News Forum - New plans to help Pattaya’s homeless reintegrate in society

[Thaiger]

Pattaya officials are trying new ways to improve the city’s issues with homelessness. Deputy mayor Wuttisak Rueimkitkan led a campaign launch yesterday, with help from the Chonburi Homeless Protection Center. The campaign’s goal is to help integrate homeless people back into society. Wuttisak had 2 groups of city officials look for homeless people around Pattaya Beach Road and Pattaya Second Road. The officials helped them with issues over documentation as a first step to integrate them back into society. Wuttisak said that every second and fourth Thursday of the month, officials will set up a stand in front of the […]

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[Fanta]

Hmmm.. need to clean the tourist streets of the unsightly homeless and what better way to do it then to offer a helping hand, identify them and integrate them back into society somewhere outside of Pattaya.

[Mudshark]

Certainly they can be employed as Tuk Tuk drivers, Jet Ski rental operators or taxi drivers. Lots of job opportunities servicing tourists for the homeless & people with substance abuse issues in Pattaya.  

[Shade_Wilder]

It is easy to be cynical about any announcement on the part of a government official in Thailand, especially when it concerns helping the less fortunate; we all are too familiar with the BS.

That said, the partnership with the Chonburi Homeless Protection Center sounds like a good thing, and I really hope that good things come out of it.

We of TT sometimes forget just how good we have it; we are all educated people who have the ability to travel and the purchasing power to own a computing device to post with; that isn't true across the board.

I've never been homeless, but I have been unemployed at times and it isn't easy to get yourself back into mainstream society.

Up to date ID is a vital thing in today's world, but if you are homeless and not sure where your next meal is coming from, how do you get it? Who would even answer a question or two? Who would pay for the inevitable photocopies required to get it? What would you do if the methodology is 'Download the App' and you don't have a Smartphone?

Next.

Looking for a job. "Okay, tell me your employment history?" says the interviewer. You answer "I was homeless for the last year."

Next.

"Hi. Can I rent a room?" says the homeless guy. "Do you have a reference?" says the potential landlord.

Next.

Good people were hit hard by the economic fallout of Covid; helping them get their lives back in order helps everyone.

It s easy to be cynical (I am too), but perhaps a wee bit of compassion should also be mixed in. It could happen to you, too.