Shark Education at Thai Schools

It’s Shark Awareness Day on July 14th 2018! At Shark Guardian we aim to educate and create awareness about sharks and the marine world every day of the year. Along with presentations and workshops in schools, Shark Guardian has a childrens book that has now been translated in to Thai. Thanks to the Phang Nga branch of Global Vision International (GVI) who raised money to print 1000 of these Thai books, Shark Guardian are using the books as extra tools to educate the next generation of shark and marine ambassadors in Thailand.

Here’s a summary of some recent local school events and activities:

19th May 2018: Endangered Species Day at Sofitel Resort, Krabi

The Shark Guardian Directors joined school children, staff and government officials at the Sofitel Krabi Phokeethra Golf and Spa Resort for a fun education day on 19th May. Starting with a beach clean up and craft session using recycled materials, 50 children then learnt more about sharks and why we need to protect them.

5th and 6th June 2018: Koh Jum, Krabi

Koh Jum Beach Villas hosted the Shark Guardian Directors for a few days in June so that two schools on the island of Koh Jum could benefit from some shark education. Assisted by the local Trash Hero leader, sessions were arranged at Ban Koh Jum and Ban Tingrai schools. The children loved learning more about local sharks and were able to understand why the trash collection programs implemented by Trash Hero are so important in saving marine species, as well as our oceans in general. The children were certainly hungry to learn more about this amazing species and snatched donated books up immediately for further reading!