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Developing Sustainable Schools Programme
Laguna Phuket, together with the Population and Community Development Association, partnered with Baan Jao Krua School in Phang Nga province in 2010 to improve the school and its quality of education in a sustainable way. To fund this programme, more than 1.2 million baht was raised in 2010 from activities at the Summer Family Festival, the Laguna Phuket International Marathon, Laguna Phuket Triathlon, and the Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship.
Start Date:
June 2010
End Date:
On-going
Details:
A rolling 2 year partnership with a selected rural school, the aim is to provide infrastructure required for adequate educational provision to the local community.
Some underprivileged rural schools struggle to provide complete comfort for students; they need to improve school lunch quality, refurbish old text books, or improve their existing playground. Students in regions of Phang Nga however, are deprived of more basic educational foundations, such as structurally safe buildings or adequate classrooms, Laguna Phuket’s program ‘building sustainable schools’ works with individual schools for a period of 24 months to alleviate their problems and leave them in a position of self sustainability and development.
Following the successful completion of the Baan Klongsai program Laguna Phuket is beginning work with a second school in Phang Nga province that requires assistance. The school is a primary school called Baan Jao Krua and is located in the farming communities of Phang Nga. It provides education for around 79 students and is desperately in need of additional classrooms and safer playing fields to protect the children from the surrounding sea.
Laguna Phuket International Marathon 2010 will be the first fundraising event in this project to begin the work.
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October
2010
School Project - 28 October 2010
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July
2010
Summer Family Festival - July 2010
Students from grades 4-6 participated in weekly arts classes facilitated by Chris Hogan, contemporary Australian artist and Laguna Phuket artist in residence. The students' final pieces of artwork were sold at Laguna Phuket Summer Family Festival. Mr. Hogan also donated his own artwork as a raffle prize. A total of 90,827.50 Baht was raised from artwork sales and raffle tickets.
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June
2010
LP Intl Marathon 2010 - 13 June 2010
Over 30 students, teachers, and parents from Baan Jao Krua School joined the 10k walk-run for charity at the Laguna Phuket International Marathon 2010. Famous Thai movie star, Ananda Everingham, visited the school prior to the event and helped promote the cause and walked alongside the students. A total of 320,209 Baht was raised via staff athlete sponsorships, online, and general donations.
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GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Current CSR Projects
- Sea Turtle Conservation Program
- Laguna Phuket’s “Fully Booked!” Mobile Learning Centre
- Laguna Phuket Foundation for Education
- Mangrove Tree Planting
- Developing Sustainable Schools Programme
- Community English Language Centre
- Laguna Phuket Kindergarten
- Drug Free Workplace Program
- Laguna Phuket Associates Saving Co-Operative
- Vegetarian Festival
- Buddhist Lent Day
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Hotels and business units use recycled greywater to water plants and gardens throughout Laguna Phuket propertie