Thailand : After the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami , the Thai Government had initially decided to donate for humanitarian assistance in Haiti . Such amount of money gained heavy criticism that it was too little , while Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban remarked , " That was the first amount of money we could give , but more will come . We may send our military army engineers to join the world , following assessment of the situations . The problem is that Haiti is too far from us , unlike the cases having occurred in our neighbours such as Indonesia or the Philippines . What we could do for Haiti is only donation of money or personnel . " Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Thai Queen Sirikit also sent a missive of condolences to Haitian President Rene Preval . Following that , the Council of Ministers resolved to send another , which was later extended to , and 20,000 tonnes of rice . Deputy Education Minister Chaiwuti Bannawat said in a cabinet meeting that medical teams from many educational institutes under his ministry were ready to go to Haiti , but needed funding from the government . While Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya proposed to have his ministry co-ordinate the relief effort , but also the Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti offered to personally take the aid to the affected country . However , all was turned down by Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva , citing that money and rice was enough for the moment
2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
Humanitarian response by national governments to the 2010 Haiti earthquake