Thai kindness: People show their hearts in giving to the needy

[rooster59]

Thai kindness: People show their hearts in giving to the needy

 

Image: MCOT

 

MCOT reported that Thais were helping each other in their time of need.

 

As the Covid-19 pandemic causes dire economic and financial hardship many private individuals and charity groups around the nation have been doing what they can to alleviate people's suffering.

 

In Bangkok more than 1,000 people queued after 500 baht handouts to the public, 1,000 baht to taxi drivers, and much needed food and emergency parcels were prepared at Wat Don Muang on Song Prapa Road in the north of Bangkok.

 

Social distancing went out the window, however, causing the Bangkok governor to ask charitable groups to tell district chiefs first about such events.

 

There was a traffic jam stretching back all the way to Chert Wutthakat Road as desperate crowds milled about.

 

Elsewhere Thai kindness in a crisis shone through.

 

 

In the north east, Surin siblings Thanongsak and Thorathip handed out 9,000 eggs.

 

 

In the north in Phayao 15,000 eggs were donated to the needy.

 

In Nakhon Pathom in central Thailand a pork leg restaurant handed out free food.

 

 

While in Chiang Mai a gold shop doled out rice.

 

Source: MCOT

 

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[Somtamnication]

Our orborjor came by the village with a bag of rice and goodies inside, including cooking oil. Very caring.

Later on, we gave the bag to a Burmese lady with a little girl walking by. Sigh..what a nightmare this is.

[scubascuba3]

Lot's of free food lines at Farang restaurants and bars in Pattaya,  some publicity of that would be a good thing

[KhunKenAP]

I see many private people and small firms helping the needy which is the Thai way. Great job.

 

However, when I read authorities told a temple in Bangkok to STOP free food and water distribution because some citizens, complained about social distancing violation, my blood boiled. Many of these needed people run a higher risk of death from starvation than getting COVID.

 

Well fed "authorities" need their heads straightened out with a slap upside them. 

[Phuketshrew]

I see Superman has arrived - we're all saved!

[Myran]

2 hours ago, KhunKenAP said:

I see many private people and small firms helping the needy which is the Thai way. Great job.

 

However, when I read authorities told a temple in Bangkok to STOP free food and water distribution because some citizens, complained about social distancing violation, my blood boiled. Many of these needed people run a higher risk of death from starvation than getting COVID.

 

Well fed "authorities" need their heads straightened out with a slap upside them. 

The problem with that logic is that those people might not only catch the virus themselves, but then spread it to potentially thousands of others. Just look at what happened in South Korea, where a single woman who refused to get tested spread the virus to about 40 people, who might have spread it to additional people, and so forth.

 

In a crisis such as this, decisions have to be made that caters to the greater good, not individuals.

[rkidlad]

Great to see. People always seem to come together in times of need. 
 

Shame the government who said they had this “100% under control” and “there’s plenty of money in the coffer” didn’t realize that talk will get you so far, but when the s*** hits the fan, what people need is action. 
 

I hope after this is all done that people will re-evaluate how we live and how we let others live. I hope this is a huge catalyst for massive change. 

[Artisi]

9 minutes ago, Myran said:

The problem with that logic is that those people might not only catch the virus themselves, but then spread it to potentially thousands of others. Just look at what happened in South Korea, where a single woman who refused to get tested spread the virus to about 40 people, who might have spread it to additional people, and so forth.

 

In a crisis such as this, decisions have to be made that caters to the greater good, not individuals.

Logic, logic - simply practice / enforce distance, then little problem 

[Artisi]

4 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

Great to see. People always seem to come together in times of need. 
 

Shame the government who said they had this “100% under control” and “there’s plenty of money in the coffer” didn’t realize that talk will get you so far, but when the s*** hits the fan, what people need is action. 
 

I hope after this is all done that people will re-evaluate how we live and how we let others live. I hope this is a huge catalyst for massive change. 

While on the planet earth, things will return to exactly what was in place before CV19 came along. 

[ChrisY1]

I would bet that there wouldn't be a Benz or Beemer anywhere close by!

[soalbundy]

5 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

I would bet that there wouldn't be a Benz or Beemer anywhere close by!

