The floods that have hit mainland Southeast Asia, including northern Thailand, are becoming more serious.
On September 11, Chiang Rai Province was hit by a serious disaster: the Kok River, which flows across the center of Chiang Rai City, overflowed due to the large amount of rain that has been falling since late August in the upstream areas of the Kok River, which flows from Shan State, Myanmar, to Chiang Rai, Thailand, and the effects of the recent Typhoon (Yagi) No. 11. This caused large-scale and widespread flooding. This is an unprecedented disaster in Chiang Rai.
In the Nam Lad area of Rim Kok district, where the Sakura facilities are located, all roads were flooded and a large amount of water flowed into the Sakura Dormitory grounds, flooding the entire first floor of the dormitory to about 80 cm above the floor level.
The Sakura Dormitory grounds began to be gradually flooded from around 3:00 p.m. on September 11, and by evening, muddy water was flowing into the ground floor of all buildings, including Sakura Hall, the office, the Education Center, Sakura Museum, Sunflower Hall in the boys' dormitory, and Sumire Hall in the girls' dormitory. Children below junior high school age evacuated to the second floor and above, and staff and older students worked together to move some of the furniture and equipment on the first floor to the second floor, but the work had to be halted for safety reasons since the lights were out due to a power outage. The floodwaters continued to rise until the next morning, damaging most of the furniture and equipment.
The children spent an anxious night in the midst of the oncoming flooding and power outage, but by the following night on September 12, all Sakura Dormitory students had been safely evacuated.
We plan to begin restoration work on the dormitory facilities. However, many of the facilities located on the ground floor of each Sakura Dormitory facility were severely damaged and will need to be supplemented considerably with appliances, fixtures, and equipment systems in order to lead a normal life.
Therefore, we are seeking emergency relief funds for the restoration of Sakura Dormitory. We are asking for your cooperation.
寄付金のお振込み先
* 振込先：郵便振替
口座名：タイ山岳民族・サクラ基金
口座番号：００２００―０―７１１６４
* 銀行振込：三菱UFJ銀行和光駅前支店
口座名義：さくらプロジェクト 日本事務局 代表 風間茂
口座番号：普通預金 ３５０７００３
* Thai Bank：Kasikorn Bank (Chiangrai branch)
account ：154－2－31860－7
name：MR. TAKASHI SHINODA
We look forward to your cooperation and support.
Sakura Project Representative Takashi Miwa
Japan Office Representative Shigeru Kazama
Ikuro Shimizu, Japan Office Director
SAKURA PROJECT
364/1 M3 B. NAMLAT T. RIMKOK
A. MUANG, C. CHIANGRAI, THAILAND 57100
Tel +66－53－750560
email pjsakura@hotmail.com
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