36th Rajaprajanugroh School Visit (Phuket Has Been Good To Us Foundation)

30 July 2019

Supporting Local Children's Charity, Phuket School of Music collaborated with Phuket Has Been Good to Us Foundation and joined their English class last week. We performed for the students and shared our views about the importance of learning English and music to develop their passion and future careers.

Phuket Has Been Good To Us Foundation was pioneered by Tom McNamara in 2005, a year following the 2004 Asian Tsunami. Mr. McNamara was a caring local restaurateur who went to the local Thai community after the tsunami, asking how he could help them recuperate their losses from the devastation. The consensus that followed was simple; the Thai people wanted their children to learn English and understood it was the key to their children’s success. However, Mr. McNamara knew that organising English teachers alone would not be enough. The schools that needed help could not afford fluent English speaking teachers and it soon became clear he needed to create an organisation that would make this education available to the children for free.

For more information and and donations to the foundation, visit Phuket Has Been Good To Us website.