Not unless they came to collect their free 500 Baht, from a discreet distance of course.

[soalbundy]

I'm quite disappointed, taxi drivers getting 1,000 Baht donations instead of returning 100k they found on the back seat of their taxi, there has been a slip up in the PR.

[FarFlungFalang]

3 hours ago, KhunKenAP said:

Well fed "authorities" need their heads straightened out with a slap upside them. 

You mean "Sling Blade" style?

[Moonlover]

3 hours ago, KhunKenAP said:

I see many private people and small firms helping the needy which is the Thai way. Great job.

 

However, when I read authorities told a temple in Bangkok to STOP free food and water distribution because some citizens, complained about social distancing violation, my blood boiled. Many of these needed people run a higher risk of death from starvation than getting COVID.

 

Well fed "authorities" need their heads straightened out with a slap upside them. 

Where did read that they were told to stop? I read:

 

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Social distancing went out the window, however, causing the Bangkok governor to ask charitable groups to tell district chiefs first about such events.

 

[connda]

3 hours ago, KhunKenAP said:

I see many private people and small firms helping the needy which is the Thai way. Great job.

 

However, when I read authorities told a temple in Bangkok to STOP free food and water distribution because some citizens, complained about social distancing violation, my blood boiled. Many of these needed people run a higher risk of death from starvation than getting COVID.

 

Well fed "authorities" need their heads straightened out with a slap upside them. 

 

1 hour ago, Myran said:

The problem with that logic is that those people might not only catch the virus themselves, but then spread it to potentially thousands of others. Just look at what happened in South Korea, where a single woman who refused to get tested spread the virus to about 40 people, who might have spread it to additional people, and so forth.

 

In a crisis such as this, decisions have to be made that caters to the greater good, not individuals.

However it's not a problem when Immigration packs foreigners into their offices with a shoe-horn. <don't look; ignore that, move along...>

Here we are again on TV.  Two camps.  The commune comes before the individual seems to be the camp that the majority of Covid-fearing people are in.  "The commune come first!  Let the hungry individuals crawl into a corner and die, as long as they don't get close to us!"  That's the problem with those who believe the commune, the collective, supersedes the individual. 
But you people overlook history and human nature.  When people can no longer feed themselves they eventually band into groups who then have virtually nothing to lose - and then the social unrest begins.  Then the social control experiment with a virus morphs into civil strife and violence. Hungry, desperate people do desperate things. When the majority of greater society turns its back on the individuals who make up the most vulnerable classes, the society risks being turned upside down.
Imagine how the hungry and desperate would react if they come face-to-face with those who say that they - the hungry, poverty-stricken, unemployed - should crawl into a corner and die for the good of the commune? 
Those who now depend on the charity of others will remember those who offered them kindness and compassion, as well and those who tried to shut down their access to basics such as food and water for "the greater good."

[Matzzon]

3 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Lot's of free food lines at Farang restaurants and bars in Pattaya,  some publicity of that would be a good thing

It has been publicity about that already.

[Moonlover]

All the returnees in our village have been supplied with eggs, rice, prawns and cooking oil and all the families are chipping in by cooking up extra food and sharing it around.

 

No one will go hungry here.

[Lacessit]

18 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

All the returnees in our village have been supplied with eggs, rice, prawns and cooking oil and all the families are chipping in by cooking up extra food and sharing it around.

 

No one will go hungry here.

My GF is doing the same in her village with family and friends.

[connda]

39 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

It's all good, unfortunately there is someone else who could give to the needy. Missing in action.

Well yeah.  Like the billionaire class and uber riche. Those whose primary goal in life is to work toward harvesting the wealth of the rest of humanity in order to become richer beyond any need that money can buy except - power.  These people rape humanity for whatever minuscule wealth they can glean from even the poorest of the poor, convert their money into the power to rule and the power to control information and discourse, and then use that power to continue the rape and pillage and to wield as much control as they can over the masses.  Occasionally they toss a chicken wing to the dogs ala Charles Laughton and to much fanfare from the media they own and control.
Compassion and sharing happens organically at lower levels of society where the people still understand where they themselves came from.  Billionaires as a whole are beyond empathy.  Interesting how many billionaire are vocal eugenicists.  Driving 1/3 of the global population into abject poverty is a great way to start culling the herd.  And the ultimate irony, by claiming it's to protect mankind from a virus.

