MID YEAR REPORT - Sisters on Samui Foundation
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MID YEAR
REPORT
SEPTEMBER 2021
มูลนิธิสาวหมุยเพื่อสมุย Sisters on Samui Foundation
ABOUT SISTERS ON SAMUI
Sisters on Samui Foundation is a non-profit NGO, with Charitable Foundation status
(Thai Reg. 2/2564). We aim to support those in need on Koh Samui through
fundraising, community outreach programs and regular social events.
Our key initiatives for 2021 include initiatives such as
FeedSamui: a much needed food handout program to support local Thai,
Burmese, Nepalese and Rohingya families who have lost their income due to the
Covid pandemic.
Local Matters: a way for Sisters on Samui to support other causes and families in
need.
Community Gardens: providing financial support to setup and maintain gardens in
local villages and government schools to encourage sustainable living.
Marketplace by SOS: our very own charity shop, the place for new, pre-loved and
upcycled gifts, clothing, books and homewares.
Community Events: we aim to hold monthly ladies lunches, and other fundraising
events throughout the year.
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AT A GLANCE
FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED RICHARD BARROW VISIT
Sisters on Samui Foundation was Thailand blogger, Richard Barrow,
awarded registered charity status in visited with Sisters on Samui and
Thailand in May 2021, we have a new learned about our community
bank account in the name of Sisters on initiatives.
Samui and a Tax ID and
a refreshed logo.
NESTLE DONATION COMMUNITY GARDENS
Nestle Thailand donated 1100kg of Milk Several Community Gardens projects
Powder to Sisters on Samui established on the island - including
#Feed program. This was facilitated Mushroom House projects in local
by the Swiss Embassy to Thailand. government schools and one
(to support breast feeding mothers) community garden growing vegetables
and herbs in Lipa Noi.
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FOUNDATION UPDATE
After preparing the paperwork and lodging the application in March 2021, we were
excited to receive the news in May 2021 that Sisters on Samui was given official
Foundation status. We are now an official non-profit NGO with charitable status in
Thailand (Thai Reg. 2/2564).
The official Foundation name in Thai is มูลนิธิสาวหมุยเพื่อสมุย, which is pronounced “muun
la ni ti saao mui peua samui” - which translates to “the ladies on Samui who are
helping Samui”.
Board of Directors
As at June 30, our Board of Directors include:
Khun Luddawan Lloyd (Khun Vicky)
Khun Natthanan Putthitunlak (Khun Pia)
Khun Rachadaporn Bambridge (Khun Ratchi)
We will be submitting some changes in September 2021,
Khun Rachadaporn Bambridge (Khun Ratchi) will be vacating her position. We're
so grateful that Khun Ratchi could give us a few months of her time, to help us get
this far.
Khun Rumphai Khamphoowiang (Khun Pai) will officially join the Sisters on Samui
Thai Board of Directors in September 2021.
Starting the second half of the year our Board of Directors will consist of Khun Vicky,
Khun Pia and Khun Pai. Collectively these ladies represent a vast range of skills and
experience as local businesswomen, and have that true thai 'jai dee' spirit of a Sister
on Samui.
Khun Vicky Khun Pia Khun Ratchi Khun Pai
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FOUNDATION UPDATE (CONTINUED)
Advisory Committee
Our little team started this year as "the Board" of Sisters on Samui. But as we became
a Foundation, we realised it was time to give our team a new name, so it wasn't
confused with our Thai Board of Directors.
The Advisory Board (formerly known as “the board”) currently consists of 4 key
members. Refer to page 5 for the Organisation chart, and our plans to grow the team.
Yvonne Roberts, Foundation Ambassador
Natalie Kamolwattanasoontorn, Manager - Community. Marketplace by SOS
Sandy Cacchione, Manager - Treasurer, Newsletter
Tammy Wade, Manager - Fundraising, Social Media, Marketplace by SOS
The Advisory Board is supported by Claudia Wilkinson (support for Lunches and
Charity Shop accounts)
Lynne Lathbury heads our Green Sisters initiative and is our Interim Secretary.
Yvonne Natalie Sandy Tammy Claudia
Finance Update
We opened a Thai bank account in the name of Sisters on Samui Foundation in June
2021.
