Asian Pacific Health Care Venture supporting flood relief in Thailand
October 31, 2011
Facing some of the worst flooding in over half a century, Thailand has been inundated with intense rains and flooding since mid-July. The damaging floods have disrupted the lives of over 2.2 million people all over Thailand and resulted in the loss of almost 400 lives. While mostly affecting the northern and central provinces of Thailand, the floods are expected to hit Bangkok this week and is projected to persist through the end of 2011, leaving one of the worst humanitarian issues ever faced by the country.
You can help in the flood relief through donations to the Thai Red Cross Society or the Royal Thai Consulate-General, Los Angeles.
1. Thai Red Cross Society (Money Transfer)
Bank name: Siam Commercial Bank, Sapakachat Thai Branch
Account number: 045-3-04190-6
Account name: Thai Red Cross helps flood victims in Thailand
Swift code: SICOTHBK
2. Royal Thai Consulate General (Check)
Please make check payable to the “Royal Thai Consulate General” and include in the memo line “For Flood Donation.” All checks can be mailed to the:
Royal Thai Consulate General
611 N. Larchmont Blvd., 2nd floor
Los Angeles, CA 90004.
The Consulate General will transfer the money to the above Thai Red Cross Society’s account.
Asian Pacific Health Care Venture, Inc. (www.aphcv.org) is a nonprofit federally-qualified health center that provides culturally competent health education and primary care services to over 12,000 patients annually, more than 77% of whom are uninsured. APHCV provides over 46,400 medical and mental health visits each year in multiple Asian languages (Bengali, Cantonese, Hindi, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Indonesian, Mandarin, Tagalog, Thai, Urdu, and Vietnamese), English and Spanish. APHCV operates three community health center sites: the Los Feliz Health Center, Belmont Health Services and John Marshall High School Health Center (for JMHS students). APHCV can be reached at (323) 644-3880. Medical appointments for the Los Feliz Health Center can be made by calling (323) 644-3888 and to the Belmont Health Services at (323) 644-3885.