 

 

Edited April 18, 2020 by connda

[connda]

29 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

My GF is doing the same in her village with family and friends.

Self-sufficiency is still in the generational memory of Thai villages.  Shops and markets are still open.  Some wear masks, some don't.  Entire villages are not dying of the plague.  On the contrary, people are still working, money is still flowing through the community, the poorest members are being helped by individuals within the community with the means to help.  Sharing keeps the village alive and vibrant.  The familial interconnection within the villages keeps a check on the power of a single individual or individuals from issuing repressive "dictates" as has happened in the cities.  
Villages are doing fine.  Hopefully the city-slickers will stay the hell away.

[The Barmbeker]

2 hours ago, Artisi said:

While on the planet earth, things will return to exactly what was in place before CV19 came along. 

Dreamer!

[Artisi]

4 minutes ago, The Barmbeker said:

Dreamer!

would you care to expand on that?

Edited April 18, 2020 by Artisi

[soidog52]

I see the ladies with the Iphone 10's in line with the moto taxis and some possibly needy people. There are several rotating stations around the Soi Diana/Soi Buokaow area (Pattaya).  I spent most the afternoon in the area at my shop and it all looked pretty mellow. Rich Thais making merit mixed in with a few farang doing the same.  Wonder how long they will keep it up? 

[robertson468]

2 hours ago, Myran said:

The problem with that logic is that those people might not only catch the virus themselves, but then spread it to potentially thousands of others. Just look at what happened in South Korea, where a single woman who refused to get tested spread the virus to about 40 people, who might have spread it to additional people, and so forth.

 

In a crisis such as this, decisions have to be made that caters to the greater good, not individuals.

I agree with your principal, however, the Government, through the various local authorities should be arranging to hand out food to those who do not have the means to feed themselves or their Families.  All it takes is a little bit of organisation and food parcels to be handed out to the people.  We should not be reading about silly schemes that ask the 20 richests people to make donations.  There are more than enough funds in the Government coffers, assuming the money is still there!?

[Moonlover]

16 minutes ago, connda said:

Self-sufficiency is still in the generational memory of Thai villages.  Shops and markets are still open.  Some wear masks, some don't.  Entire villages are not dying of the plague.  On the contrary, people are still working, money is still flowing through the community, the poorest members are being helped by individuals within the community with the means to help.  Sharing keeps the village alive and vibrant.  The familial interconnection within the villages keeps a check on the power of a single individual or individuals from issuing repressive "dictates" as has happened in the cities.  
Villages are doing fine.  Hopefully the city-slickers will stay the hell away.

When we first came to live in Thailand we first stayed in Udon Thani where my wife had friends.

when the opportunity came up for a house in the village I was a bit apprehensive about moving,

 

A school teacher friend of ours (also a village dweller) said to me 'you'll never truly get to know Thailand until you live in a village'.

 

These last few months have really demonstrated to me what that really meant. 

[sirineou]

1 hour ago, Moonlover said:

All the returnees in our village have been supplied with eggs, rice, prawns and cooking oil and all the families are chipping in by cooking up extra food and sharing it around.

 

No one will go hungry here.

Same in my wife's village.

We are stuck in the US but my wife with her sister have organised their own little virus releif program.

I cant wait for restrictions to be lifted so we can go back. 

[Aussieroaming]

And the cocksmoking prayutclan fed who, except each other.

[Rookiescot]

Its not just Thais. I did the same several days ago by buying a load of rice, noodles and canned fish then giving them to the local headman.

He announced on the tanoy system that food was available for those who had none.

I would encourage everyone who is able to should do the same. Lot of Thais hurting out there.

Small gestures like this go a long way.

[Puchaiyank]

"Well fed "authorities" need their heads straightened out with a slap upside them. "

 

One may have to strike them on the butt to get to the head...????

[sammieuk1]

Hopefully Thai's won't ever forget this inept useless government next voting time ????