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One year after Tsunami

Indian Ocean Tsunami







Photo Gallery
 
ILO Tsunami Projects, Thailand
 

UNDP/ILO, November 2005: Batik makers in Phang Nga decided to mark the first annivasary of the tsunami by creating what they believe to be the world's longest batik, telling the story of what happened in Thailand on 26 December 2004. The ILO together with the Phuket Federation of Hotel and Labor Service (PFHLS) provided business start-up and skills training to help the artists set up their workshop, after they lost their tourism industry jobs.

UNDP/ILO, November 2005: Batik makers in Phang Nga decided to mark the first annivasary of the tsunami by creating what they believe to be the world's longest batik, telling the story of what happened in Thailand on 26 December 2004. The ILO together with the Phuket Federation of Hotel and Labor Service (PFHLS) provided business start-up and skills training to help the artists set up their workshop, after they lost their tourism industry jobs.
 

UNDP/ILO, November 2005: Batik makers in Phang Nga decided to mark the first annivasary of the tsunami by creating what they believe to be the world's longest batik, telling the story of what happened in Thailand on 26 December 2004. The ILO together with the Phuket Federation of Hotel and Labor Service (PFHLS) provided business start-up and skills training to help the artists set up their workshop, after they lost their tourism industry jobs.

UNDP/ILO, November 2005: A batik maker at work at the Phang Nga Labour Club. Tourism industry workers who lost their jobs after the tsunami decided to open a batik-making workshop after business start-up and skills training provided by the ILO and the Phuket Federation of Hotel and Labor Services (PFHLS).
 

UNDP/ILO, November 2005: Soap products made by tsunami survivors in Baan Talay Nok, Phang Nga. The ILO provided business skills training to support the villagers’ soap-making enterprise.

UNDP/ILO, November 2005: Handicraft products made by tsunami survivors at Khao Lak, Phang Nga. The ILO supported the weavers with business skills training.
 

UNDP/ILO, November 2005: The ILO worked with the Saori Foundation to provide business skills and weaving training for tsunami survivors in Khao Lak, Phang Nga, so that by marketing their unique handicrafts they can find new livelihoods.

UNDP/ILO, November 2005: High quality hand-woven products made by tsunami survivors in Phang Nga, Thailand, through an ILO skills development project.
 

UNDP/ILO, November 2005: The ILO worked with local partners in Phuket to offer those who lost their livelihoods because of the tsunami the opportunity to upgrade their skills and find new ways of making a living.

UNDP/ILO, November 2005: A display about sexual health and HIV/AIDS at the Empower Foundation drop-in center for sex workers in Patong, Phuket. After the tsunami the ILO supported Empower’s work to prevent HIV/AIDS, which includes English lessons, negotiating skills and health education.
 
 
 
 
 

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Updated by KH.   Approved by AS.  Last update: 12 December 2005

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