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ActionAid is looking for teams of young Thai filmmakers to make documentaries about the lives of Moken sea gypsies.

> Teams of up to 3 people aged 18-25 years old.
> Three teams will be selected to receive production budgets of 20,000 baht and will spend 7 days living with Moken communities and filming their documentaries.
> The documentaries will be shown at a theatre in Bangkok and an open-air venue in Ranong.
> Find out more and download an application form at www.action-4-change.org from 1-31 March 2006.

Thursday 30th June 2005

The table provides a summary of target site and progress of the boat repairing activity in Trang Province.

Saturday 30th April 2005

The table provides a summary of target site and progress of the boat repairing activity in Trang Province.

Thursday 31st March 2005

Trang Province was affected moderately by the tsunami, except Muuk and Libong Island where the destruction of boats and houses was considerable. As a result of this, 865 small-scale fishing boats, 126 houses were destroyed. The relief and rehabilitation activities have been conducted in Trang through the collaboration between the member networks under Save Andaman Network, the local fisherfolk organization called Trang Small-Scale Fisherfolk Society.

This community organization has played a critical role even before the tsunami struck particularly on coastal resource conservation and rehabilitation. After the tsunami struck, they became the key body in conducting a damage survey and coordinating with community members, local authorities and the Federation of Southern Fisherfolk (which is national network of the Small-Scale Fisherfolk in the 13 provinces) in mobilizing all resources and relief efforts for the affected fishing households in Trang Province.

Sunday 13th February 2005

Save Andaman Network has provided assistance and financial support to establish boatyards for repairing fishing boats and fishing gears for 17 villages in 7 Tambons and 4 Ampurs. The assistance being distributed from the 11th January - 9 February, 2005 was concentrated on repairing fishing boats and purchasing new fishing gears by supporting the revolving fund of 4,060,000 baht, plus 450,000 baht for setting up 4 boatyards (1 boatyard in Ban Ta Sa Moo 4, 2 boatyards in Ban Kor Muuk Moo 2, 1 boatyards in Makam and Hua Non Gulf and 1 boatyards in Ban Ba Tu Pu Ta). A total support that has been channeled in Trang is 4,510,046 baht. The Trang Small-Scale Fisherfolk Society is managing the revolving fund and repairing activities in collaborating with the Coordination Unit for the Tsunami-Affected Small-Scale Fisherfolk in 7 areas.

Under this amount of money, 1 permanent boatyard was set up in Libong Island and costed 250,000 baht and 893,910 baht was contributed towards the local revolving fund to support the repairing of fishing boats activities. Additionally, 1 set of boatyard equipment was purchased, costed 296,366 baht. Therefore, total amount of budget spent to support small-scale fishers in Libong Island is 1,440,276 baht.

In Muuk Island where 183 boats are destroyed, 200,000 baht was given to set up 1 boatyard. Additionally, the network has also contributed 817,000 baht towards the community's revolving fund which will be managed to ensure a repairing and repurchasing of fishing gears. Altogether, total support to Muuk Island provided by Save Andaman Network is 1,017,000 baht. Aside from the support received from the network, the communities have also been assisted by Yadfon Association at the sum of 100,000 baht for fixing boats and another 100,000 for fixing and purchasing new fishing gears.

Sunday 16th January 2005

General

'The Small-scale Fisher-folk Society in Trang' has surveyed member villages and other coastal villages in 4 ampurs and 1 provisional district in Trang. Altogether 34 villages have been affected: 34 houses have been destroyed, 22 fishing boats have been irretrievably damaged, 285 fishing boats have been less severely damaged and are repairable, 666 aquaculture floating baskets and 13,365 fishing gears have been destroyed.

Baan Koh Muk

(Moo 2, Tambon Koh Libong, Ampur Kan Tang)

Some 31 houses have been completely destroyed, a further 52 houses have been damaged but are repairable. As yet, there are no accurate reports of the number of fishing boats damaged. The tsunami impacted 20 families particularly badly.

To date only 200 fishing boats have been repaired due to funding constraints. Villagers whose fishing boats are still in a state of disrepair are being taken to sea aboard their neighbors' fishing boats. The network has also provided assistance to 268 households via the 'Baan Koh Muk Small-scale Fisher-folk Savings Group'. A boatyard has been constructed and used to repair 77 fishing boats.

Baan Sa Tae

(Moo 4, Tambon Ta Sae, Haad Sam Ran Sub-district)

The tsunami affected 33 households and 15 fishing boats.

The network has supported the community savings group's purchase of 3 new fishing boat engines.

Baan Ba Tu Pu Tae

(Moo 4, Tambon Koh Libong, Ampur Kan Tang)

Immediate assistance will be given to help repair 24 fishing boats: the community savings group has requested support to purchase wood to make repairs. The repair of fishing boats is currently being facilitated by the presence of a mobile boatyard provided by Yanma Limited. The community savings group has also established a permanent boatyard through the support of 'The 14th October Foundation'. The boatyard has repaired 119 boats from 6 villages in tambon Koh Libong, ampur Kan Tang and tambon Mai Fard, ampur Sikao.