BANGKOK BANK PCL
Account Number: 451-7-12647-2
Account Name: มูลนิธิสาวหมุยเพื่อสมุย Sisters on Samui Foundation
And we have been offered pro bono accounting services from 'Ingon Accurate
Accounting' in Bophut.
As a Foundation we must submit audited accounts every year, so this is an important
part of our accounts commitments.
Preliminary accounts will be available in the Annual General Meeting.
The Foundation Tax ID number was set up in May 2021. Page 4
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ORGANISATION CHART
THAI BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHAIRMAN & DIRECTOR DIRECTOR DIRECTOR
ADVISORY BOARD
MANAGER, COMMUNITY INITIATIVES FOUNDATION AMBASSADOR(S)
MANAGER, FINANCE & ACCOUNTS SECRETARY
(TREASURER) (NON-BOARD ROLE)
MANAGER, FUNDRAISING
MANAGER, MARKETPLACE BY SOS
(TO BE FILLED)
MANAGER, SOCIAL MEDIA
AND NEWSLETTERS
(TO BE FILLED)
MANAGER, EDUCATION PROGRAMS
(TO BE FILLED)
COMMITTEES & VOLUNTEERS
COMMUNITY GARDENS FUNDRAISING EDUCATION
FEED SAMUI
(GREEN SISTERS) & EVENTS PROGRAMS
(NEW)
MEMBERSHIP HEALTH THAI & MYANMAR
PROGRAM & WELLNESS LIASONS
(NEW) (NEW) (NEW)
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FEED SAMUI
Feed Statistics
Through donations
received to SOS, 1,000
year to date as at
31 August'21
we have fed
4262 families 750
across Koh Samui
We have distributed
21,310KG or 21 tons of 500
rice across the island.
Rice is the main
staple of all meals for
these folks
250
38.6% of support has
gone to Thai's and
61.4% to Burmese, 0
Nepalese, Rohingya
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61.4%
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FEED SAMUI
TEAM Leaders by region
Team Leader Island - Natalie Kamolwattanasoontorn
Team leader Chaweng - Szilvia Juhasz
Team Leader Bangrak - Julie Thomas
Team Leader Lamai - AnnMarie Visser
Together with amazing Volunteers who assist to deliver food, pack food, collect
donations, sort donations and give up their time to support #feedsamui every single
month.
Islands Retail Support
Two suppliers support
our food program
requirements.
These are Bangrak MiniMart,
Makro Bophut and Makro Lamai
We have established credit terms with Bangrak MiniMart and are on process for
this with Makro.
Being a registered foundation we will no longer have to pay VAT (tax) on processed
items we purchase from Makro. Such as Noodles and tinned fish products.
#Feedteam Storeroom
Local Sister on Samui and #feedteam leader Szilvia has generously donated space in her
resort for the team to stock donations of clothes, toys, shoes, dry goods such as Rice,
Noodles, Milk Formula and to make use of the space for food hamper packing for the
donations. We are extremely grateful for the use of this space.
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LOCAL MATTERS
SOS Local Matters started in February 2021, as a way for us to support other causes in
the Samui community. Between February to August we have donated 35,000 THB to
these causes.
Since February, the Local Matters program has supported:
Samui Snake & Wildlife Rescue
Female hygiene and personal care products for women in the local community
Nong Au, a young Burmese boy with cancer of the eye
Pariah Dog Sanctuary
A sidecar/bike to a large Thai/Burmese family in Hua Thanon
Purchased adult diapers for the people we see during our #FeedSamui handouts
Helped Uncle Chart’s family (with 10 people living under one roof)
Provided some much needed help to the Sawan Maa Happy Horse Sanctuary
Donated food to help Khun Beam and Helen look after 50+ soi dogs
Contributed towards cooked meals for people who have no or little income and or
no food (cooked by by Khun Jinta Boonsuk)
Donated money to Ocean School Lamai, a volunteer led afterschool program
Money towards physiotherapy for Burmese boy Nong Win who has spina bifida
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COMMUNITY GARDENS
The "Green Sisters" have been going for a year now and in 2021 they have both said
farewell to some members and welcomed new members. Their new team is comprised
of Lynne Lathbury, Tammy Wade, Belinda Crossman, Cathy Curtis, Liany Garves, Katie
Beans, Mel Reilly, Jennifer Davis and Lorraine Clark.
