Vittaya Yoondorn
Pattaya is looking for residents with giving hearts,
hoping to create its own cadre of volunteers.
Social Work Department Director Phannee Limcharoen
chaired a Feb. 8 city hall meeting aimed at organizing a Pattaya
Volunteers project. Other bureaucrats attended along with people
interested in doing social work for free.
Pannee gave an overview on the meaning of
volunteerism and explained that those with the true volunteer spirit
don’t expect any compensation for their work other than seeing the
happiness of those they help.
Meeting participants discussed criteria for accepting
city volunteers, but all that was agreed upon was that they should be
loving, kind and have a good heart as well as be ready to understand
others’ viewpoint.
No details were provided on when such a program might
begin or what the volunteers might do.
