Chaiyos Chaloawanarat, leader of the Yo
Middle Way motorcycle club and a handful of bikers visit the stricken
family.
Manoon Makpol
A local motorcycle club has come to the aid of a
family of five stricken with severe health problems trying to build a
new home.
Chaiyos Chaloawanarat, leader of the Yo Middle Way
motorcycle club, and a handful of bikers presented Thongsuk Narinthorn,
55, a total of 5,740 baht raised by the club.
The family on May 2 got more help, with an anonymous
donation of 2,000 baht.
Thongsuk, suffering from arthritis, has appealed for
donations since February for herself, her 80-year-old father, Shalan,
76-year-old mother Waeth Narinthorn, and sisters Nuaree Sakolyuth, 45,
and Oradee Sakolyuth, 25. Despite numerous appeals to the media, only a
few thousand baht has been given in two months.
Shalan is paralyzed from the waist down and suffers
from kidney disease. Waeth is a stroke victim, Orndee has lung cancer,
and Orndee has cystic fibrosis. If they can work at all, they earn money
picking up trash to recycle, selling second-hand goods or in a
low-paying waitress job.
The family was evicted from their home in March, but
an unnamed landowner near Nongket Yai came to their aid, offering land
to rent at 15,000 baht. The family says they still need 45,000 baht to
build a new house.
