grotjongens: ‘Nederland weet toch veel van water’, which translates as “Thai Dennis (9) asks Rutte for help with cave boys: ‘The Netherlands knows a lot about water’.”

 

His mother, Nantinee Ruangsakorn, posted the letter on her Facebook, saying the letter was short and precise as “I guess the PM may not have the time to read a long letter”.

 

The request was made as an open-ended question so that the reader will not feel pressured, she said.

 

She also wrote that she and Dennis, who live in Zwolle, watched news reports about the 13 footballers of Mu Pa Academy football club trapped in the Tham Luang cave and how many foreign countries had extended help.

 

She asked her husband why Netherlands was not doing anything, so he said they were not experts in caves because “we have no caves”.

 

“The present problem is not about caves but about the large volume of water which hampers the evacuation of the boys. I think Netherlands is the best country in the world in managing water,” she told her husband and he agreed.

 

That’s when Dennis said he hoped the water level will go down as soon as possible so that the boys could go out and play.

 

The mother urged her son to help the stranded boys by writing a letter to the Dutch premier.

 

That’s how Dennis’s first letter was written, the mother said, adding what the premier will decide is now up to him.

 

It is not yet clear whether Mark Rutte has already read the letter. “Thanks in advance and a friendly greeting”, Dennis concluded.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30349482

 

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Nine-year-old Thai kid writes better than most Thai adults.

11 minutes ago, tubby johnson said:

Nine-year-old Thai kid writes better than most Thai adults.

 

I suppose they even read better than a platinum TV member, because the letter was written by a Dutch boy in Dutch language

17 minutes ago, tubby johnson said:

Nine-year-old Thai kid writes better than most Thai adults.

Yes, most Thais don't get a lot of Dutch language studies from the school system for some strange reason.

 

Edited July 6, 20188 yr by duanebigsby

I hope someone does something soon. 

Such a shame the diver died. Getting sadder by the day. 

Just now, greenchair said:

I hope someone does something soon. 

Such a shame the diver died. Getting sadder by the day. 

I think you're drunk and on the wrong thread.

11 minutes ago, duanebigsby said:

I think you're drunk and on the wrong thread.

What's wrong with that post. I thought it was nice. 

Maybe you've been smoking too much weed. 

10 minutes ago, greenchair said:

What's wrong with that post. I thought it was nice. 

Maybe you've been smoking too much weed. 

 

I haven't smoked weed for over 40 years but you are right to call me out.

The thread started to focus on language and I got sidetracked by that.

It was nice of the kid to offer Dutch irrigation/water expertise. 

I apologize.

Edited July 6, 20188 yr by duanebigsby

This kid  in the cave Piyarat Yodsuwan 14, can speak four languages, said the teacher: Thai, English, Chinese and Burmese. Teacher said that Adul is a hardworking student with a grade average of 3.9 out of 4. and 
He also joins in many activities after classes, such as football, volleyball and biking, and shows musical talents and can play guitar, violin and piano.

Any education system can produce anything.

It all depends on the pupil/student and the educational room offered by the teacher and school.

Hope help arrives on time . Latest from Dutch media.  http://northerntimes.nl/2018/07/06/frisian-company-helping-thai-cave-rescue/

Edited July 7, 20188 yr by nowhereman

18 hours ago, yrag said:

This kid  in the cave Piyarat Yodsuwan 14, can speak four languages, said the teacher: Thai, English, Chinese and Burmese. Teacher said that Adul is a hardworking student with a grade average of 3.9 out of 4. and 
He also joins in many activities after classes, such as football, volleyball and biking, and shows musical talents and can play guitar, violin and piano.

Those are all good qualities, but how about swimming?

4 hours ago, Vacuum said:

Those are all good qualities, but how about swimming?

About to find out....time will tell and we running out of that....Time

On 7/6/2018 at 1:59 PM, tubby johnson said:

Nine-year-old Thai kid writes better than most Thai adults.

Correction . Thai DUTCH kid, educated in the Netherlands. So no wonder he writes better than most Thai adults. We have a proper education system here.

5 hours ago, Vacuum said:

Those are all good qualities, but how about swimming?

Most of the small town villages don't have swimming pools at the schools or free public pools for kids to learn. I know there are the rivers, but who will teach them.

Schools with pools teach the kids to swim.

18 hours ago, Vacuum said:

Those are all good qualities, but how about swimming?

How many Northern Thai small town schools have swimming pools and qualified instructors?

BREAKING: Rescue mission to free 'Tham Luang 13' has started: 

 

https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047052-rescuers-begin-evacuation-of-tham-luang-13/