AI tools for Bangkok community groups

The Khlong Kao housing community in Khlong Sam Wa has a credit union co-op of about 2,000 members that did not file annual reports or financial statements for 7 straight years (2014 to 2021) and is now in liquidation, with over 1,000 residents caught in a creditor dispute over more than 300 million baht. A Nonthaburi housing co-op that grew out of a 102-person savings group has no savings entries on record for 2019 to 2022, so the provincial office could not verify one member's savings. A Chulalongkorn study of six Bangkok Baan Mankong pilot communities found two could not close their accounts because money was missing and no financial records existed. The people keeping these books are neighbors on a committee, not accountants.

A Save the Children exploratory study says LGBTIQ+ youth face widespread stigma, there is little research on them, and few organizations work with them, mostly in small projects. The study dates from 2018.

TDRI says Thailand has over 41,000 temples, abbots have sole authority over temple money and many lack accounting skills, and monthly income and expense reports that go to the Buddhism office are not public.

A Thai journal study based on 20 Bangkok interviews says about 5,500 urban refugees and asylum seekers from more than 40 countries face arrest, detention and limited access to basic services, and that the 2019 screening mechanism may not reduce those risks.

A 3.5-year Bangkok resident says friends got busy or partnered up and he can't make new ones. A 60-year-old American says he is going stir crazy after three years in Thailand. A 22-year-old half-Thai says meetups are tourists or people in their 30s.

An 18-year-old Burmese student in Bangkok who builds PCs and speaks fluent English asked on r/Bangkok where to volunteer on weekends and whether it is allowed. Soi Dog's landfill campaign leans on local feeder groups and volunteers for food and health monitoring. He did not know where to apply.

The Nation reported on Oct 3 that residents in flooded estates said earlier aid had not reached them and some pooled their own money, while the team admitted it might not reach every lane. About 2.6 million people were affected, and one company packed 650 relief kits and 6,000 water bottles for City Hall.