last saturday we hosted a charity boxing match between note and our good friend and fellow
youtuber patty doyle the purpose of the fight was to raise funds to support families in need on got7
and right now there are many families that need support due to the collapse of international
tourism here on the island in 23 days with the help of over 300 people re-raised 657
107 baht which is twenty thousand twenty thousand u.s dollars and it's like thirteen
times more than what the two guys were thinking they were going to raise the funds we raise
have officially been transferred to the bank account of the rotary club simuli in pangan
so now that that is all done which it's actually been quite nerve-wracking to
be handling that amount of money but we're relieved it's done and the real work begins now
so in this video we want to share with you why we decided to partner with the rotary club
and what's happening with the funds we raised so keep watching it's going to be interesting
but first let us order some breakfast i'm pretty hungry are you hungry yes
my shoulder is still sore from the fight
i think note may have won the fight but patty definitely landed some harder punches because
paddy was fine the next day but no it's the one who's been sore for a week i think it's because
i threw a lot of punches and i didn't land a lot of them this is it this is at the end
oh oh wow my elbow is sore my my shoulders is sore it's heavy are you gonna keep boxing though i will
still uh continue training with the gym that we train it's good for my physical health and also
help to support the local gym here as well and i'll probably go with him too but i'm not getting
in the ring with adriana for all the people who asked she will just knock me out first round no i
think i want to keep training because i feel like in the future paddy wants a rematch oh really and
i want to look better on camera this time not to be not to be a good boxer but just to look better
on camera so the place we are at is called homemade burgers and sandwiches but that's not all
they offer some of their best things are bagels which are all homemade bread their thai food is
also really good but they do make amazing burgers and sandwiches too we probably come here twice a
week i would say at least at least twice a week but we ought to take out a lot from here too yeah
we do we do they do have vegetarian and vegan burgers and more vegetarian vegan options too they
have a lot of good choices and a lot of healthy choices like salads and fruits and fresh juices
and smoothie bowls the thing is since we moved to thailand we have been like on a hunt for
good bagel oh my gosh and we couldn't find any any like vehicles that we used to have back
in canada you know like the montreal bagels or even bagels that we used to have at tim hortons
like we couldn't find any good one like it's so hard to get that chewy factor down yeah
but they make their own bagels here and they are so good like so delicious i think they
even make their burger buns here which are also really good too i'll show you what the bagels
look like because i'm definitely ordering one a salmon cream cheese bagel for me okay
and maybe hash browns feeling like hash browns today i'm so hungry let's keep let's order
we honestly love coming to homemade because the staff are so friendly here
the food is consistent and it's always delicious
if you're in gotsamoy definitely come check them out we highly recommend the food here yeah
i'm so excited for this look at how beautiful this chicken burger is that's a lot that's a lot of
chicken can you see it yeah oh smoked salmon cream cheese bagel look at how nice and glossy this is
this is a legit bagel it looks like good bagel and the taste and the texture
it's like real bagel you know why it's so good though is because they do it right they boil
the bagels before they bake them that is like the secret to like this oh yummy chewy bagel
and smoke something isn't cheap in thailand too i believe this bagel is
i don't know around 120 baht or something like that and my burger is the same i think 120. i hope
burger's around that 120 four dollars we're very affordable you didn't order fries today
but usually the fries are so good because we order hash brown so i don't think we need fries
not remind me oh my goodness what's on top of cheese yeah
smells like bacon we're not the only ones who think this is the best hash brown
our friends also come here for the hash browns and they're roasted potatoes they're so good
they cook the onions until they're soft with the bacon they rendered the i guess they probably
render the bacon first cook the onions until they're soft in the bacon fat add the potatoes
very tasty very tasty
i'm gonna get back to telling you about the rotary club just one one more bite you guys is quite fun
so a couple weeks before the fight we actually sat down with patty and also a couple members of the
rotary club here on the island and if you don't know what the rotary club is they're actually an
international service organization with many smaller clubs or smaller chapters worldwide
and they are non-political non-religious they just want to do good for the local communities
that they are in and that is why we decided to partner with them because they are a legal charity
and the club in some way has a good mix between foreigners and thais and the benefit of having
local thai as part of the charity is that they can pinpoint or even find the communities inside some
way that needed help the most so the money raised for our campaign is specifically for the food for
life project but they also have other projects on the go as well such as swim for life yeah the swim
for life it's a program to teach young people how to swim to reduce the drowning rate in thailand
there's also a support for autism program because there are no government facilities for