Green Sisters has two main focuses so far this year, our EcoThailand/SOS Mushroom
Grant and our Lantern Project Grant.
Mushroom Grant
This has allowed them to repair and/or build mushroom houses in:
Bophut School
Wat Buntharikaram School
Baan Man Khong Village Gardens
Green Sisters has already spent 60,000 THB of the 100,000 THB budget allocated to this
project They have plans for 2 or 3 other schools and a community garden area but are
awaiting the children’s return to class. (Public Schools in Thailand new school year is still
in limbo due to Covid. A November restart is still outstanding with no known set school
return date)
This project is 50% funded by Sisters on Samui, and 50% funded by มูลนิธินิเวศวิถี
EcoThailand Foundation.
Lantern Project
Green Sisters was given the opportunity to farm some land in Lipa Noi so they:
Cleared the land
Planted and irrigated the land
Harvested for the local Burmese villagers
Year to date (July 2021) we have spent just over 43,000 THB of the 67,000 THB donation
received from the Lantern Projects. We have plans for a small community garden
adjacent to a school in Ban Tai called Ban Laem Hoi School with the remaining money.
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MARKETPLACE BY SOS
Yvonne and her fabulous troupe of ladies spent a few weeks painting the stunning
murals in the space , Clearwater team led by Paul upcycled all the built-in and free
standing display furniture. A beautiful Swiss-made wooden desk and chair were
donated as our counter, as were curtains for the changing room, and then so many of
your donated items so we had stock. The community has been so generous to help us
give life to the space.
In June 2021 we employed a Thai staff member who is in the shop every day it is open,
along with our Volunteers. Employing a Thai, was a win for many reasons, she was
seeking work, it aids us for the legal running of the shop and she helps us build our
awareness with the Thai community.
The shop is supporting itself and has already proven its use as a great place for
community initiatives and to support other causes - like The Great Closet Clearout,
which is headed by the amazing Susan Field and Lynn Grebstad - what a great day
that was, raising them over 20,000 THB for the Samui Spay and Neuter's program.
We look forward to many more events, introducing workshops, market days, artists in
residence and fun times ahead.
Marketplace by SOS is open 3 days per week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) from 11am -
5pm, and some Saturdays.
A big thanks to Juliette Burrows and Niki Kursakul for being so key in the opening
months of the shop.
It is a community space with 'What Buff' Café adjacent soon to be open after its
renovation, so grab a coffee and stop by.
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LADIES LUNCHES
The lunches have been pretty epic so far this year!! Starting off with Nikki Beach, and
what a great start to the year that was! Everywhere we have lunched we have been
treated like royalty, every venue has showcased the best of what they have and the
service at every turn has been second to none.
We would like to say a BIG thank you to each and everyone of our host venues so far, it
has been a struggle for us all, and you have all gone above and beyond to make our
ladies feel special, welcomed and loved!!
January - Nikki Beach Resort
February - Salefino Koh Samui
March - The Cliff Bar & Grill Koh Samui
April - Unable to host
May - Unable to host
June - KohCo Town
July - Unable to host, so instead offered home delivery Prego Antipasto
and Wines from Italasia
Each lunch raises between 2500-5000 THB towards our community initiatives.
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OTHER EVENTS
International Women’s Day High Tea Tastes of Samui
On Monday 8th March 2021, 60 of On 20th March 2021, the Samui
Samui’s ladies came together for a community enjoyed an afternoon of
special High Tea at the Sala Samui on food and wine tasting, live music and a
Chaweng Beach to celebrate DJ, at the very first “Tastes of Samui”
International Women’s Day. held at Secret Garden Beach Resort in
Bangrak. All participating restaurants
We were thrilled that so many of our and caterers donated a small amount
ladies came to share in a day of from their sales on the day.
celebration of Women. Along with the
tasty food on offer, stories of joy, hope, This event raised 8,500 THB for Sisters
challenge, passion, childhood years, on Samui community initiatives, such as
humour and hardship were devoured by FeedSamui and Community Gardens.
the ladies. A tapestry of each one’s ‘LIFE’ Special thanks to the restaurants, cafes,
journey was shared by guest speakers catering and event companies who
Jenni Lipa, Susanne Stuart and Romi supported this event, as well as the live
Grossberg. music acts and the DJ. A great day was
had by all.
