
Covid Relief Bangkok
2020
Covid Relief Bangkok was established in March 2020 in response to the devastating health and economic impacts created by the pandemic. It was founded through a coalition of individuals and organizations including the SATI Foundation, Scholars of Sustenance and Urban Studies Lab, Creative Migration (East) Foundation and the Thai Health Volunteers Foundation. Many of these groups had already worked together at Bangkok 1899 and The Ford Community Center.

Together, our coalition has coordinated a challenging relief effort to distribute masks, soaps, hand sanitizers and basic food supplies to the most vulnerable groups in Bangkok, all while maintaining social distance.
Covid Relief Bangkok used demographics data from Urban Studies Lab to identify and locate the most in-need based on age and income, ensuring our efforts are targeted and have the most impact. Supplies and food donations came from crowdsourcing and corporate sponsorship. Bangkok 1899 acted as a drop-off and storage center. Trucking logistics to move the supplies were managed by the Ford Fund and Scholars of Sustenance (SOS). A network of well-trained healthcare workers ensured that the supplies and food made it to the most at-risk households in each community.

22%
Served 22% of Bangkok’s lowest income households.
30,000
Distributed 30,000 relief kits with rice, fish, milk, soap, masks, information pamphlets and other basic needs items.
1,000,000
Served 1,000,000 meals based on 2,000 k-cal per meal count through supplies in the relief kits.