Thread: Residents at HIV home in Roi Et survive on donations after death of senior monk

AT THEIR small shelter in Roi Et province, people living with HIV have cared for one another until their last breath.

But with few resources, the only cremation they can undertake is to put the bodies of those who pass away on a pile of old tyres and light a fire.

“Without the tyres, you would need to use a significant amount of coal – in other words cash,” a 29-year-old woman at the shelter said. “As we live off donations, we have to keep it simple where we can.”

She does not mind if one day her body is cremated in the same way.

“When I came here, I knew it was going to be my place of death anyway,” she said. “It’s just that for as long as I stay healthy enough, I will take care of those who have been in poorer health.”

This is a harsh reality that all 38 residents at Ban Ruam Namjai at the Sri Mongkhontham Forest Monastery have come to terms with. But the news caused a few tears when their story went “viral” on the Internet recently.

Early this month, a Facebook user posted the story on social media in the hope of raising donations for the small shelter, so that life is not too hard for residents at Ban Ruam Namjai.

And now donations have started to flow in.

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This proves that there are still angels/good people left on this wicked world we live in.