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Kho Phra Thong Home Stay Project
Stephanie FalzoneSuza Khy
Michelle Honda
Introduction-Heard about it at Ban Talay Nok- We saw the opportunity to be a positive influence on the sustainability of the project
Ban Lion
•Upon arrival, we realized many of our original ideas had already been set in motion•Such ideas included a community map, a language guide, and activities to do with visitors•Academic Context: providing information about establishing community based tourism in response to post tsunami village development
Claudio (Naucrates) Mangrove Expert
Por (MAP) Translator/ Community Coordinator
Not pictured: Ning (MAP) Mangrove Action ProjectMonica (Naucrates) Sea Turtle Expert
Methods
We went from house to house with our translator to do informal interviews and took written notes
Home stay results
Aad, Jip, and Koy: our homestay family
Tours of the island
Mangroves Savannah
Cooking classes
Results of our interviews
Focus of interviewsWhy they want to participate, what they hope to gain, what they would like to share
What we found outSimilar opinions they all wanted to share their language, culture, bring awareness about the existence of Koh Phrathong
Discussion: Services Provided
Sign making
Certificate making for garden competition
Working in the Community Garden
Attending a Community Meeting
Providing valuable information for the organizations involved in developing the home stay program and the village
Discussion: Knowledge Gained• Social Sustainability
– Indicators: involvement of villagers to community activities; having an official representative to address their needs; establishment and execution of plans for the entire community; open and honest communication amongst the villagers; env education
• Economic Sustainability– Indicators: having a stable income; making sure the money
goes to the locals; good management of community fund• Ecological Sustainability
– Indicators: lessening the ecological impact of their activities; engaging in sustainable practices (composting, recycling, water use);
Village Results• Village needs – better water system because they only have 2
wells and one that works but is silty; needs a leader to gather all the communities together; lack of a proper school system (no teacher); waste management
Water ElectricityCommunity Leader
Waste Management School Total
Water x WaterCommunity Leader Water Water 7
Electricity Water xCommunity Leader School 0
Community Leader
Community Leader x
Community Leader 6
Waste Management Water Water
Community Leader x School 0
School Water SchoolCommunity Leader School x 4
Pair Wise Ranking: Village Needs
Social, Economic, Ecological Sustainability
– Because the village is young and with people coming in from all different villages, the village is slowly establishing itself.
– They are working towards more conservation and sustainable efforts but there is always room for improvement
• (i.e. improving community relations, waste management, water distribution, community fund)
• What we know now: gained the villager’s perspective of their motivations to joined the cbt, their expectations, the relationship between the villagers and MAP & NAUCRATES
Our research project is unique because we’re performing a preliminary analysis of the cbt before it launches
Discussion- Limitations
• Our information may have been biased because our translator was part of an outside organization that had come to work with the community
• It was also difficult to get the opinions of villagers who were not active and involved in community organizing.
• Most of people interviewed were reluctant to seem too opinionated because it is part of Thai culture not to criticize
• The weather also proved problematic• Our research method required a lot of time on the part of the
villagers and were not able to get to all of the houses we wanted to
Conclusions
• Education can make villagers more aware of the value of their natural resources instead of imposing outside opinions
• The villagers want to move towards sustainable living, but have difficulty doing so because of factors beyond their control.
Special Thanks to….Claudio, Monica, Por, Ning, all the villagers, and our
homestay hosts!!!
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