Talk from Thailand
The obligation from warm people,
I want to attach discretion what time as a Japanese and to return
The south in Bangkok, and Thailand a mother it is called river Chaopraya river, there is a slum " KLONGTOEY slum" where Chaopraya river(Menamu river) carried out illegal occupation of the land of the Ports and Harbors Bureau, where it was made from the mouth of a river with which the Gulf of Siam is filled in the adjoining land division of the greatest trading port in this country located for the upstream as 28km and Klongtoey harbor and which is called Bangkok maximum scale (Although a slum points out a thing of a habitation division which has not reached a fixed average level with a life of people who then, generally live in the population high density area where a living standard is low, the many are illegal occupation areas called SUKUWOTTA.) The barrack hut built by the tin roof using scrap wood crowded, and about 80,000 people have settled.
Many of children here cannot receive compulsory education by various reasons not to mention, housing registration it has even a birth report, and it does not unite, and also economically there are many poor people, and, naturally literacy is low Of course among such children, many a child's orphaned in a traffic accident children are also contained
And that disgusting Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake occurred in AM5:46 on January 17, 1995. Why did I describe the thing of the Klongtoey slum of Thailand in the beginning? Fund-raising for the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake is performed among the residents of the Klongtoey slum of such a situation, the contribution of 1,120,000 baht (it is about 4,500,000 yen at a rate of those days) is raised, and it is from you of the Klongtoey slum of Thailand on February 1st. "The warm heart" It was sent to Kobe.
Educational activities on a slum evaluate that the residents here came to have such "the warm heart" having 1978 the RAMON MAGSAYSAY prize of the Philippines called Nobel Prize of Asia award "Angel of a slum" as a people it was known in the world Mrs. Prateep Ungsongtham Hata a contribution is large, and was and gets down by the end of today.
About Mrs. Prateep Ungsongtham Hata
The greatest slums, Klongtoey in capital Bangkok of Thailand. When the girl who it was born and grew up here became 26 years old, the educational support activities to the children of a slum were evaluated, and the " the RAMON MAGSAYSAY prize" was won. And about 25 years past. "The angel of a slum" established the "school of reliving" which gives the light of hope to the girls who are going to sink in a base by sexual abuse, medicine contamination, etc. Mrs. Prateep Ungsongtham Hata (51). It is also the senator who achieved success in an election in the election in March, 1998. It is birth to the Klongtoey slum in August, 1952 and Bangkok. It is poor and a house is work in a fireworks factory etc. after the graduation from an elementary school, and to 14 years old.
the Suan Dusit teacher training college [ which opens a "PATTANA Villege school" behind "one day one baht school" at the age of / which were studied in the night junior high school / 16 more / of night ], and BAHN SOMDIT CHAOPRAYA EDUCATIONAL UNIVERSITY" the RAMON MAGSAYSAIY prize (public welfare section)" called "Nobel award of Asia" in 1978 under university of education night school enrollment in school at the time of 26 years old of youth an award The prize of 20,000 dollars at that time was invested, General KRIANSACK CHAMANAN who was Prime Minister Thailand those days was invited to the chairman of the board of directors, and the "DUANG PRATEEP FOUNDATION" was founded. This foundation works a slum in about 20 fields, such as education and a welfare side, at a base. Construction of "the school of reliving" was also performed as a commemoration enterprise of the 20th anniversary of foundation establishment.
Member of the 1987 Director of Japan Sotoshu Relief Committee,Mr. Tatsuya Hata, marriage, those with the two sons. This present and foundation director.
Now, they are a volunteer, the heart of service, and what is the heart? of support. Can't it do, unless there are afford and money? People of the slum of Thailand sent "do your best" and the yell to people stricken by Kobe and Awaji from the bottom of its heart, although there must be neither afford nor money!!
It thought that I would like you to start with the ability of you to do, and this story was carried.
I think that ACTAS contributes as a member of Asia in a field called child orphaned by traffic accident support
Bibliography : "the hot season of Bangkok" Mr. Tatsuya Hata written by Iwanami Publishing
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