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Please email Maya Gorton (mayagorton@gmail.com) for more information & check out the photos.

MISSION
The goal of the Phuket Project was to support the recovery efforts of everyday people affected by December 2004 tsunami in southern Thailand. With a specific emphasis on helping children and families, the Project worked alongside local communities to help rebuild homes, schools, businesses, temples and community centers. We endeavored to find projects that lived beneath the traditional media spotlight and upheld our commitment to making sure our phyiscal and financial efforts reach those truly in need.

HUMANPOWER
The organization is entirely based of volunteers from around the world almost 400 people from New York, Bangkok, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Glasgow, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Chicago, Dubai, Singapore, Tokyo, Minneapolis, Miami, Rome, Sydney, and other places. There is no paid staff and the Project operates through enthusiasm and initiative, with minimal overhead.

• 152 volunteers have traveled to Thailand since February 2005
• 383 volunteers have signed up to be a part of the Project since January 2005
• More than 85,000 hours have been donated by volunteers to the Thai people
• More than 350,000 hours have been spent in Phang Nga, Khao Lak and Phuket
• An average of more than 12,000 pounds of concrete was laid daily on site
• More than 760,000 THB was spent in local communities specifically related to project activities (approximately 20,000 USD)
• More the 60,000 USD was raised through creative fundraising – art shows, music nights, selling stationery, soup dinners, curling contests, simple telephone calls, emails to friends and pure, hardcore generosity
• Two housing projects in Phuket and Khao Lak were designed to build homes for more than 75 local Thais
• Three initiatives on Kalim and Kamala beach and the village of Khao Lak hosted art projects for local schoolchildren, including the rebuilding and repainting of a wall destroyed by the tsunami
• Multiple single-day art projects were held with students from the local community
• One boat-building project was completed at Baan Nam Khem in Phang Nga province