Opportunities and Progress

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Rotary Clubs of Calgary, Las Vegas and Bangkok
Post-Tsunami Development Endeavour
The Population and Community Development
Association (PDA)
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• PDA is grateful for the support of The James
  Wheeler Joint Venture' of The Rotary Clubs of
  Bangkok and Calgary
• initiative to partner the villages of Tha Len
  and Tha Thong Lang, Krabi province, as part of
  PDAs post-Tsunami endeavour

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• Whilst most other organisations have now left the
  Tsunami affected areas (with work unfinished),
  PDA sees its sustainable post-Tsunami support as
  a long-term process
• We have been working in 63 villages in Krabi and
  Phang Nga, undertaking a comprehensive
  rehabilitation approach.

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• The partnership commences with the Community
  Empowerment process

Elected community members articulate needs and
plan activities as our partner through the
following four steps
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• Assessment and Preliminary
• Planning

Villagers conduct Community Needs Assessment
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2. Eye-Opener Field Trips to Generate New Ideas
Villagers travel to gather new ideas and observe
successful business activities.
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3. Finalize Development Plan
Villagers expand and prioritize activities,
conduct baseline survey, set time frame and
identify cooperating agencies.
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4. Implementation and Monitoring
Activities are implemented by the villagers,
with assistance from cooperating agencies and PDA
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• This Community Participation and Empowerment
  process has enabled the villagers to design, plan
  and implement 3 groups of activities
  concerning

• Children and Youth
• Health and Environment
• Income Generation

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• Our work covers the following activities

• School Lunch Program
• School Farm
• Educational Support Package
• Youth Psychological Support Rehabilitation
• Village Youth Council
• Health Education
• Water and Sanitation
• Tree Planting Coastal Zone Management
• Cash for Work
• Womens Economic Empowerment
• Boat Bank
• Village Bank

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• The Rotary Club partnership will emphasise
  training for business opportunities (tourism),
  activities leading to the creation of a village
  bank and ensuring the long-term protection of
  the communitys natural resources

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Our activities tackle the root cause of poverty,
rather than concentrating on the consequence of
poverty
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The three groups of activities in the Rotary
Club sponsored endeavours are
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Village Youth Council
Eight youth (aged 14 24) in each village are
elected to the serve in the Village Youth Council
Coordinate health education campaigns Prepare
project proposals and seek funds Initiate
business ventures for youth
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Practice democracy, transparency and gender
equality Launch new initiatives for youth and
elderly Organise public hearings on projects
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Village Youth Council members will receive

• Training and Education on Tourism
• Training in Business Marketing in Tourism

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Health and Environment

• Health and Sanitation
• Environmental Training and Education
• Coastal Environmental Protection

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Rain catchment water tanks jars
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Environmental Education and Coastal Protection
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Income Generation

• Womens Economic Empowerment Loans
• Boat Bank

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Womens Economic Empowerment
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Boat Bank
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Village Bank
Loan repayment
Tree planting
Boat Bank
Village Bank
Deposits
Equity
Dividend
Small loans
Scholarships and elderly support
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Village Bank in operation
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• PDA would like to also thankRotarian Suraphol
  Kittiwett and Mr. Wolfgang Jahn for their
  personal donation of 120,000 Baht to this cause

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PDA proposes allocating this additional funding
to ahealth program that will address basic
health needs that have been neglected in the
area.
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A PDA-conducted basic health check of primary
school children in the Tsunami villages found
90 had health problems

• 72 with dental problems
• 52 with lice
• 35 malnourished

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Health activities include

• Health screening
• Preventive Health Information
• Basic Hygiene

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When funding allows, we have been doing
additional projects in selected communities

• Village Piped Water Supply
• School Playgrounds Toilets
• School Breakfast Medicine Cupboard
• Computers for Schools
• Wellbeing, Learning, and Community Center
• Community Newspaper Radio
• Community Development Center Co-Op
• New Business Ventures for Women Youth
• (e.g. Refrigerated Trucks for Fish Transport,
  Selling Purified Water Ice)

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We hope that you will continue to show support to
your partner communities
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The Population and Community Development
Association (PDA) 6 Sukhumvit Soi 12, Khlong
Toey, Bangkok 10110 Thailand Tel.[phone]
Fax. [phone]
WWW.PDA.OR.TH
EMAIL cbers_at_pda.or.th