The Phuket Project is an international volunteer organization based in New York and Bangkok, committed to helping the people affected by the tsunami disaster in Thailand.

Our goal is to support local Thai communities in Phuket and other southern provinces who may not receive the sort of high profile attention most familiar to the international media. We intend to find the small projects that will directly improve the lives of the local people - the long-term rebuilding of schools, homes, temples, and community centers. We believe that children are especially important in this recovery and therefore we are focusing on rebuilding their schools and homes.

We are starting in Phuket. The following represents our initial coordinating efforts with charitable organizations in Thailand and the United States:

• The Kamala Pre-School (in partnership with the Bangkok Phuket Hospital) (learn more)
• Art therapy for local children (in partnership with The ArtReach Foundation)
• Rebuilding family homes
• Building boats to help restart the fishing economy
• Building playgrounds for children
• Painting murals to improve the appearance of schools and community centers

We welcome proposals for additional projects that are consistent with our goal of supporting the families and children of Phuket and southern Thailand.

Our goal is to send teams of volunteers to southern Thailand for a minimum of 2 weeks each. Volunteers pay their own way but will have access to any discounts we have available as members of a not-for-profit organization.

100% of the donations we receive go towards the direct cost of our projects, including building materials and transportation to the building sites. We invite people of various experience to join this effort and believe we can all play a part in Southeast Asia's recovery. However, we ask volunteers to pay their own costs, and unlike most non-profit organizations, we have absolutely NO overhead. We believe we are unique in that respect, and we hope to honor the contributions of our donors by making sure that they go DIRECTLY to help the people affected by this disaster.

If you'd like to learn more about our efforts, please contact us.