NEW PROJECTS Updated November 2005.

 

Aeg who lost all his diving equipment on Phi Phi Don as well as his living as a Diving Instructor has been helped by the Fund to replace his equipment. He does not have any premises or a boat however.



 Relatives on Koh Yao Yai restored a fishing boat and turned it into a dive boat so that Aeg can use it to take tourists diving again.

Darunee is a wooden boat 15 m long and 4.8m wide of very solid construction.

This picture was taken in March on Koh Yao Yai.
The boat was moved across to Phuket to be finished and looked like this on 16th May.

She was completed with the help of the Fund in two months and was ready in October for the next winter tourist season starting in November.



Aeg has been operating Darunee in Phi Phi Don since early October and has started by doing Sunset Trips. This will bring in some income before the high season starts and will allow him to purchase some diving sets as they have to be provided by the operator. The Fund has supplied him with a 3 year old Yamaha 15 hp for his dinghy.
Retail Shop.

Angsana Nganwongpanich (Phan) lost her shop on Kamala Beach and all her stock fixtures and fittings were washed away. She sold T-Shirts, polo shirts, swimwear, shoes, etc.

She also produced all the T-shirts & Polo shirts for "Coco de Mer" last year before the tsunami.



Phan decided not to build on Kamala Beach but on her own land adjoining her family house in Phuket. The Fund contributed and the Bank loaned the rest for her to construct three shops in the one building. One is for herself and she has already let the other two.
Squid Fishing Boat.

Jaroon Jooprasert lost his boat when the tsunami hit Koh Si-Ray. A photograph of the harbour is shown at the top of the Sponsorship section because two of the children also lost their father there.

Christiane & Barry met Jaroon because they awarded scholarships to his children, Tanisorn aged 11 & Tanaree aged 17 as Jaroon had suddenly lost his livelihood.


Although his boat was legally registered the Government only gave him 15,000 Baht (£210) in compensation. As the cost of building a new boat is 500,000 Baht (£6,950) this left him rather short.

The Royal Thames Yacht Club and the Coco de Mer Fund have each supplied 50% of the cost of building and equipping this boat which was launched in mid October.

"Oystercatcher" was built in the Leam Pakarang Boatyard in Khao Lak