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He added, "It was obvious that the people and most govern-
ments were being most cooperative with water, food and help."
Somsong added, "College students from here and from around
the world just started showing up. A lot of foundations started to
help the children."
With all of this physical help on hand, Kopek decided it was time
for him to return to his home in Bangkok. However, he knew his
work was not done.
The retired engineer is on the Board of Directors of the Duang
Prateep Foundation, which was formed several years ago to help
educate the children living in the slums of Thailand. When he
returned to Bangkok, he started working with the Foundation to
help the children who had been left as orphans as a result of the
devastation.
One of the projects was a day care center where the children
were brought to give them shelter and try to return normalcy to
their young lives. A part of the program was art therapy groups
that worked with the children by having them draw pictures of the
tsunami and the wreckage left behind.
Along with some other people, Kopek started developing the
idea to take the art work created by the children and have it trans-
ferred onto cloth. The next step was to provide adults with sewing
machines and other equipment needed to make the cloth transfers
into t-shirts and tote bags.
Duang Prateep has been able to establish two factories for the
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Kopek's
tsunami relief
production work. The result is the products now being sold through
the Flame of Hope Foundation to raise money for the rebuilding of
the homes, schools and villages in the area.
According to the Kopeks, 800 to 900 people were orphaned as a
result of the tsunami. In all it is estimated that 5.400 people were
killed and some 2,800 people are still listed as missing.
Aside from the day care centers, Duang Prateep is also devel-
oping plans to build an orphanage to provide night-time shelter for
the homeless children.
"There is no place for the orphaned children to sleep," Kopek
said. "They stay in the day care centers and temporary housing,
but that temporary housing gets flooded every night and day dur-
ing the rainy season."
He added, "The temporary housing is basically a cinder block
Dutch oven that floods."
He also noted that the owners of the lands where the temporary
housing was built are petitioning the government to get their lands
back.
"The government is trying to help people rebuild their house and
clean-up the mess," Somsong said.
Kopek said, "The biggest issue now is that aid is not getting to
the people who need it most."
He noted that the smaller non-government organizations are
doing an adequate job of getting help directly to the people.
However, the larger organizations seem to be "...choking on their
own administration."
Another problem is getting aid to the Mogans. These are a band
of gypsy fishermen who carry no government identification and
are therefore not recognized by the government organizations.
In one case, the Kopeks helped one family with enough money
to get their small fishing boat re-equipped and ready to set sail for
fishing expeditions.
Missionaries are reaching out to those Mogan's willing to join
whatever religion they represent. In these cases Kopek notes that
the Mogans receive the help and then go on their way.
According to Somsong, the Thai people will survive the tragedy
because of their family values. Extended families are reaching out
to help each other.
However, more help is needed from the outside. Kopek notes that
people who contribute to Flame of Hope and/or Duang Prateep can
be assured that every dollar, whether from the sale of the tee-shirts
and tote bags or from outright donations, is going directly to those
victims that need it most.
For more information go to www.theflameofhope.org or to
www.dpf.or.th. Order forms can be printed from the Flame of Hope
website and pictures can be seen of the products.
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