Living Waters Phuket Foundation – Building Brighter Futures
Weekly Highlights:
Life bags remain in high demand, and this week saw our emergency food relief expansion into Koh Samui to help vulnerable communities in desperate need. Their plight was highlighted by Chris Parker, Retired Working For You, who is an avid supporter of our Phuket life bag program.
Meetings with local community leaders, including Mr. Muenslip Poolsawat (advisor to the Koh Samui Mayor) demonstrated that Koh Samui is approximately nine months behind Phuket in terms of Covid-19 economic recovery. As a result of these meetings, a collaborative initiative between Living Waters Phuket (LWP) and local community leaders has been put in place.
Items for 1,800, ‘super life bags’, were purchased by LWP and packed by local volunteers, each containing rice, oil, noodles, and tinned fish; to support around 7,200 people. These were then distributed across the island to those identified as most in need.
Life bags remain a high priority on our agenda, as we continue to support people in community quarantine and those in need of staple food supplies, many of whom are without work. We are also helping with education requirements to get children back into school.
One Life Bag costs just 140 THB and can feed a family of 4 people for up to 4 days. Please donate to help those in need, any amount is appreciated: Weeboon
Networking in the Community:
- Cherngtalay OrBorTor
- Thepkrasittri OrBorTor
- Phuket Red Cross
- LDS Charities
- Koh Samui Community Leaders
- Borderless Friendship Charity Leader Chaing Mai
Food Security Update:
Life Bag Packing / Distribution Update
- 1,800 super life bags have been packed and distributed on Koh Samui
- 2,500 normal size life bags were packed and distributed in Phuket (up to 18th March)
Fundraising
Our Weeboon campaign for Life Bag Food Supply has raised grand total of 554,200 THB. In addition, in the last 7 days, donations totaling 350,000 THB have been made direct to Living Waters Phuket Foundation bringing the grand total of direct donations to 696,475 THB.
Marketing:
The Thaiger and The Phuket News both published Press Releases relating to the expanded emergency food relief taking place in Koh Samui:
In addition, The Phuket News today will publish a half-page advertorial (online and in the newspaper today) promoting completed projects to highlight funding areas and grant applications.
Approved Projects in Progress:
- Seeds of Change
Funded sewing machines have been delivered to the Vocational Sewing Centre, located at Good Shepherd Migrant Work Centre Phuket (GMSW). This initiative provides employment alternatives and skills development for young Thai or migrant people. We look forward to the 1st monthly report at the end of March.
- Koh Samui Life Bags
This project raised funds through donations in order to purchase food, pack Life Bags and distribute to communities in need on the island of Koh Samui; packing and delivery took place last week.
- The Red Cross Phuket
This project saw funding to purchase 1,800 wheelchairs for use in hospitals, clinics, and vaccination centers across Thailand to assist those with mobility issues. This project is ongoing.
- Life Home Project
Education assistance funding was provided, with this project helping with educational opportunities for HIV-positive Thai Children at this charity. The 2nd progress report has been received.
Completed Projects:
- The Good Shepherd BanYa Literacy and Learning Centre
This project saw record speed completion for the purchase of ATK test kits for over 400 children in order for testing to take place to allow the school to reopen. This completed project was achieved in under a week, making it a rapid and successful project for everyone involved.
- The Red Cross Back To School
This completed partnership between Living Waters Phuket and the Red Cross where LWP provided the equipment necessary to allow for 390 students across 13 schools in Phuket, to get back to school. Prior to this funding project, these students were unable to attend school as they did not have uniforms, school supplies, funds for transportation, and the minimal fee to go to school.
- Disadvantaged Students Project
The Foundation has provided funding for Phuket Has Been Good To Us to allow 500 disadvantaged students access to a new computer lab. This project is now completed.
- Under Privileged Children
The provision of portable water for 300 students at the Coconut Island School, as well as critical equipment for the school’s kitchen including a fridge, freezer, and fans, is completed. The acquittal report is currently being prepared.
- The Good Shepherd
The project for The Good Shepherd for Solar Panel Installation for the Good Shepherd Phuket Town (GSPT) Learning Centre is now completed.
- Sustainable Farming and Food Production – Phase 2
The Kathu Wittaya School’s phase 2 funded project is now complete. This was around sustainable education for farming and food production and the provision of buildings to help store and sell the food from the funded phase 1 project.
- Tambon Phunai Koh Yao Yai Orphan Education Funding
The Foundation funded the purchase of school supplies for parentless children from this Orphanage in January 2022. LWP donated funds for school supplies and this directly allowed the children to return to school to get the chance to continue gaining an education. Funding will cover 1 full year of schooling needs for around 35 children.
- Kathu Wittya School
The Sustainable Education on Farming and Food Production (phase 1) is complete. This long-term initiative was designed around teaching almost 1,000 children how to farmland using proven Thai techniques and processes in order to produce and harvest food.
- Phuket Has Been Good To Us
Living Waters Phuket Foundation completed this project to fund and provide brand new IT equipment for over 500 disadvantaged children for the school. This project helped teachers, volunteers, and administrators to be able to deliver their English classes more effectively and efficiently.
- Super Life Bags
This completed project was the largest single order of life bag supplies in the last 22 months and saw over 8,700 large bags packed and delivered to Phuket and the surrounding areas in November 2021, helped by Government officials and 5 Star Marine
LWP remains 100% devoted to helping the most vulnerable communities.
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