Baan Arsa Jaidee

The Thai Health Promotion Foundation, an autonomous government agency, in collaboration with civil society--ArsaDusit Volunteers, Thaiflood, and others--opened Baan Arsa Jaidee on October 14th, 2011. It has quickly proved itself an aggressive and responsive flood relief effort because it helps to coordinate dozens of existing civil society groups.

Baan Arsa Jaidee and its partners: mobilize volunteers; coordinate aid; deliver timely flood information; and deliver survival bags, food, medicine, camp toilets, life jackets and other assistance to the flood-affected communities.

The relief centre will close on 31/12/2011, as the need for immediate, emergency aid declines in many place. However, many communities remain flooded, and our partners are providing support and increasingly focusing on flood clean-up and rehabilitation. Support for partners, ThaiHealth and Arsa Dusit, is still much needed.

We will soon have an update on the final use of funds used through the Baan Arsa Jaidee coalition, and with plans for ongoing rehabilitation efforts.

19th December: Paint it FORWARD

On Sunday, December 18th, Baan Arsa Jaidee supported volunteers (including musicians and art teachers) from United Thailand as they visited Huay Kraud School, a small, rural school in the heavily flood affected province of Lop Buri. Volunteers not only delivered food, clothes, books and materials for the school and local community, but enjoyed a day of art-based activities during which the students painted their responses to the floods and the reconstruction efforts.  For more details, please visit: http://www.facebook.com/events/255264344526782/

Baan Arsa Jaidee specifically supported:
Transportation of volunteers and goods to Lop Buri (10,000 Baht)
Community water filter (10,000 Baht)
50% support for a usable PC for the school (12,000 Baht)
Art supplies for the school (5,000 Baht)
Basic food supplies (5,000 Baht)
Clothes for the cool winter season (8,000 Baht)










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