Bangkok to mark Homeless Day

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Bangkok to mark Homeless Day
Chularat Saengpassa
The Nation October



BANGKOK: -- A PHOTO EXHIBITION and a series of activities will be held at a public park near Bangkok's Lod Canal tomorrow to mark the annual "Homeless Day". The event is being held under the theme "Road to Friendship, Sharing and Opportunity".

"We hope it will encourage more discussions on the issue and finally lead to the enactment of a law that protects the homeless," said Natee Saravari, secretary-general of the Issarachon Foundation.

His foundation, in collaboration with the Social Welfare and Development Department's Ban Mit Maitree shelters, will also hand out food and other forms of assistance to people living on the streets at the event. Natee said he expected more than 500 people to show up.

A survey conducted last year estimated the number of homeless people in the capital at 2,846. This year, Natee said, his foundation also found more terminally ill people as well as those of the third gender and foreigners wandering the streets.

Natee said he hoped the government, the private sector and the general public would realise that they must address these issues, otherwise the problem might worsen when foreign migrants move in once the Asean Economic Community goes into effect in 2015.

Photographer Abhichon Rattan-abhayon, who took the pictures, said: "I asked my subjects to look right into the camera. I know their pictures cannot help the public understand their situation, but I hope they will inspire people to start addressing these issues," he said.

-- The Nation 2013-10-30

[upena]

Does this include the homeless farangs?

[redutedog1]

they should all go to surin for the Elephants Birthday too much food there, but i guess Elephants come first

[Krataiboy]

Welcome to the Asian equivalent of the EU, with all the joys that is bound to bring!

[cgphuket]

Thailand will also make sure there are the very poor. This makes the rich Thais feel better about their wealth. But seriously, I dare any reader to tell me the last time they saw a "legitimate" charity that wasn't founded by a foreigner or the last time a rich Thai actually spent any of their own money to help the poor. Come on, I dare ya.

[SuwadeeS]

And where is the....... with all the billions of Baht?

Even a country as Thailand, with its nationalism spirit is not able to take care of the own people.

[Travel2003]

Thailand will also make sure there are the very poor. This makes the rich Thais feel better about their wealth. But seriously, I dare any reader to tell me the last time they saw a "legitimate" charity that wasn't founded by a foreigner or the last time a rich Thai actually spent any of their own money to help the poor. Come on, I dare ya.

A quick search on internet for Charities in Thailand, and lots of local ones.

[millwall_fan]

Maybe we could have a moratorium on the eviction of slum dwellers to make way for development projects. Or at the very least for them to be rehoused in adequate housing.

[Dap]

Intresting "estimation" ... 2846

[Bender]

remember me, few years ago, the million baht dinner.

1 million baht was of course the price to pay for the stupid farang guest.

For this price, they will make him visit a poor village full of poor people, and later they will

hold a dinner.... yeah for one million baht.

Love these people, they are never short of amazing idea...

They dont understand the word compassion and empathy, they dont understand why the rich foreigner

throw their money at the poor at charity event in a foreign country.

[Travel2003]

And where is the....... with all the billions of Baht?

Even a country as Thailand, with its nationalism spirit is not able to take care of the own people.

If a country with 65 mill people only have a few thousand homeless, it would be a success story.

Tell me what country you are from pal, and I can guarantee I will pick it to pieces with stories of wasted money and poor/homeless.

Where are you from??

Come on, crawl out from under your rock and tell me.