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Thailand

ADRA Thailand Director: Brendon Irvine Le Chateau Mansion # 701 55 Soi Ekamai 12 Sukumvit 63, Klongtan Wattana Bangkok 10110 THAILAND
Phone:	(+66) (0)2 713 2550
Fax:	(+66) (0)2 381 7129
URL:	thailand@adraasia.org
	http://www.adra.or.th


Region	Asia
Population	65,065,800
Area Total	514,000 km2
Area Land	511,770 km2
Coast Line	3,219 km
Capital	Bangkok
Climate	Tropical monsoon, dry, cool northeast monsoon
	Southern isthmus always hot and humid
Languages	Thai, English, ethnic and regional dialects
Currency	Baht
Holiday	Birthday of His Majesty the King

Tsunami The 9.0 earthquake off the western coast of northern Sumatra on 26 December 2004, depth 10 km, 7:59 am local time (00.59 GMT) triggered massive waves or ‘tsunamis,’ inundating coastal areas in countries around the Indian Ocean rim. Sri Lanka, the Indonesian province of Aceh, four states of southern India, the Maldives, coastal areas of Thailand, Malaysia, and Myanmar were the most severely affected.

13 June 2005		Situation Report No. 38
		Kamala School Project
		Construction on-going.

		Community Recovery & Development Program
		Community Recovery: Continuation of spring protection construction; Providing water to 115 households at a temporary shelter; Conducted training of Water Committee in one village; Assessing possible projects.


		Household Recovery: Continuing the building of boats in collaboration with ARC; Developed Community Assessment Tool for long-term collaboration assessment; Assessing possible projects.


		Health: Ongoing visits to affected locations

		Tsunami Relief and Rehabilitation Project
		Received drilling rig from manufacturer and drilled on test borehole.

06 June 2005		Situation Report No. 37
		Kamala School Project
		Construction began on childhood center on June 1.

		Community Recovery & Development Program
		*Community Recovery:* Continuation of spring protection construction; Providing water to 137 households at a temporary shelter; Continuing work on a water system in one village; Assessing possible projects.


		*Household Recovery:* Continuing the building of boats in collaboration with ARC; Distributed household recovery grants to 1 village of 197 families.


		*Health:* Ongoing visits by medical and psychosocial teams to affected locations; Began searching for location to setup Adventure learning activities.


		Tsunami Relief and Rehabilitation Project
		Identifying locations for drilling; Drilling Technician and Water Coordinator receiving orientation on new drilling machine in Bangkok


30 May 2005		Situation Report No. 36
		Community Recovery & Development Program
		*Community Recovery:* Continuing of spring protection construction; Continuation of spring protection construction; Continuation of construction of a playground; Began work on a water system in one village; Providing water to 138 households at 2 temporary shelters.


		*Household Recovery:* Continuing the building of boats in collaboration with ARC; Assessing 2 other villages for household recovery grant; Distributed recovery grants to 2 villages (total of 162 families); Discussed Revolving Loan program with one village in preparation for begin process to provide loans for business activities.


		*Health:* Ongoing visits to affected locations.

		Tsunami Relief and Rehabilitation Project
		Identifying locations for drilling.

23 May 2005		Situation Report No. 35
		Kamala School Project
		Signed the Memorandum of Understanding with District Authority.

		Community Recovery & Development Program
		Community Recovery: Continuing of spring protection construction; Conducted a handover of one of the water systems in Ao Koie, Kuraburi; Preparation for 1 gravity fed water system; Providing water to 115 households at a temporary shelter; Cleared a 5-kilometer stripe for the laying of pipe for a new water project; Assessing possible projects.


		Household Recovery: Continuing the building of boats in collaboration with ARC; Provided student support in Tablamu village for students who lost a parent in the tsunami; Distributed household recovery grants to one village for 40 families.


		Health: Ongoing visits to affected locations.

		Others: Facilitated the donation of scholarships to 168 students affected by the tsunami and school furniture with donations coming from schools in Bangkok and a University in the U.S.


		Tsunami Relief and Rehabilitation Project
		Identifying locations for drilling.

16 May 2005		Situation Report No. 34
		Kamala School Project
		Land fill completed and staking of contruction site ongoing.

		Community Recovery & Development Program
		ADRA was introduced to her Royal Highness as a tsunami supporting agency during a handing over ceremony of contributions from the Thai Royalty to affected communities.

		Community Recovery: Continuing of spring protection construction; Preparation for 1 gravity fed water system; Providing water to 115 households at a temporary shelter; Laying concrete slabs for water tanks at one village; Completed water connection piping for 81 houses in new village; Assessing possible projects.


		Household Recovery: Continuing the building of boats in collaboration with ARC; Preparing for distribution of student support for 12 orphaned children and 18 children who have lost one parent; Conducting assessment of village data for household recovery grants; Developing appropriate policies and procedures for revolving loan activities.


