Thai Mueang Beach Clean-up Project

Thai Muaeng Beach is a place where many locals live and come to visit. Locals and the occasional foreigners come to picnic, visit the Turtle Sanctuary, eat food at the local restaurants, go jogging underneath the shady canopy, and enjoy the many festivals that are held here each year. It is a beautiful long stretch of beach continuing for over 10km where you can always find a place to relax away from the busy streets. It is also home to endangered sea turtles that lay their eggs on the soft sandy beach.

The Problem: There is trash everywhere!
People do not dispose of their trash properly. They often come to picnic and just leave their bags of food and drink on the beach. People do not seem to understand the effect this can have on the environment. Thai Muaeng beach has special habitat for turtles and other aquatic life and many animals die each year from human carelessness.

Initiative:
1. Clean-up the Beach
2. Provide trash cans for recycling and waste disposal
3. Teach children about the environment and importance of not littering.
4. Organize environmental programs and activities in local Thai communities.



Thai Muaeng Beach connects to Had Thai Muaeng Marine National Park which is free of trash once you cross the gate. It’s unfortunate that you have to pay to see a clean beach. Sustainable Smiles hopes the results of this project will be a clean, safe beach for all to enjoy, free of charge.

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Cultural Learning

Thailand has a creative history of using natural materials for construction of a variety of tools and crafts. Unfortunately, many of these practices are not being passed on to younger generations. Sustainable Smiles would like to develop a program where children and volunteers can come and learn from elders about how to make natural products to ensure that Thai culture and environmental practices are preserved.

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Special Thanks Donators

Thanks to everyone who donated items for the children! The children are very creative and have made some beautiful craft projects with the items donated.

At Home & Life we like the idea of recycling so if you have items you or your children don't need anymore please consider donating them to the children at Home & Life and we will arrange to get them to Thailand.

Suggested items to donate would be:

Arts and Crafts: paints, brushes, pens, pencils, color pencils, crayons, art paper, stationary, unfinished coloring books, beads, string, ext.
Sewing Materials: extra lengths of fabrics, ribbon, thread, needles, ext.
Clothing: we would like to bring back nice used clothing for the children that they can wear when they go on field trips and when selling their craft items at the Saturday market.
School Backpacks
Umbrella's: collapsable is better
English learning books or games: beginner level with lots of pictures

Contact us by email or by phone.
kfranklin@sustainablesmiles.org cell phone 1-406-370-0226 USA/(66) 084-8411234 Thailand