Communities offering free meals

 

PATTAYA:--A Takhiantia temple is offering free meals to those impacted by the coronavirus downturn.

Surachai Yasothorn, abbot of Nalikwanaram Temple – better known as Wat Takhiantia – oversaw the distribution of meal boxes and bottled water March 26.

The offering came as the Sangha urged temples to aid their local communities during the economic crisis stemming from the Covid-19 outbreak.

Meals, including a bottle of water, are limited to one per person per visit and everyone must wear a face mask. The temple is selling masks to those without.

 

Meanwhile, the community at Wat Boonsamphan on Soi Khao Talo also distributed free food to those affected by all the shutdowns during the COVID-19 scare.

 

Read more: https://www.pattayamail.com/news/communities-offering-free-meals-293246

-- PATTAYA MAIL 2020-03-29—

I would hope a few other groups start doing the same. I've done shopping for a few older guys I know as they cant visit their usual places for breakfast and dinner. Communities need to pull together in times like this....and it can be done without putting yourself at any more risk than usual.

All such places should put balloons up so they are easily identifiable by cheap charlies, who must be desperate now that there are no birthday bashes in bars. They are a sadly overlooked part of the expat community. 

5 minutes ago, champers said:

All such places should put balloons up so they are easily identifiable by cheap charlies, who must be desperate now that there are no birthday bashes in bars. They are a sadly overlooked part of the expat community. 

Jesus,Mary and Joseph....

42 minutes ago, Odysseus123 said:

Jesus,Mary and Joseph....

... Rita and Sue and Bob too.

1 hour ago, champers said:

... Rita and Sue and Bob too.

Yeah whatever..please refer to The Ministry of Truth's new edition...

 

Page 39 paragraph 3-Trolling and calling people "cheap Charlies" is out as we have only 3 tourists left..

 

The term is now "big spenders"

 

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I expect farangs to show up soon. 

13 minutes ago, balo said:

I expect farangs to show up soon. 

Hopefully they are doing a full english fry up.

5 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

Hopefully they are doing a full english fry up.

Sure.

Eggs fried in bacon fat with black pudding soon available.

21 minutes ago, balo said:

I expect farangs to show up soon. 

where is it exactly ... 

21 hours ago, Rimmer said:

The temple is selling masks

after  all the FREE  stuff  they get given...................you %$%#^#@#$%^&

Bugga  the mask put some gloves on yer filthy hands

A wat giving back to the people!  I thought they only took care of dogs?

4 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

Sure.

Eggs fried in bacon fat with black pudding soon available.

I will skip the black pudding but they'd best be including sausages, baked beans and fried tomato as well.

Our community needed no encouragement. every returnee (9) received 3 trays of eggs, (egg shortage?) a large box of prawns, rice (of course) and cooking oil.

 

No one will go hungry in our village.

I can never understand why a positive story in the time of crisis will generate childish responses. It must be the old anonymous social media thing.

6 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

I can never understand why a positive story in the time of crisis will generate childish responses. It must be the wold anonymous social media thing.

I think perhaps that they inadequate, want to strike out at the world, & posting childish remarks makes them feel that they matter: They don't.

 

Food Banks are very humanitarian.

 

I do however feel, that free beer for falang would show true compassion.

17 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

I can never understand why a positive story in the time of crisis will generate childish responses. It must be the wold anonymous social media thing.

Because  theyre  a  leech  on society (Child  of Prachuap)

19 hours ago, champers said:

All such places should put balloons up so they are easily identifiable by cheap charlies, who must be desperate now that there are no birthday bashes in bars. They are a sadly overlooked part of the expat community. 

sort of a black compassion working here... and each free meal should come with a party hat and a kick in the teeth?

went shopping last night on Thaifreindly.com.......... some tasty bargains to be had !!

39 minutes ago, mikebell said:

A wat giving back to the people!  I thought they only took care of dogs?

temples here have a long tradition of feeding people in need... 

12 minutes ago, kenk24 said:

temples here have a long tradition of feeding people in need... 

I thought the monks food was actually sourced by alms and the morning collection. 

It is good they are helping people out. 

Just now, jacko45k said:

I thought the monks food was actually sourced by alms and the morning collection. 

It is good they are helping people out. 

It is all part of the wonderfulness of the culture... people give alms to the monks as an act of 'doing a good deed' to start the day, almost as  service provided by the monks who offer a blessing in return... when you begin your day w/a good deed - you feel good. 

 

Then the monks are left with way too much food and will share it willingly with anyone in need. There is a security in knowing that if your life turns sour, you will not go hungry. This is also why there are so many dogs living at the temples.. 

Good to see Temples giving back, i was getting fed up with girls saying they give to Buddha and have no money

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

I thought the monks food was actually sourced by alms and the morning collection. 

It is good they are helping people out. 

Lots of people do Tambon and take food to the temple I was in that Wat Chalong one day and there was that much food would have been enough to feed the army

15 hours ago, kenk24 said:

Then the monks are left with way too much food and will share it willingly with anyone in need.

 

Except when the wife has a lie in and in her haste then has to give them my cans of birdie, yakult , and cookies. That stuff does not get recycled. I have to squirrel away anything the monks like otherwise go without. And don't start me on eggs.

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

i was getting fed up with girls saying they give to Buddha and have no money

maybe they were just telling you that hoping that you too might be more generous?

3 hours ago, Moonlover said:

Our community needed no encouragement. every returnee (9) received 3 trays of eggs, (egg shortage?) a large box of prawns, rice (of course) and cooking oil.

 

No one will go hungry in our village.

Same with mine..actually they do it every day-rain,hail or shine.

 

The Thai community in Sydney is also offering free meals to Thai students and those who have lost their jobs.

2 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Lots of people do Tambon and take food to the temple I was in that Wat Chalong one day and there was that much food would have been enough to feed the army

Those guys can put it away, seen it plenty times at weddings and similar celebrations. Some get quite chubby!

1 hour ago, kenk24 said:

maybe they were just telling you that hoping that you too might be more generous?

they know I'm not an ATM. I try and get them to save some of their money but no, it goes to friends, family and Buddha. Now they have no money and it doesn't flow back

3 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

they know I'm not an ATM. I try and get them to save some of their money but no, it goes to friends, family and Buddha. Now they have no money and it doesn't flow back

telling a customer they have no money is not unusual... but neither is having no money... I doubt any of us are going to teach them to change their habits..