Mangrove Action Project
On Friday 25th May 2012, the GVI
staff and volunteers headed to Wat Praison, one of the local schools in Ao Luk. With our
puppets and stage props in hand, we arrived to put on a show for the students.
We introduced our mangrove characters and helped the students practise their
names. Then we had our five minutes of stage glory. Apple narrated in Thai whilst Jax narrated
in English. Ian, Andria, Anna-Marie, Kirsty, Laura, Ting, Julia, Veronica and
myself used our puppets to tell the story of how a fisherman and some local wildlife
had to leave their homes due to the destruction of the mangroves.
Once GVI and
the students had helped restore the mangroves, everyone could come home,
healthy and happy.
The students then all had a chance to
recreate a mangrove scene on paper.
The children’s pictures will be submitted
to the Mangrove Action Project http://mangroveactionproject.org/ as they run a competition every year to find 12
pieces of artwork to put into a calendar. These calendars help spread the
awareness of our mangroves plight.
Joanna Vowles
(Teaching English Project, Thailand)
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