By Jan-Peter Kelder | Leadership Siam-Care
As you may have noticed, Thailand has pretty much fully reopened. Tourists can enter the country without having to do any testing or quarantine. This will hopefully lead to more jobs and more income for the poor Thais. Many of them have been without work for 2 years.
We have an office in Phang Nga province, a province much relying on tourism. The families we work with in that region, have been without work since the start of the pandemic. Tourists stayed away, hotels and restaurants all closed down, and thus there was no work. This region was one of the hardest hit. Now that tourists slowly start to return, we are hoping to see an effect of that on the number of jobs available.
Many of the families in our program are uneducated, making it difficult to find a job. They mainly work are cleaners in hotels, or in little restaurants, serving local food to hotel staff. The last 2 years have been extremely challenging for our families and they were all struggling to make ends meet. We have been making sure that no one went hungry, by providing food, clothes and other basic necessities. With your support, this was made possible. Thank you for that!
It will take a few more months (or years) before numbers of tourists will start increasing and more jobs will be created. Until then, we will keep on looking after the most vulnerable.
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