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Help Grandma Pen, a strong-hearted person, raise her four disabled sons.

Buriram, Aid has been gradually sent to 89-year-old Grandma Pen, who has to raise four disabled sons in Buriram Province, after locals expressed concern and wanted relevant agencies to help. Previously, reporters went to meet Grandma Pen Preechakul, 89 years old, at Ban Tung Phai, Tambon Pakham, Amphoe Pakham, Buriram Province, after receiving a report from villagers that Grandma is old and not very strong, but still has to take care of her four sons with mobility disabilities, aged 66, 63, 53, and 50. They are unable to help themselves, so Grandma Pen has to take care of everything, such as finding food and water, cooking food, feeding and giving water to her sons. Whenever her sons need to urinate or defecate, she has to drag them to the bathroom. The house is quite dilapidated. Grandma said that she has 10 children, 3 have passed away, 4 are disabled, and the other 3 have come to help her sometimes. But everyone has to work hard to make a living. Everyone has to struggle. Grandma raises her 4 disabled c hildren with 800 baht per month from her elderly allowance and 800 baht from each of her 4 disabled children. She buys rice and food to survive and takes care of her disabled children with love all the time. Sometimes her eldest daughter comes to help even though her life is very difficult. But the villagers said that Grandma never speaks, never gives up, never abandons her children, to the point that the villagers respect her as a great mother. But with her body getting older every day, the people in the area are worried that if Grandma passes away, who will take care of her children? And they want the relevant agencies to come and help. The latest today, Mr. Suthep Khamto, the District Chief of Pakham, Buriram Province, along with Pakham District Public Health Officers, members of the Provincial Administrative Organization Council, Pakham Subdistrict Municipality Welfare Division Officers, and village headmen visited Grandma Phen to give her encouragement and provide her with money and supplies to help her initially. In the long run, the District Chief said that he will come to take care of house repairs. In the long run, he will discuss and coordinate with relevant agencies to take care of Grandma and her four disabled sons so that they have a better quality of life. Source: Thai News Agency