Children crippled from the southern violence want new wheelchairs on Children's Day

YALA, 8 Jan 2015 (NNT) - Children crippled from violence incidents in the deep South say they want new wheelchairs more than anything else as gifts on the Children’s Day.

One of those unfortunate children, an 11-year-old Imran Surapong, a local of Bannang Sata District in Yala, got caught up by one of the incidents that took away his father and left him paralyzed from waist down.

The boy underwent 3-year treatment and rehabilitation before returning to class. Fortunately their teachers and fellow students welcomed him back with open arms.

Fear however still planted deep in Imran, he developed distrust of strangers and is now less conversational than before. He has 2 wheelchairs; an old one for home use and a-year-old one for school use. He said it would be nice to replace his old wheelchair with a new one, as the aging chariot has weathered and is less functional.

Over the 11 years of southern violence, the three southern border provinces of Yala, Pattani, and Narathiwat, now have 5,448 orphans, out of that number 1,225 are in Yala, 2,130 are in Pattani, 1,918 are in Narathiwat, and 175 others are in 4 districts of Songkhla.


-- NNT 2015-01-08

Not a big ask. How very sad.

Unfortunately the government is rolling out the very weapons that put kids in wheelchairs to celebrate children's day!

Hope life improves little fella you've all ready done it tougher than most of us on here!

Can they learn how to drive a tank?

But let's be realistic, maybe PM Prayuth will let them sit in his personal PM chair. That will cheer them up.

For Buddha's sake...if you can not provide protection for these innocent children...at least attend to their needs if they manage to survive these senseless attacks...

Did these children say' "Mohammad eats dog turds or something like that?"

the real face and intent of the terrs

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The disabled boy gets his wish for a new wheelchair

YALA, 9 Jan 2015 (NNT) - A boy, who has been paralyzed from waist down by an insurgent attack, got his wish for a new wheelchair as a gift on the Children’s Day.

Handing out the wheelchair to the boy was Yala Governor Samart Waradisai, his spouse, Red Cross President Jutamat Waradisai, Special Education Center Director Kasemsuk Pasuntaratham at the paralyzed boy’s school in Bannangsta District.

11-year old Imran Surapong lost his father and the use of his legs by perpetrators of violence a few years ago. He underwent a 3-year treatment and rehabilitation before returning to class.

The wheelchair has been provided by the Region 2 Special Education Center in Yala.

Imran expressed his profound gladness for receiving the new wheelchair. He earlier told the media that he had 2 wheelchairs; an old one for home use and a-year-old one for school use. He said the newly received wheelchair would replace his old one, as the aging chariot has weathered and is now less functional.

Yala Red Cross also gave out eggs to the school for making lunches.


-- NNT 2015-01-09