How the Bangkok Prep Community can help support the battle against the spread of Covid-19

During these challenging times, it’s crucial to support those in your community. It’s really important that we do all we can to help those in our communities that are likely to become more isolated, as measures are put in place to delay the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). There are some simple but effective things we can all do to help.

Make Face Masks

Help make a mask with and without a sewing machine or a face shield with the help of these links:

Donate to Charity

Donate money to charitable projects. There are various charitable projects supporting people less fortunate than ourselves during this crisis. Please help donate to the causes that are close to your heart. Here are a few examples:

• Check out projects on Taejai.com: They are crowdfunding a lot of projects such as fundraising money to buy medical equipment for hospitals, supporting household with elders who are the most vulnerable in this crisis, or buying masks for marginalized children.

• BKK Payforward project on Facebook aims to simultaneously prevent restaurants from laying off staff and provides free food to low income communities impacted by the coronavirus.

• Covid Relief Bangkok group on Facebook are packing COVID relief packs for low-income communities all over Bangkok. They accept donations as well as goods. If you have access to medical supplies, here is a list of medical supplies that are urgently in need; please make sure that the equipment is certified with medical standards.

• N95 mask, PPE, Surgical masks. Please contact “Thai Care” (สถาบันไทยใส่ใจเพอ_ื สังคม) for a list of hospitals in need or donate to the organisation (Bell 0629242354 Mike 0818153755). Kasikorn Bank 005-3-33682-5 สถาบันไทยใส่ใจเพอ_ื สังคม Thai Care. Or, donate equipment and gears to Thaicare 189 Soi Raminthra 39 Anusawari Bangkhen Bangkok 10230 (สถาบันไทยใส่ใจเพอ_ื สังคม 186 ซอยรามอินทรา 39 แขวงอนุสาวรีย์ เขตบางเขน กรุงเทพมหานคร 10230)