Month: December 2020

SCG Foundation has donated a series of COVID-19 innovations to Samut Sakhon Hospital to lower infection risks among medical professionals. The donations included 1) Positive Pressure Isolation Chamber, 2) Patient Isolation Capsule, 3) Small Patient Isolation Capsule for CT scan, 4) 200 PPEs, 5) 500 N95 masks, 6) 500 themoscan devices, 7) 3,000 pairs of medical gloves, and 8) 2,000 pieces of kid’s cloth face masks.

The Foundation also offered a 500,000Baht fund through Samut Sakhon province to immediately relieve and mitigate distress and hardship. The total donation is worth 2.2 million Baht. The Foundation would like to send encouragement to medical professionals and those affected by the pandemic, both Thai and Myanmar people, and hope all get through this crisis together.

SCG Foundation has donated a series of COVID-19 innovation and protective gear to Metropolitan Hospital Tha Chalom in Samut Sakhon. The donation includes one Negative Pressure Isolation Room designed to fit emergency rooms, ICUs, or patient rooms in which medical professionals can immediately treat patients with severe symptoms without the need to move the patient or other life support equipment. On top of that, the Foundation also provided the supply of COVID-19 protection gear such as 500 sets of KN95 masks, 200 PPEs worth 360,000 Baht to ensure that medical workers can work speedily and safely.

The project is a collaboration between the government and private sector to provide vocational students with skill and capability enhancement, access to higher-income opportunities, and resources to meet today’s labor market. The students will be awarded scholarships to pursue studies throughout the  program of two consecutive academic years.

The program opens to graduates with high vocational certificates (High Voc. Cert) of construction or civil engineering fields until 15 February 2021.

Those interested can find more information here: https://bit.ly/3fVKZMl

Although the floodwaters have receded, Don Mali village in Phunphin District, Surat Thani province, remains badly submerged as flooding continues to plague residents. Tai Dam ethnic group from Young Community Developers Project (Tonkla Network) has brought the plight of villagers to public attention and collaborated with SCG Foundation to deliver relief bags to flood victims at the shelter and those trapped at home out of reach of humanitarian assistance. The relief is offered to help flood-affected victims get through the crisis as soon as possible.

SCG Foundation has teamed up with Southern Business Office and SCG distributors, handing 400 relief bags to flood victims in Mueang district, Sichon district, and Tha Sala district in Nakhon Si Thammarat. The donation aims to help get flood victims out of the crisis.

Besides, SCG Foundation has supported charity canteen at Wat Wang Tawan Tok in Khlang subdistrict, Mueang district in Nakhon Si Thammarat. Villagers and monks came together to distribute cooked food to flood-hit victims. Although the rain has stopped, the devastating floods still trap many families who are in dire need of aid relief. The charity canteen will continue to provide food for one more week or until the water recedes to a normal level.

Photo courtesy: Wat Wang Tawan Tok