The catastrophic flooding in Thailand this year has resulted in the loss of many lives and many people in different areas have been left homeless.

Smart Traffic have a substantial employee presence in Thailand and have grown to love the country, its culture and its people. With this in mind, we have decided to donate a percentage of our revenue earned throughout November and December to a Thai charity that has been directly affected by the floods. We will donate a portion of the fee for every one of our special Christmas Promotions sold directly to the charity SOS Children’s Villages.org.uk.

The SOS Children’s Villages charity is the world’s largest orphan and abandoned children’s charity. Their worldwide vision is a “a loving home for every child”. In Asia, they currently care for approximately 27,000 sponsored children in 149 SOS Children’s Villages. Some of these children have joined an SOS Children’s Village as a result of one of Asia’s natural disasters in the last decade, including the Asian Tsunami and the Kashmir earthquake. Many more will join as a result of the flooding in Thailand.

Despite the flooding they have strived to maintain their facilities and care for the orphaned and abandoned children as best they can. Spokesperson Jeff Massey says:

“All of our SOS Children’s facilities are currently still fully functional operational despite the flooding in Thailand, apart from the SOS Village of Bangpoo which is located in the capital. The Village is on high alert, and staff in Bangkok have decided to evacuate the children and mothers to an area called Chonburi, 80 km east of Bangkok. Some young people have stayed temporarily in the SOS Children’s Village Bangpoo to help neighbours in the community during the emergency. They too will evacuate if it becomes too unsafe.

We currently care of more than 450 children at our five SOS Children’s Villages in the country. A further 55 young people are supported in three SOS Youth Homes. SOS Children also run nursery schools in Thailand which together serve 330 children from the Villages as well as the local community.”

Smart Traffic are proud to support this charity as they carry out their vital work in this time of need.

You can read more about the flooding in Thailand and its effect on charitable work here or visit our FaceBook page