Securitas country manager, Steve Graham (2nd
right) presents water and supplies to Sawang Boriboon Vice President
Sinchai Wattanasartsathorn (2nd left).
Phasakorn Channgam
Securitas Security Services continued to bring relief
to victims of Thailand’s devastating floods, donating another 300 bags
of emergency supplies and drinking water to the Sawang Boriboon
Thammasathan Foundation to distribute in Bangkok and Ayutthaya.
Securitas country manager Steve Graham presented
7,500 liters of water to Sawang Boriboon Vice President Sinchai
Wattanasartsathorn Nov. 1. The donation was arranged after officials in
Bangkruay, Nonthaburi complained about drinking water shortages there.
The donation followed Securitas’ Oct. 31 presentation
of 300 bags of relief supplies for the Sawang Boriboon rescue center at
Pathum Thani’s Rong Klua Market, from where aid is also dispatched to
Ayutthaya.
The bags were a follow up to Securitas October
journey to Ayutthaya where 500 bags of goods were distributed in boats
organized by the company.
Many of the supplies were collected by the Banglamung
Boy Scouts whose president, Banjong Kanaratanakul, and the Singha
Merchants Club’s eastern region filled a truck with rice, dried foods,
ingredients, cooking equipment and drinking water.
While groups are continuing their effort to lessen
the current crisis for victims, plans are being laid for recovery once
the waters recede. In Bangkruay, for example, 90 percent of homes have
been flooded, as well as temples and businesses.
Graham said a half-million baht has so far been set
aside for recovery efforts and meetings with volunteer groups are being
planned.
