Interviews & Special Report On 'phuket Has Been Good To Us' Foundation

[NBT TV Phuket]

Interview - Kate Cope, Director of Education of ‘Phuket Has Been Good To Us’ Foundation

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Interview for Andaman News TV11 (VHF dial) 8.30am + FM90.5 Radio Thailand 6pm, both broadcast from Phuket City to Phang Nga, Krabi & Phuket provinces, Mazz Radio FM108 at 7.30pm in Phuket & maybe later on Phuket Cable TV Channel 1, Wednesday 22 August 2007 & www.Thaisnews.com

Our interview is with Kate Cope, Director of Education of ‘Phuket Has Been Good To Us’ Foundation, who is teaching English at Thai schools. The Foundation was set up by the Ban Rim Pa group of restaurants in Phuket with English teachers. She spoke after Simon & Schuster Publishers donated 800 children’s books to Kamala & Kalim schools through the Foundation, and a tour of Rjaprachanukroh Kamala school & a ceremony with Phuket Deputy Governor, as she told us more: ……. Contact: www.books4phuket.com www.PhuketHasBeenGoodToUs.org Tel 076 341932 Fax: 076 342460

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previous reports:

Interview - Kate Cope, Director of Education, of the Phuket Has Been Good To Us Foundation, & Gary Gleavey, a Designer, from Brindley Arts Centre, in UK, and Hazel Roberts, a Graphic Designer, from Warrington Collegiate, also in UK

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our interview with Kate Cope, Director of Education, of the Phuket Has Been Good To Us Foundation, who is teaching English to primary students at Ban Kalim government school in Patong, together with Gary Gleavey, a Designer, from Brindley Arts Centre, in UK, and Hazel Roberts, a Graphic Designer, from Warrington Collegiate, also in UK. They are producing a new English text book with more relevant Thai symbols and vocabulary. Kate told us more about the project:

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Stephen Tel. 076-341932

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Special report - children learning English from native speakers

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With the National Children’s Day approaching this Saturday our special report today looks at some opportunities provided for children on the island. Today we particularly focus on the school located in the heart of the tourist area in Patong and Kalim. Let’s join our reporter there.

This is not a typical day for a normal Thai public school on the island of Phuket, as children aged between 6 – 12 years old or the primary level usually don’t have the privilege of learning English with native speakers not with lots of relevant materials.

This particular class at Ban Kalim school is having their English lesson with Kate Cope, the Director of Education for the Phuket Has Been Good to Us charity foundation.

The foundation was set up after the tsunami by long established expat restaurateur Tom MacNamara. It began with individual donations and welcomes any public donors.

Kate explained the main goal as providing quality relevant English lessons in local settings by volunteer foreign teachers for the students here. They see the importance of English for the future flow of young people growing up in the important tourism industry here; they want to help the students so that they can handle future careers with confidence to communicate in English.

While the director of the school appreciates the support from local expats efforts in caring for the childrens’ future, students themselves are happy to learn in a fun and more child-centered approach. Kate stressed that local relevant materials are excessively used as materials.

This is another good example of the generous gift of giving appropriate skills and local resources. Business people who contribute to their community, especially investing in the future workforce by starting in education, can in turn lead to fruitful and sustainable changes and development in local livelihoods.

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Interview - Stephen Cope, Director of Development, at the Phuket Has Been Good To Us Foundation, & Kate Cope, Director of Education, for the Foundation,

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Our interview with Stephen Cope, Director of Development, at the Phuket Has Been Good To Us Foundation, together with his wife, Kate Cope, Director of Education, for the Foundation, which was set up by Tom McNamara, Owner of Ban Rim Pa group of restaurants, where Michael Chugg, a Tsunami Wave Aid Concert organizer, from Australia, recently donated 5.2m baht. Kate told us how she teaches English to primary students at Ban Kalim government school on Patong Beach, while Stephen told us first about the Foundation's main aims:

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Contact Tel 076-341-932, 08-5795-2795,

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