Thailand have not experience a flooding crisis for almost 50 years and this new crisis has caught Thailand by surprise forcing countless people to evacuate from their homes. I live on the 30th floor of a condominium in Ekkamai and although I'm not affected by the flood as most of the people in Thailand has, I am well aware of the problems this flood is having on my community. One of the main problem in my opinion is the dirty flood water, which is floating with corpse of animals that drowned or died because of the flood. This poses as a treat because still and dirty sewage water could pose as a spawning ground for diseases as well as mosquitoes that carry malaria. Another main concern of the flood is the livelihood of the flood victims, having loses their homes and lacking basic resources such as food or water they deserve our support more than ever now, and this is where I come in because I have been helping a group called "Wipe the Tide" and I've been volunteering my time to help contribute to helping the flood victims in Thailand.
On the 6th of November, a Sunday I set out with a group of seniors to help volunteer for "Wipe the Tide" in Central World. Some of the activities I participated in was asking for generous people to help donate to help the flood victims, as well as helping to clean the wind shield of cars and collecting the money that we earned and donating them to the flood victims. We worked in small groups of threes for over four hours, it was hard and tiring work but knowing that I am making a difference and helping the flood victims makes it all worth the while. After four hours of working and collecting money we returned back to our group so that we could combine the money we earned and store it in the bank, the whole group ranged around 150 people, it took about an hour to both count and arrange the money before we took it to the bank. Waiting outside the bank everyone was excited as me anticipating the total amount of cash we have earned for the flood victims, and after half and hour of waiting the founder of this foundation came out and declared that in all we have raised an approximate of 300 thousand baht! Everyone was celebrating and congratulating each other for a job well done and I was proud of the 4 hours that I donated in order to contribute to this good cause.
This picture was taken after the announcement of the 300 thousand baht was made, and it reminds me of the 4 hours of my life that I spent helping people other than myself. The goal of this foundation is to raise at least 1 million baht so "Wipe the Tide" will continue for every Sunday until the goal is completed, and I too am looking forward to go and help them out again this Sunday!
