Help Phuket Today providing assistance to poor and migrant families

Help Phuket Today providing assistance to poor and migrant families

By The Phuket News

Help Phuket Today is targeting the many that fall through the cracks of assistance provided by the government for various reasons. Photo: Help Phuket Today

PHUKET: The effects of the coronavirus have been felt far and wide with, at time of print, almost 3.5 million infections and 240,000 deaths globally.

With local tourism decimated and ensuing restrictions and lockdowns seriously hampering businesses across the island, thousands of families have lost 100% of their income and migrant workers remain in their camps facing starvation. Many fall through the cracks of the help provided by the government for various reasons.

Help Phuket Today is a grassroots charity started by local Thai and Expat volunteers helping desperately poor Thai and migrant families whose incomes and lives have been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/help-phuket-today-providing-assistance-to-poor-and-migrant-families-75933.php