Physical Health Thailand Project #55849

Project Access Safety Net Rural Elderly & Disabled

by Warm Heart Worldwide, Inc

Project Report | Nov 23, 2022
Bringing Care and a Smile for our Elders

By Evelind Schecter | Program Leader

Volunteer Judith on a visit

Our Project Access Coordinator, Soda, is out visiting with limited COVID restrictions. Our elders have been enjoying the company of volunteers, after a long pandemic-related hiatus. Our current volunteers are from Canada and Columbia.

We are very grateful to The Brothers Trust for funding a new vehicle (only 10 years old, with low mileage). We found a truck with a covered back, so we can transport our elders and their wheelchairs to doctors' appointments. Our old Suzuki sedan kept going but was in the shop every week and we look forward to reduced repair bills.

The heavy rains drowned our first batch of seedlings to share in the community gardens, but we have more on the way. Our elders and their helpers are starting to get better yields from their kitchen gardens.

Our friends from the mountain village of Siplan came to visit and picked up reading glasses for the hill tribe women who sew traditional embroidered bags. The bags bring them some extra income when they are sold to artisan organizations.

Thank you for making this possible! Your gifts have provided the means to keep this program running. You bring sanitary supplies, food, and smiles to our isolated elders and disabled neighbors.

Best wishes for the holiday season!

Dana, Evelind, Michael, and the Project Access Team

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Newer Vehicle For Project Access

Helping in Uncle's Garden

Reading Glasses for Hilltribe Women

Personal Care

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Jul 26, 2022
Back in the villages again

By Evelind A. Schecter | Project Leader

Home visits

The villages have opened up again and taken down the COVID checkpoints. People are still catching COVID, but most cases are mild, as the vaccination rate is high in Phrao. Our Project Access Coordinator, Soda, is very careful and stays on top of the local public health network case reporting. With careful protocols, she has been able to maintain her schedule of visits and make sure her constituents are isolated if there are nearby cases. With the easing of travel restrictions we have had a few more volunteers and they have all gone to visit and bring smiles to our neighbors.

The Warm Heart staff and one of our university graduates have been working with Spencer, an organic farming advocate, to assess the Warm Heart farm garden, test new methods, and develop a comprehensive plan. The vision is to improve the soil and use the land more efficiently and intensively. Part of the plan is to share the training and ideas with other farmers in our community. Soda has started a survey of the elders and disabled people that we visit to see if they would like to start their own garden plots. Some already have small gardens that are not producing well and would like our assistance to make the gardens more accessible and improve their yields.

On another note, we were able to refurbish our sedan last year and it has been staying on the road many more days than its predecessor. It has been in the shop for a variety of ailments, not unusual in a car that is 20 years old. Brothers Trust has given us the grant to find a newer vehicle and we think we will have one shortly - Stay tuned!

Thank you for making this possible. Your gifts go to food, hygiene supplies, and the petrol to take these elders to their doctors' appointments.

Best wishes from Dana, Michael, Evelind, Soda,.and our Project Access Community

Smile and the world smiles back

Out for a walk with volunteers

Uncle Long requests help with his garden

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