		Health: Additional staff member recruited for child psychosocial team; Ongoing visits to affected locations.


09 May 2005		Situation Report No. 33
		Community Recovery & Development Program
		Community Recovery: Facilitating connection of water to newly built permanent houses for tsunami victims.


		Health: Child psycho-social visits ongoing; Recruiting for adventure learning team leader.

		Household Recovery: Decided to assist in 5 more communities with recovery grants assessment


03 May 2005		Situation Report No. 32
		Community Recovery & Development Program
		Community Recovery: Started construction work on spring improvement and protection; Ongoing installation of water filtration system; Assessing additional project possibilities.


		Health: Psycho-social and medical teams have started working with affected children and communities.


		Household Recovery: Disbursement of household recovery grants to one village; Assessing loss and needs of a new community; Continuting to construct new boats to replace those lost and destroyed in the tsunami; Screening and interviewing claimants for support.



25 April 2005		Situation Report No. 31
		Kamala School Project
		Landfill completed; Quotation from contractors received; Selection made and target for start of construction is 01 May 2005.


		Community Recovery & Development Program
		Community Recovery: Handed over 2 refurbished boats to the Moken (sea gypsies) community on Surin Island; Preparing for a project for the improvement of a water storage system; Preparation for the installation of a water filter system.


		Health: Psycho-social and medical teams have started working with affected children and communities; Four (4) professors from Loma Linda University held a 2-day workshop in Phuket for training trainers of Trauma/Disaster Response Teams. This training workshop was participated in by ADRA personnel, among others.


		Household Recovery: Assessing loss and needs of a new community; Continuing to construct new boats to replace those lost and destroyed in the tsunami; Screening and interviewing claimants for support.


		Tsunami Relief and Rehabilitation Project
		Agreement documents have been signed between ADRA Canada and CIDA and project is scheduled to start 01 May 2005.


18 April 2005		Situation Report No. 30
		The mobile counseling team has started its operations last week, visiting four villages in Pang Nga province.


		A new water and sanitation project has been approved for ADRA Thailand amounting to US$438,000. The Contract is yet to be signed between the Canadian International Development Assistance (CIDA) and ADRA Canada.


28 March 2005		Situation Report No. 28
		*Water*
		ADRA Thailand completed one (1) water system serving 30 families in tsunami-affected village; one (1) system including 8 meter water tower at a temporary shelter for 90 families; a water storage improvement at a community center; and providing a shipment of water to one temporary shelter community.


		Completed one gravity-fed water system serving 63 households on an outlying island.


8 February 2005		Situation Report No. 21
		ADRA Thailand is employing as many local people as possible to join the water system rehabilitation team.


		ADRA Thailand is focusing its energy on its two-phase community redevelopment program.


		Working on a gravity fed water system serving 50 families; preparing for 2 additional systems.


		*Household/Community Recovery*
		ADRA has completed the groundwork for a community basketball court; and visited a site and held preliminary discussion with the district office on income generation activities plans for fish raising, vegetable gardening and palm plantations.


		*Mobile Health Services*
		ADRA is finalizing recruitment of staff; and the procurement of vehicles and equipment


		*Kamala Kindergarten School*
		Finalizing on tender of contractors to beginning construction

3 February 2005		Situation Report No. 20
		ADRA Thailand has provided 30 electrical fans to the Samakeetam Buddhist temple in Kuraburi and also paid electrical contractors for the installation of electricity to all temporary housing at the temple.


		*Surin Island*
		The ADRA Thailand water team is currently working has installed three 2,000 litre water tanks, a gravity fed water system and are currently in discussions with the Morkan’s, and local government authorities about other needs, water and sanitation, as well as general community and households needs of the people.

		Meanfun Temporary Shelter
		ADRA has completed the installation of a gravity fed water system to the Meanfun temporary shelter near the Surin Island national park wharf.

		Samakeetam Temple (Wat Pasan)
		ADRA Thailand has provided 30 electrical fans to the Samakeetam Buddhist temple in Kuraburi and also paid electrical contractors for the installation of electricity to all temporary housing at the temple.

		*Temporary Shelter at Aow Koey*
		ADRA has now completed the installation of a gravity fed water system and ten 2,000 litre water tanks for villages from Ban Tungdab Moo 1, Tambol Kho Prathong, Kuraburi, and Phnag-nga.

		*Community and Household Recovery Team*
		The community and household recovery team has completed assessments for 5 villages in the area. The team is working closely with the communities affected by the tsunami to determine the priority needs related to rehabilitation, recovery, and productive activities.