kids with autism on the island in simulian pangan so they also provide some support there there's
one more water for life project which is supplying clean water to public school here in katsumui so
so many wonderful things that the rotary club is doing at the moment and we are so happy to
be able to be part of this charity in helping the local people of kosovo and they have asked us um
to kind of become partners with them for the next 12 months because that is actually how long they
think the money we raise is going to like last for the project maybe even more they say it will
extend what they're doing for another 12 months which is amazing because when we first met them
they told us that they have funds ready to support over 500 families until christmas so now
which is coming up pretty soon yeah because this is pretty soon it's only a couple months away so
now we'll be extended for another 12 months it is just probably really reassuring for so many
families right now on the island because tourism doesn't really look like it's going to improve
in the next few years now yeah on the island it's a bit tough we just want to take this opportunity
to thank all of you who donated and all of you who supported our channel and patty's channel and
helped make this charity a reality you know this fundraising a reality yeah so to go into a little
bit more detail about how we're spending the funds raised it's all for the food for life project
which means it continues to supply food and essentials to 530 plus families they drop off rice
cooking oil eggs noodles sardines instant noodles dry food baby formula two to some communities
that have babies and that need that support and what's really great about all this extra
funds that we have collected is that now aside from just supporting the families that are already
you know on their list if there are more families that need support they can extend their reach
to support those families as well and they have emergency funds set aside to do emergency
deliveries if needed this is incredible because before you know down to the bot
was accounted for i would say like it's been a struggle raising money especially with everyone
in the world having the same difficulties right now um so this this has been a major achievement
for us for them forgot some way and as we speak i just got a text a message from one of the rotary
club members saying that they finally received the fund that we raised in their account well we
raised how much again 657 107 baht and with um with all the fees deducted this is including um
credit card trans uh transaction fees and we boon website fees we now have six hundred five thousand
two hundred and twenty four baht and sixty six satan which is like sense yeah yeah this is still
incredible although we have to pay a little more than 50 000 baht in fees but it's good that we get
to support the wii boon website as well the ceo of wee boon is actually a rotary member from bangkok
so this is the only crowdfunding like illegal crowdfunding site that is like free for you to
put up a campaign it is a bit more than what we hoped for we wanted more money to go to the people
but in a way there are tons of campaigns that are on weboon that use weboon
to support other people so i think it's still for a good cause yeah so what you can expect from us
moving forward is that we will be joining a few food deliveries with the rotary club members
um there are a few coming up already there's one next week there's one the week after that
so we will be joining them on those months we want to know how they purchase the food and
how to deliver the food and what the communities are like because we want to stay accountable to
you guys for helping us raise all this money but also the rotary club members want us to show you
guys the work that they are doing because it is creating impact for the people of gotham way it's
been a crazy experience to do this fundraiser it's our first time doing this along with patty is also
his first time and we it's been incredible what we were able to do with your help now the work really
begins of using that money to do good for people here so because we are staying in gatsamui for
another half a year what do you say i think at least a year the foreseeable future yeah yeah
so every couple of months we plan to do an update video to let you guys know how the food for life
project is doing and if you want to continue to donate to the food for life project there is a way
even though our own campaign we've also we've shut down already but the rotary club has their
own wee boon campaign so we'll link that in our description box below if you want to continue
donating to them for this project we also want to say that there are many people who are doing
okay in thailand they still have their jobs they still have their small business but their income
has been significantly reduced because there is no tourism and people just have less disposable
income to spend nowadays but what we can do is support local eat at local restaurants
um shop at local vendors we try not to bargain and leave a tip if we can all these little things help
it's not just like financial support but also emotional support it's important this is
true everywhere in the world not just in thailand so as flora said shop local and just be kind yeah
flora and i will continue to make videos for you guys showcasing not only the beautiful
scenery of thailand but also the friendly people here as well and we hope that we can inspire you
to come to thailand when you can thank you so much for joining us today and as always
have a wonderful day we'll see you on the next one bye bye bye and come come
sideways up or down it's all the same
and we will do it and we will do
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