School Ban Kok Nok Project
In addition to the Happy Home Patong project the Holiday
Inn Resort Phuket in co-operation with AIG PRIVATE BANK LTD,
Zurich, continues with community projects to support children
in need.
Location:
The school is 75 km from Phuket airport in the Thung Maprauw
district and caters for children from farmers and fisherman
in the province of Phang Nga.
School information
The school of Ban Koh Nok is a primary school with 83 children
catering for education from pre kindergarten to completion
of primary . Children are age 4 – 12. The school has
presently 83 children , 28 below the age of 6 and 57 children
in the age group of 6 – 12. The school presently has
4 teachers and a care taker cook , the name of the principal
is Mr. Arayun Kongchom.
Meals
Meals, meals are provided to children and the daily allowance
provided by the local government is Baht 10.00 per day, per
child. This amount is totally insufficient to provide the
children with proper nutrition. To provide the children with
proper nutrient the daily meal allowance needs to be approx
22 – 25 Baht per child. The additional funds needed are
Baht 20.000.00 per month.
Kindergarden teacher
Presently the children below the age of 6, do not have a
dedicated teacher, as the local provincial government, does
not provide the budget for such a position. The children are
frequently kept in company of the cook care taker or other
teachers. One full time employee to take care of the children
below 6 years of age is needed. Funds needed for this is approx
B 8.000.00 per month.
In addition to these two important areas, the school lacks
, reading material and sport equipment.
Funds needed for Ban Koh Nok School approx Baht 450.000.00
per year, or approx U$ 15.000.00
Project support
Starting 10th December 2007, Holiday Inn Resort Phuket and
AIG PRIVATE BANK Zurich, will provide monthly Baht 30.000.00
to provide better meals and a dedicated kindergarden teacher
for the Ban Kok Nok school. The project is confirmed for one
year and are subject to a 3 years renewal, when the project
administration will be assessed in 2008.
Administration
No administration costs. A member of the Holiday Inn Resort
Phuket team, Mr.Ruengsak Sahakaew, identified the needs for
this school and initiated this project.. Mr. Ruengsak, will
visit the Ban Koh Nok school every 3 months, to view progress
and to receive an expense sheet where the cost for meals and
other areas are provided.
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