1 February 2005		Situation Report No. 19
		Health Intervention
		ADRA and Mission Hospital Phuket are in the process of establishing four mobile clinics that will operate in the whole area affected by the tsunami over the next 3 years. This will comprise a Mobile Medical Unit, Mobile Child Psychosocial Unit, Mobile Adult Psychosocial Unit, and Adventure Based Learning Facility.

24 January 2005		Situation Report No. 17
		ADRA Thailand, via a partnership with ADRA Germany, will install water filtration units in Koh Ban Tung Nang Dom. The REDO®-Units will produce drinkable water from dirty crude water without the use of chemical additives. The units will be used in the tsunami-affected areas for as long as they are needed, and then will remain in the care of ADRA Thailand. ADRA Thailand has committed to help Koh Ban Tung Nang Dom with the re-establishment of their water supply system and is also looking to work with the villages on community and household rehabilitation.

		ADRA Thailand, via a partnership with ADRA Australia,is committed to a Community Recovery and Development Program to provide water and sanitation rehabilitation, community and household recovery, health, psychosocial support and long-term development program to serve 20,000 people.


21 January 2005		Situation Report No. 16
		ADRA Thailand has committed to help Koh Ban Tung Nang Dom with the re-establishment of their water supply system and is also looking to work with the villages on community and household rehabilitation. A water filtration system has been donated by a private donor in Germany, through ADRA Germany. The REDO®-Units are water purification units, and will produce drinkable water from dirty crude water, without the use of chemical additives. The units will be used in the Tsunami affected areas for as long as needed, and then will remain in the care of ADRA Thailand for use in case of any future need for such a unit in the southeast Asia region.



19 January 2005		Situation Report No. 14
		ADRA Thailand visited Ban Tung Nang Dom, an Island where two children were killed as a result of the tsunami and all the property on the Island was totally destroyed. ADRA Thailand has committed to help the village with the re-establishment of their water supply system and is also looking to work with the villages on community and household rehabilitation.


		The ADRA Thailand water team has also received requests from local government and village officials to work in other villages affected by the tsunami.


		ADRA Thailand has submitted a proposal for project that takes a comprehensive programmatic approach in two different phases: Phase 1 focuses on water system rehabilitation, community recovery, household recovery and health intervention. Phase 2 will focus on a long-term development plan, which will be supported through vocational training and/or microfinance activities to restore the affected villages and their populations to sustainable vibrant communities.


18 January 2005		Situation Report No. 13
		ADRA Thailand has currently set up operations in Khuraburi, about 200km north of Phuket.


		ADRA Thailand is repairing the existing gravity-feed, by installing 10 – 2, 000 litre tanks, and creating additional outlets to the temporary shelters.


		A team has successfully completed the pumping out of 7 shallow wells on Phra Thong Island.


17 January 2005		Situation Report No. 12
		Two members of the ADRA Thailand SED (Small Enterprise Development) team have arrived in Khuraburi, and will work on a plan to rehabilitate the communities and individual households affected by the tsunami.


		ADRA Thailand has currently set up operations in Khuraburi, about 200km north of Phuket.


		A temporary shelter was established next to Thung La Hor village, where the existing water system was inadequate. The team is repairing the existing gravity-feed, by installing ten - 2, 000 litre tanks, and creating additional outlets to the temporary shelters.


		A team has successfully completed the pumping out seven shallow wells on Phra Thong Island.

		ADRA is working closely with a lecturer from the Social Research Institute at Chulalongkorn University, to ensure that the work on Surin Island is culturally sensitive and responds to the specific needs of the population.


16 January 2005		Situation Report No. 11
		ADRA Thailand has been working to improve the sanitation in the temporary shelters.


		In Ban Bung Sak ADRA Thailand installed piping and taps to bring the water to the villages and also installed tanks to store the excess water.


		ADRA Thailand provided water for the toilet area and also provided water access for bathing in a location away from the village.


		ADRA Thailand is currently preparing a proposal to establish a mobile health Clinic in conjunction with Mission Hospital Phuket.


15 January 2005		Situation Report No 10
		ADRA Thailand is currently preparing a proposal to establish a mobile health Clinic in conjunction with Mission Hospital Phuket.

13 January 2005		Situation Report No. 9
		ADRA Thailand will assist with the reconstruction of the Kamala District School on a different site.

		ADRA Thailand is working in partnership with Mission Hospital Phuket in the development of additional interventions for the long term support of Tsunami victims. These interventions will focus predominantly on the physical and psychological needs of those affected by the Tsunami.



10 January 2005		Situation Report No. 7
		ADRA is continuing with its assessment as reported previously.

		ADRA Thailand met with the Kuraburi District governor and is planning to reinstall all water systems, pump the wells and path the boats of residents in the district who live on the islands of Phrathong and Surin.


		Residents on Phrathong and Surin islands were evacuated to the main land and are being housed in tents while the water system is being installed. Residents from Koh Surin returned to their island and are without water.


