Menu: Thai basil chicken with fried egg, mince chicken porridge
Meals served: 145
Many also queued up in front of the chapel to collect meals. Aland and Sunee always warmly welcomes the people who come all the way to pick up foods. We are also very grateful that all come with their own carrier bags now. This is a big win for the environment.
Today, a batch of meals were sent to a nearby Burmese village. We are very happy to provide their families and their children with a hot meal!
I am sure many of you have seen in the news the rising hunger issues, both in Phuket and across Thailand. Just today, Thaiger highlighted that several businesses came together to provide Life Bags for the food starved. You may see the article here . In Pattaya, another tourism-dependent town, news of several tour guides committing suicide due to lack of work and inability to feed their families is coming to light. This makes clear one thing, that there is no food safety net for many people here, that the government has not done enough to help. And while there are a number of grassroots programs all raising funds to help their communities, that need is very real. There really isn't work for people that want work, and so, even figuring out how to pay rent or buy groceries to feed their families is something many struggle with.
All we can do is provide them with 1 daily hot meal. It is very simple, and it costs us $1 for each meal packet. And for so many of them that don't have a meal, so many of us are lucky enough to have enough in the bank. So please do not be shy and donate a little here.
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