News Forum - Survey reveals increasing homelessness in Thailand

[Thaiger]

The Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) and associated agencies took the stage on November 30, to bring to light the findings of an extensive survey conducted on the state of homelessness in Thailand. The details were presented at the 2024 Protection of Homeless People Expo. The survey, spearheaded by Phoranee Phuprasert, director of ThaiHealth’s Office … …

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[rattlesnake]

Thank you Covid. Was it worth it? No.

[BigHewer]

From the article:

"The survey, spearheaded by Phoranee Phuprasert, director of ThaiHealth’s Office of Vulnerable Group Support, discovered that Thailand is currently home to over 2,499 homeless individuals."

2,499? Seems like a very small number in a country with a population of 70 million.

Homelessness on the decline where I live in Japan, now 3,400 (down from 25,000 20 years ago).

https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h01323/

[Fanta]

6 minutes ago, BigHewer said:

2,499? Seems like a very small number in a country with a population of 70 million.

Not even trying are they? Half a million+ in the States with 5 times the population. 

https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-homeless-people-are-in-the-us-what-does-the-data-miss/

[BigHewer]

42 minutes ago, Fanta said:

Not even trying are they? Half a million+ in the States with 5 times the population. 

https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-homeless-people-are-in-the-us-what-does-the-data-miss/

And growing according to that data..