webfact Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Fabulous 103 helps the Pattaya hungry every single day By Barry Kenyon In addition to Thai local government and commercial input, foreign sponsored or backed organizations have been significantly addressing the food needs of perhaps 50,000 Thais who have been left jobless by the Covid-19 pandemic which has virtually closed down the Pattaya tourist industry. The plight of Thais working in bars and the night-time entertainment industry has been well publicized, but the unemployment problem has also affected those employed in hotels, which were closed in April and are even now mostly under lock and key, restaurants, markets and tourist attractions. Many charitable organizations have donated cash to pay for thousands of meals of rice or noodles, chicken or tinned fish and fruit or biscuits plus, of course, bottled water. Those previously mentioned by Pattaya Mail are Pattaya Hand to Hand and the Norwegian Seamen’s Church Abroad. Private individuals include Swiss national Olivier Gachoud who is co-sponsoring 300 free meals a day until mid-June. But there are many others. Full story: https://www.pattayamail.com/news/fabulous-103-helps-the-pattaya-hungry-every-single-day-302687 -- © Copyright Pattaya Mail 2020-06-04 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_paarp Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Unfortunately the article was truncated missing the bit about Fabulous 103 Quote Special tribute should be paid to the Fab 103fm Team which has already raised over one million baht in donations and looks to be heading towards one and a half million in the not too distant future. Fabulous 103, a BBC world service partner, has been broadcasting by radio in English since 2012 and has in the past raised hundreds of thousands of baht for children’s charities. The Fab team has distributed food directly to the needy, but its main contribution has been to give supplies of rice, water and other staples to others who are cooking and supplying groceries to those urgently needing them. Organizer Thomas Robson said, “All we need is a photo and a copy of the certificate issued by City Hall which allows the authorities to monitor health and safety issues, especially social distancing.” 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smedly Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 and the obvious question Why is the government leaving these people to starve ? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdong Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 8 minutes ago, smedly said: and the obvious question Why is the government leaving these people to starve ? To make sure the baht stays high.? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred110 Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 Where can I donate baht to them? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 (edited) 22 minutes ago, fred110 said: Where can I donate baht to them? Good question, and one I would like to hear the answer to. Apparently you can go the the FM103 office (Soi Chaiyapreuk 2) or The Loft Pub (Maprachan Lake), but that may not suit everyone. The Gogetfunding method works for those not in Thailand, but really wants too much personal information. A simple transfer from a Thai Bank account, to another Thai Bank Account, would be very straight forward. Edited June 4, 2020 by jacko45k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricky Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 (edited) 30 minutes ago, fred110 said: Where can I donate baht to them? The website is GoGetFunding.com and search 103fm Below is a link https://gogetfunding.com/fabulous-103fm-food-funding-for-the-poor-in-pattaya-thailand/ Good luck Edited June 4, 2020 by VYCM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 10 hours ago, kingdong said: To make sure the baht stays high.? and to keep their own income streams up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 8 hours ago, jacko45k said: Good question, and one I would like to hear the answer to. Apparently you can go the the FM103 office (Soi Chaiyapreuk 2) or The Loft Pub (Maprachan Lake), but that may not suit everyone. The Gogetfunding method works for those not in Thailand, but really wants too much personal information. A simple transfer from a Thai Bank account, to another Thai Bank Account, would be very straight forward. In a country which is full of corruption everywhere, how can anyone contributing be sure that every Baht of their donations actually reach the hungry? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 17 minutes ago, possum1931 said: In a country which is full of corruption everywhere, how can anyone contributing be sure that every Baht of their donations actually reach the hungry? They cannot, but that does not change however one sends or gives money. One has to trust or they remain hungry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essox essox Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 12 hours ago, smedly said: and the obvious question Why is the government leaving these people to starve ? they have to mantain the sub and yankie tanks they bought months ago..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TommyDee Posted June 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 11, 2020 On 6/4/2020 at 4:31 PM, possum1931 said: In a country which is full of corruption everywhere, how can anyone contributing be sure that every Baht of their donations actually reach the hungry? that took longer than I expected...but there is always one ???? the reason we use the funding page, which accepts CC and paypal is that it is the stasrt of transparency. from there it goes into our paypal account and is then transferred on demand to a bank account here. a spreadhseet is run by one of our team that matches to invoices currently we have spent more than we have taken in trust that answers your question, but to clarify, I have been in business here for 11 yrs. this was started with an initial goal of 100K for rice. it has taken over most of our lives now. everything is open to audit, if you would like to pay for that you are welcome regards Tommy Fab 103fm 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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