So for you guys who does not live in Thailand how much do you support Thai people

in their hard times. I don't mean sending money to your girl friend, I mean supporting

Thai people or charities. I guess not many of you.

one of the wonderful things I love about Thais is they do not judge people ????

I send some money to my ex-staff who lost their jobs when I closed my guesthouse.

I also send a little bit of money to

Hope for Strays Foundation

Times are hard everywhere in the world not just in Thailand.

Why would people outside Thailand support Thais and not their own kind?

 

 

8 hours ago, Neeranam said:

Why would people outside Thailand support Thais and not their own kind?

 

 

The UK has social welfare which supports their people.

The poor people of Thailand do not have this luxury when the rich people are filling their pockets

51 minutes ago, ThaIrish Sean said:

The UK has social welfare which supports their people.

The poor people of Thailand do not have this luxury when the rich people are filling their pockets

How would you explain all the people sleeping rough in the UK compared to hardly any in Thailand?

 

 

I don't support any Thai person; I will often give 20 baht to people on the street who clearly have nothing. 

 

Before someone chimes in with criticism of such a small amount, I cannot help everyone.

 

However, within my lovely extended Thai family, I help where I can.

A wise man once told me if you tell people what you donate, it doesn't count.

15 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

How would you explain all the people sleeping rough in the UK compared to hardly any in Thailand?

 

 

I would put that down to stronger family ties. Even if the person is a complete loser drug addict/drunk etc a Thais family will usually put him up. 

 

Whereas the English family would be more inclined to kick him out and let him fend for himself. 

 

Anyway the point of this thread I assume is Meat Pie does support Thailand and he wants to tell us about it.

 

So I will do it. 

How about you meat pie, how have you helped out. You really deserve a good pat on the back. 

3 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

A wise man once told me if you tell people what you donate, it doesn't count.

 Yes, selfless giving.

2 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

A wise man once told me if you tell people what you donate, it doesn't count.

Sounds like an excuse.

 

Yeah, me too. I never tell how many millions I donate.

1 minute ago, faraday said:

 Yes, selfless giving.

Well I suppose that counts you out since you already bragged to us about your 20 baht.

5 minutes ago, RobMuir said:

I would put that down to stronger family ties. Even if the person is a complete loser drug addict/drunk etc a Thais family will usually put him up. 

 

Whereas the English family would be more inclined to kick him out and let him fend for himself. 

I'm not so sure about that. I've spent half my life in Scotland and half in Thailand, and am an alcoholic, so I know many alcoholics. I've not heard of more here being kicked out than in Scotland.

 

One thing, Thais are more compassionate to alcoholics than in Scotland. 

Just now, RobMuir said:

Well I suppose that counts you out since you already bragged to us about your 20 baht.

I'm sure he helps others in larger ways but not telling us ???? 

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18 hours ago, Neeranam said:

How would you explain all the people sleeping rough in the UK compared to hardly any in Thailand?

 

 

We do have one young lad in our town with food. Many of the homeless in the UK are drug or alcohol dependant.

There is help for them but they choose to stay on the streets.

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I'm not sure why someone living outside Thailand would donate to a charity here, plenty of charities to give to anywhere they live.

I don't give to charities. I give random gifts ranging from 20 to 100 baht to people I know could use the money for food, and I let others "borrow" bigger amounts, 500 - 1000 baht, with no expectation of getting the money back. It's a small price to pay for being here.

Occasionally, I am pleasantly surprised when the "loan" comes back.

 

34 minutes ago, ThaIrish Sean said:

We do have one young lad in our town with food. Many of the homeless in the UK are drug or alcohol dependant.

There is help for them but they choose to stay on the streets.

Well unfortunately, the help is difficult to access, & it  takes a long time to get treated.

 

It's the same for them trying to get accommodation.

 

They don't have money for a deposit, & council houses are difficult to get.

 

Many, many of the homeless & drug addicted didn't choose their plight, their life just spiraled out of control, & they have no one to assist them.

 

Without going in to too much detail, many addicts have suffered sexual &/or physical abuse in early life.

 

Using drugs for them, is a coping mechanism.

 

I live in Thailand and I only support family or people who I personally see - which might be a bagger on the street.

The reason is that unfortunately many organizations can't be trusted - even if they want to do good.

 

I remember long time ago with the tsunami many guys I know donated money so that essentials could be bought and transported to the emergency areas in the south. They had a whole truck full of things and drove south. And then?

Then the local mafia down south stopped them and made it clear that you can't just be the good guys and donate things to people in need. They demanded that the truck load of items will be given to them and then they, the local influential people, would distribute or sell them...

 

Sad, but true. And I am sure that happens not only in Thailand.

I give once a year to the local temple and to a school for blind children. I live in Thailand...

On 6/13/2021 at 2:43 PM, ThaIrish Sean said:

We do have one young lad in our town with food. Many of the homeless in the UK are drug or alcohol dependant.

There is help for them but they choose to stay on the streets.

I did a lot of work with the homeless in the. UK (and my brother still does as his full time job). 

 

There are a large percentage of homeless people who are not drug addicts or mental cases. These people stay more hidden or are not noticed as they appear more 'normal' if you were to see them pass you by in the street.  

 

280,000 homeless and more in the uk.  

 

Sadly the negative stigma attached to anyone who admits to being homeless means most of the general population has this mistaken prejudiced view about all the homeless being lazy, drug addicts, who want to be homeless....which is not true for many of them. 

On 6/12/2021 at 8:30 PM, Neeranam said:

A wise man once told me if you tell people what you donate, it doesn't count.

count for what? 

I support many Issan families, 1000 baht at a time 

42 minutes ago, 1FinickyOne said:

count for what? 

In your Karmic account, I suppose. 

Perhaps a more relevant question would ask the foreigners that live in Thailand .

What about your good self ? 

On 6/12/2021 at 3:16 AM, Meat Pie 47 said:

how much do you support Thai people

We don't give Thais any money.

We go to Makro and buy lunch/dinner for the Blind school on Arak rd, and every other week we buy lunch/dinner for the Chiang Mai Orphanage foundation Wua Lai rd.

We think that's better support as we don't know how much of donated money goes to line less needy (greedy) peoples pockets.

I once saw a very dirty bedraggled  overweight beggar (who appeared disabled) laying/begging in the street near Chiang mai south gate, when we returned later in the day we observed him get up, walk over to a shiny new motorcycle and ride off.

It's then we decided sustenance was better support than money.

I'm not outside Thailand, but I've donated to a few charities and my office have done a few donation drives for local charities/foundations. I do tip my grab delivery drivers every time though lol.

On 6/13/2021 at 2:43 PM, ThaIrish Sean said:

We do have one young lad in our town with food. Many of the homeless in the UK are drug or alcohol dependant.

There is help for them but they choose to stay on the streets.

Many are professional beggars in London and most of the real beggars are with mental health issues. 

On 6/12/2021 at 8:31 PM, RobMuir said:

Even if the person is a complete loser drug addict/drunk

Alcoholism is a disease, not a moral failing. 

To get Thai citizenship, I had to make charitable donations. I made to Rotary club.