Poor, visually impaired elderly man asks Army for new home

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Poor, visually impaired elderly man asks Army for new home

By The Nation

 

UTTARADIT: -- A 62-year-old man, who is almost blind and lives alone in an old house on the brink of collapse in Uttaradit province, has asked the Army to organise a new home for him.

Chuchin Aumpiam raised the request with Captain Adirek Jai-aree, chief of the psychological warfare unit of the 35th Army Circle in Uttaradit, when the officer visited him at his house in Moo 4 village in tambon Had Kruad, Muang district, on Tuesday morning.

 

Adirek found the man living alone in the wooden house, which has a 40-degree tilt. The roof and walls leak water and the structure can barely shield the man from rain and wind.

 

Chuchin told Adirek he has been living alone for over four years after his wife died. He said his son and daughter left and never visited him.

 

He said he became almost blind after cement dust got in his eyes when he worked in construction years ago. He wants an operation to restore his vision.

 

He receives a monthly disability pension of Bt800 plus an old age pension of Bt600 a month. He uses the money to buy rice and eggs.

 

Chuchin said he inherited the house from his mother. 

 

He said when it rains he has to cover himself with an old blanket. 

 

He wants a new house to spend his last days in it.

 

The Army captain said he will raise the issue with the commander of the 35th Army Circle so that the old man could get a new house.

 

Adirek gave the old man Bt6,500 – Bt1,500 of which was from his own pocket, while Bt2,000 was emergency money to help a person in need, Bt1,000 was for an elderly person in urgent need and Bt2,000 was from the Uttaradit Social Development and Human Security Office.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30323156

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-08-08

[yellowboat]

Very good of the Captain to do that and good luck to the old man.  Looking at building the below home for my own one day settlement outside of Thailand. 

 

http://www.goodshomedesign.com/tiny-house-for-under-1000/

Edited August 8, 2017 by yellowboat

[mark131v]

They do seem to like these positive PR stories don't they, wonder if they have their own department pushing this stuff out or if they rented the taxi pr people

 

Seems to me it would be a good way of keeping the general populations attention away from the fact they have had their democracy stolen by a bunch of corrupt self serving eejits....

[Get Real]

Must be a very nice son and daugther that really lives by the Thai tradition to hounor your parents.

[halloween]

5 hours ago, mark131v said:

They do seem to like these positive PR stories don't they, wonder if they have their own department pushing this stuff out or if they rented the taxi pr people

 

Seems to me it would be a good way of keeping the general populations attention away from the fact they have had their democracy stolen by a bunch of corrupt self serving eejits....

Must really irk you that the majority of Thais aren't that concerned, too busy getting on with life, and happy the rabid political idiots are under control.

 

Meanwhile, he will be grateful for the help he has received, even more so if they knock up a cheap plywood shack for him. I wonder what he would say if you pointed out the eejits have stolen his democracy?

[candide]

I am happy for the old man but ley me ask a naive question.

How is it that the chief of the psychological warfare unit of the 35th Army Circle in Uttaradit is entitled to make decisions to distribute welfare money?

 

[wakeupplease]

Hey what happened to this story of families here are close knit and keep together and help each other.

 

More bleed en propaganda I expect, comment from what I saw and witnessed.