That day the restaurant was glowing
and radiant, full of capable, tenacious,
talented and kind ladies. Thank you one
and all.
The raffle held at this event raised 16,000 Our event and fundraising plans were
THB for Sisters on Samui community interrupted in April, May and July due
initiatives, such as FeedSamui and to Covid restrictions.
Community Gardens. Our thanks to the
local business who donated prizes for
the raffle.
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COMMUNICATIONS
We have been revamping the Sisters on Samui newsletter and after a few different
trials we settled on a monthly edition. The goal is to update the over 770 subscribers
about our initiatives (#feedsamui, Community Gardens, Marketplace by SOS, Local
Matters), provide information about the development of COVID-19 and other current
topics of interest, local happenings and events. Sprinkled in are also some
entertainment sections, photos of past events, announcements and of course
thank-yous to our donors.
With people spending more time at home and, therefore, online, we thought it’s the
perfect time to launch a private Facebook Group for our ladies to connect. In August,
we have over 160 members taking advantage of the space to ask for
recommendations, get help with their questions, share events, post news and so on.
It’s also a good place to look if you’ve met new friends during a SOS lunch but didn’t
exchange contact details or if you’ve just moved to the island and want to make
connections. In the future we hope this grows into a Knowledge Base, where all the
important information about living on Samui can be found.
For Facebook and Instagram we are aiming for daily posts, covering our initiatives,
local information and current/special events. Our popular posts reach on average over
1k users on Facebook and 150 followers on Instagram, with the most popular post on
Facebook reaching almost 10k! From January 1st to July 31st we reached a total of
51,423 people on Facebook and 2,573 accounts on Instagram. Our Sisters on Samui
Facebook page is liked by 3.8k people and we have 596 followers on Instagram.
We also created a new Facebook Page for the charity shop, Marketplace by SOS. As of
July we have 259 likes and since the launch in May the page has reached 2414 people.
In the future we are planning to list available items online, packages of books, board
games, kids toys and other items available for small donations.
We have updated our Logo, it now includes
our Thai name of มูลนิธิสาวหมุยเพื่อสมุย, which is
pronounced “muun la ni ti saao mui peua samui”
- which translates to “the ladies on Samui who are
helping Samui”.
Proudly we now have a Thai name included on
our well known SOS signature logo.
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COMMUNICATIONS (CONTINUED)
Lastly, we are also continuously working on our website. We have been updating our
blog more often and created a newsletter archive. By the end of this year we are
looking to update the ‘About Us’ page, with more details about the foundation, its
directors, board and volunteers.
We also set up email addresses where anyone can contact us concerning anything
related to Sisters on Samui.
General Enquiries
info@sistersonsamui.org
This handled by our interim Secretary
Community Initiatives Treasurer & Newsletter
Natalie Kamolwattanasoontorn Sandy Cacchione
community@sistersonsamui.org sandy@sistersonsamui.org
Fundraising & Social Media Green Sisters
Tammy Wade Lynne Lathbury
tammy@sistersonsamui.org greensisters@sistersonsamui.org
Examples of social media engagment and online communications:
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THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS
None of this would be possible without the amazing generosity of donors in Samui,
Thailand and across the world.
Each month we are grateful for those who donate which enables us to continue to
support the community, which in the past 18 months has never needed us more than
they have ever before.
The average daily wage is THB400 which is approx. USD$12. Those few who still have
work, they are fortunate while many don't. So your donation of even half of that at
USD$6 can support a family for a week. For Migrants there is no local government aid.
Sisters on Samui team of volunteers and ladies who support our efforts in the
community through local fundraising we say Kop Khun Ka - Thank you for helping the
folks of Koh Samui through the Foundation's outreach programs efforts.
THANK YOU TO JULIETTE BURROWS
At the time this was going to print, Sister on Samui Ambassador
Juliette Burrows stepped down from her role, to take time to
head back to the UK for a while.
For over ten years Juliette and Yvonne have co-led the Sisters on
Samui group. During this time Juliette has given heart and soul
to the community through different outreach programs, and
been a dear friend to us all. For this, we say thank you.
We wish you safe travels Juliette, and look forward to seeing you
back in Koh Samui next year.
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