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.