For the last 10+ years I have been involved with a children’s charity in Sangkhla Buri, Kanchanaburi province - www.BaanUnrak.org They provide a safe and happy environment for approx. 130 children many of whom are stateless as well as homeless.
They make good and efficient use of any funds that you send them. I visit every couple of years and they are happy to show me what they have done or built with the money that I have sent.
I have a Thai will that bequeaths them my Thailand based assets which will primarily consist of funds in my Bangkok Bank account. They expressed concern that the bank would make it difficult/impossible for them to get the funds so I have been wondering how to get round this. I enquired at the bank about making my account a joint account with the manager of the home so that they can legally access the account balance when I die (no comments about the wisdom of this, please).
Seems like I would have to close the account and open a new joint one which would involve me turning up with a certificate of residence and a representative of the home being present with their documents which, with the distance involved, is not really practical.
Does anybody have any ideas on any better way to do this?
I urge anyone with an interest in Thai charities to take a look at this one. If you can visit them, despite their remote location, you will be impressed.