On 1 August, our latest project ‘Bed Replacement for the Chanthaburi Nursing Home – Camillian Social Centre’, run by the Camillian delegation in Thailand, started. This centre was established 24 years ago by the ‘Saint Camillus Foundation of Thailand’ and from the very beginning it was built on the cheap, receiving support from numerous benefactors who gradually helped the centre to grow and improve.

At the moment, the home accommodates 120 elderly people, some of whom pay a modest fee, while others receive medical assistance from the Camillian Social Centre completely free of charge. This implies that most of the extra work can only be done thanks to the generosity and altruism of those who want to support the centre’s mission.

The current urgency is the replacement of the beds for the 120 in-patients, which have not only become old and uncomfortable for the patients and impractical for the medical staff, but have even – due to the humid climate in the area – rusted.

The request we received from Fr. Renato Attrezzi, director of the centre, is that of even partial or deferred help with respect to the entire necessary expenditure. We found valuable support in the generosity of a private donor, who kindly offered to contribute to the purchase of a good portion of the beds requested by the Camillian Social Centre.

At the end of the three-month project, all beds will have been purchased and installed in the centre, offering relief to a large proportion of the patients. We at Salute e Sviluppo are very happy to be able to contribute to the success of this operation and hope that our activity will be a source of renewed hope for all those who will benefit from the project.