7 January 2005		Situation Report No. 5
		ADRA continued its assessment as reported previously and has traveled to new areas today.


6 January 2005		Situation Report No. 4
		ADRA continued its assessment as reported previously.

		Following much detailed assessment work, another organization has entered the area where ADRA was planning activities with significant funding and plans to initiate similar activities to those of ADRA. Although this has been a setback to the assessment team, they will continue tomorrow to a new area to assess the remaining needs.


5 January 2005		Situation Report No. 3
		ADRA today has continued its assessment in the hardest hit areas of Thailand with three teams assessing needs in different regions.


		Group One
		This team traveled to the outlying island of Kho Khao where meetings with the district authorities were held and the damage and subsequent needs were surveyed. The island appeared to be without a public water supply and had suffered extensive damage with reports suggesting that water had washed completely over the island. One uninhabited island near by has been lost, a blow to the economy as the island was regularly visited by tourists.Further information of the relative needs and the existing response will be available tomorrow.

		Group Two
		Yesterday this group visited the Ban Kamala School which was almost completely destroyed by the disaster. The sub-district government authorities indicated that they required a further $75,000 on top of the funds provided by the government in order to rebuild the school.

		Today the team has been assessing the needs in Ban Nam Khem, a Thai fishing village devastated by the tsunami.-Much of the population is remaining in tents, and may be required to use temporary housing for up to 3 months while houses are rebuilt.


		ADRA has been developing means by which it can assist the remaining population to recover their livelihoods. A focus has been given to the needs of small private fishing enterprises and a project to address these needs is likely to be developed.


		The Thai authorities have an interest in restoring the fisheries in the area and have undertaken to replace large fishing vessels. ADRA is also exploring means by which a partnership may be formed with the government authorities to assist the small scale fishers also.


		Group Three
		Comprised of water experts from the ADRA Thailand staff, this team has traveled to a village that had been operating a small water filtration and distribution system to serve the surrounding communities. This system was an income generating enterprise for the village as they were provided a small fee for the use of the water. 200 households were part of the enterprise. The water experts are onsite to assist the village in the repair of the equipment to enable the system to be reopened to the affected villages that are now without water supply.

		Currently the population in these villages is being provided bottled water by the government.


		The community has also requested assistance with the rebuilding of their community hall.


		Note has been made by the assessment team of the strong support provided to them by the local government authorities.


4 January 2005		Situation Report No. 2
		The ADRA Thailand assessment team have split into 3 groups to cover a greater amount of territory.


		One group has reported the scenes observed in Ban Nam Kem, and Thai village that was nearly completely destroyed in the Tsunami where the water reached as far as 1km inland.


		The team have conducted interviews with people that have lost their whole families and all their belongings. Bodies of family members were found 1 km from the location they were when the Tsunami hit the coast.


		The Government of Thailand is assisting extensively in the area, and will take responsibility for rebuilding and refurnishing people’s homes.


		Reports received by the assessment team indicate that the conditions on outlying islands where the government is said to be the only responding entity may require more urgent attention, however boats along the coast were lost or destroyed in the tsunami and arranging passage to the islands has proven difficult.


		ADRA is assessing the livelihood issues that appear to be a large concern for the remaining inhabitants of the coastal towns. Boats and fishing equipment, the tools of the primary industry in this area, have been completely lost and account for a substantial investment. ADRA is exploring means by which they can assist these people to restore their livelihoods.


		In Thailand also, the signs of psychological distress are emerging and may prove an area for attention during the next period of activity.


3 January 2005		Situation Report No. 1
		Immediately following the disaster in the south of the country, ADRA Thailand organized the procurement and distribution of 1,960 relief packages containing noodles, fish sauce, rice, tinned fish, energy drinks, soap, shampoo, toothbrushes, clothes, and drinking water.


		ADRA Thailand has coordinated with the health department of the local government to provide protective wear for the health and recovery workers assisting with the retrieval, transport, and storage of bodies. Supplies included 7,000 face masks, 1,000 pairs of gloves, and 100 aprons.


		Local hospitals have been overwhelmed with the care and treatment of the injured. The scale of the disaster has resulted in the inability of hospitals to record and track patients. ADRA Thailand has cooperated with the local Mission Hospital to assist with the expenses associated with ambulance services, in-patient and out-patient care of the injured, and follow-up field visits to the affected areas to assess the longer term medical needs of the injured and provide necessary in-home medical services.


		A needs assessment team is currently on site to determine the current and likely future needs primarily of the Thai communities worst affected by the tragedy and largely out of the media spotlight


		ADRA Thailand has identified two schools that have sustained significant damage. As students return to school there is an urgent need for supplies. ADRA will be assessing these needs during the current assessment team.

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