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HEARTBREAKING moment kind man gives poverty stricken children shoes seen for the first time in remote hill tribe... .The intense poverty of the hill tribes in northern Thailand with the wealth and opulence of its capital, Bangkok.. .The latter has numerous shopping malls promoting brands such as Prada, Channel and Rolex and when you are tired of shopping you can retreat to your suite in the many six-star hotels.. .In the far north around Mae Hong Son the picture couldn’t be more different. Mae Hong Son is a remote, mountainous province in northern Thailand, bordering Myanmar (Burma). Though sparsely populated, it's ethnically diverse and home to hill tribes such as the Shan and Hmong. . .Somchai Somchai, explains how he and colleagues took shoes and toys to the children of one hill tribe village.. .He said “for many, these are the first shoes and toys they have ver had – or at least – the first new ones”. .Somchai can be heard trying to talk to the children who, although the same nationality as him, don’t understand as their remoteness has resulted in a separate language developing.. .Somchai urges all readers to try to help. He says “when people ask for money for causes such as this many potential donors are worried that it is a scam and hold back. In this case all we are requesting is that people donate the bare essential of life such as shoes, toys and simple medecines etc”.©Somchai Somchai/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)

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Daily Round Up 26 April 2017
HEARTBREAKING moment kind man gives poverty stricken children shoes seen for the first time in remote hill tribe... .The intense poverty of the hill tribes in northern Thailand with the wealth and opulence of its capital, Bangkok.. .The latter has numerous shopping malls promoting brands such as Prada, Channel and Rolex and when you are tired of shopping you can retreat to your suite in the many six-star hotels.. .In the far north around Mae Hong Son the picture couldn’t be more different. Mae Hong Son is a remote, mountainous province in northern Thailand, bordering Myanmar (Burma). Though sparsely populated, it's ethnically diverse and home to hill tribes such as the Shan and Hmong. . .Somchai Somchai, explains how he and colleagues took shoes and toys to the children of one hill tribe village.. .He said “for many, these are the first shoes and toys they have ver had – or at least – the first new ones”. .Somchai can be heard trying to talk to the children who, although the same nationality as him, don’t understand as their remoteness has resulted in a separate language developing.. .Somchai urges all readers to try to help. He says “when people ask for money for causes such as this many potential donors are worried that it is a scam and hold back. In this case all we are requesting is that people donate the bare essential of life such as shoes, toys and simple medecines etc”.©Somchai Somchai/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)