Young Environmentalist Society
Concordian International School

Proposal: Mangrove Reforestation Project

Last year the YES club organized fundraising for the tree planting project in Khao Yai. This year, we plan to help reforest mangrove trees in Ban Klongklone, Samutsongkram.

“Mangrove forests are located in 23 coastal provinces in Thailand.  These forests used to cover 368,000 ha in Thailand in 1961, but the area dropped to 240,000 ha by 2002.  The major causes of the loss of mangrove forests are timber and charcoal industries, while some areas were converted for urbanization, agriculture, and aquaculture especially shrimp farms.” (http://projects.wri.org/adaptation-database/thailand-mangrove-reforestation-and-protection )

“Mangrove trees offer significant and unique habitat to birds, mammals, crustaceans, and fish populations through a complex marine food chain, creation of breeding habitat, and establishment of restrictive areas that offer protection for maturing offspring. Furthermore, mangroves contribute to improved water quality by filtering and assimilating pollutants, stabilizing bottom sediments, and protecting shorelines from erosion.” (http://www.siemens.co.th/portal/home/eng/Press/Picture/070901.asp)

The YES club will ask for sponsor and raise funds to pay for the bus fee and trip costs for the children. YES members and other students will be traveling to Samutsongkram Province to plant these trees, learn more about the local environment and stay overnight. Please refer to our detailed itinerary attached.

Date: November 21-22, 2009(Changed due to Ploenchit fair)

Project Duration: 2 days and 1 night

Goal Amount: 1 rai, about 400 trees

Price (open for changes depending on raised funds): ฿1000/member .This price includes food (lunch and dinner on first day, and breakfast and lunch on second day), lodging, trees to plant (5-10/person), and all activities.

Participants: Maximum of 20 students, 4 teachers, 1 Thai staff, 5 children from Non-Formal Learning Centre for Poor Children.

CAS
This activity will be part of DP CAS requirement to do a large planned project that involves Service and at least one other area: either Action or Creativity.

In order to fulfill the Service component of CAS we must “help those who cannot help themselves alone”. Therefore, we would like to invite 5-6 children from Thursday’s CAS activity (childcare service) to accompany us so that they too can plant mangroves and offer the children an opportunity to see other places apart from their own community. Thus, disseminate knowledge about the importance of preserving mangroves to others.

Communicating to CIS community
Announcements to the CIS community would be done via posting announcements on boards and short announcements during flag-line up.

Fundraising
We plan to raise funds during October to allow one month for changes in plan. To raise funds, the club would organize environmental-friendly food sales. For details, see fundraising section.

Supervising staff
We need 4 teachers and one Thai staff to supervise us during the trip. In addition we should take a first aid kit, in case of injury or illness.

Transportation:
Participants will be traveling with (company pending….) on a 30 seats bus with full airconditioning system.

Drivers are for zero alcohol consumption with our standard alcohol electronic detector. For safety concerns, two bus drivers will be provided for the trips that have distances of 400 kilometers OR greater.

Traveling Time: Approximately 2 hours

Lodging: Pu Yai Chong Homestay (ผู้ใหญ่ชง โฮมสเตย์)
The Homestay is a long wooden room that holds around 250 people, male and female separated. In case there are other people travelin32g to the same location during the same time, YES members traveling in this trip will be required to share the room with other people.

The Homestay is equipped with fans only, but it would be cold during night time. Sleeping bags and mosquito curtain will be provided.

Topic: Planting Mangrove Forest in Ban Klongklone, Samutsongkram Province-Schedule

Schedule: Saturday
            7.45                 Register and prepare for departure
8.00                 Depart from school to Samutsongkram
9.30                 Arrive at Ban Klongklone, Samutsongkram
Unpack and relax
10.00               Brief students about Mangrove forest
10.30               Depart from Mangrove preservation centre
Go on a boat trip to see local ecosystem
11.00               Traditional lunch at house raft (in the sea)
12.30                           _YES ACTIVITY_TREASURE HUNT
14.30               Divide into groups+ Plant Mangrove forest for 2 hours
16.30               Return to shore and shower
18.30               Dinner
19.30               Take the bus to see how local people make sugar from coconut
Boat trip to see fireflies
20.30                           _YES ACTIVITY_FUN SKIT
21.00               Pack for tomorrow and Lights out

Schedule: Sunday
7.00                 Breakfast
8.00                 Environmental activity: help clean the river and mangrove
preservation centre by collecting trash
9.00                 Environmental activity: help grow and cut mangrove sprouts for
other plantations
10.00               Buy souvenirs/Take pictures and depart for CIS
_HAVE PREPARED LUNCH IN THE BUS_
_YES FUN ACTIVITY AND GAMES_BINGO AND OTHER GAMES
12.00               Arrive safely at CIS

Mangrove Planting Trip Activities plan:

The rules of the game:

Players will be split into 4 teams; every member of the team should participate in the event. The first clue will be given to the leader of each team; teams must compete with each other to find the other clue, the faster a team finds a clue, the higher the chance of them finding the treasure. Players are not allowed to destroy or hide the clues they find; they should put it back to the same position where they found it.

 

The rules of the game:
Players pick an environmental bingo sheet marked with unique sets of environmental terms and phrases from one of our hosts. All bingo sheets are unique but there could be more than one winner during a bingo game. One of the hosts will say a random phrase or term relating the environment, and whichever player that has one of the phrases/terms mentioned by the host can cross out those terms. Whoever gets the most terms crossed out will be the winner.
Example environment terms:

     
Divide into groups to act out skits (meant to be funny) about possible scenarios that could occur if we continue harming the environment.

Cost and Fundraising
Individual cost (includes food, drinks during meals, activities, trees, and lodging)   ฿1000
This fee is not included into the total costs as it varies according to the number of participants.

Shared cost
Bus (30 seats, including petrol)                                                       ฿ 8500x2(days) = ฿17,000
Trip costs for children from childcare (CAS)                                                               ฿4,750
Total Fixed Cost                                                                                                        ฿ 17,750

 

Fundraising to cover Bus fee and trip costs for children from childcare
Date: October
Goal:  18,000 baht

Rules and Instructions

Safety Precautions

What to bring:

What NOT to bring:

Contact Information

ศูนย์อนุรักษ์ป่าชายเลนคลองโคน   คุณพีร์นิธิ (เชษฐ์) รัตนะพงศ์ธระ โทรศัพท์ : 034-731188 โทรศัพท์มือถือ : 086-1777942 , 089-7468803

Mangrove Forest Preservation Centre of Ban Klongklone
Contact Khun Phiranithi (Ched) Rattanapongtara
Tel. 034-731188
Mobile 0861777942, 0897468803

For information on location, activities, rough schedule, visit www.klongklonemangrove.com

Montri Bus for 30 seats

Montri Transport Corporation Public Company Limited
194/1 Serithai Road , Khwaeng Khannayao , Khet Khannayao, Bangkok 10230

Telephone : 0-2906-0160-5
0-2919-9901-2
0-2517-9203-5

Fax. : 0-2517-9207