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Bringing people together and raising funds for the children of Phuket who need it the most

A Walk Around Phuket

One island. 233 kilometres. 21 stages.

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A Walk Around Phuket is a walk around the entire coastline of the island, walked in stages, one morning at a time, beginning in mid-August 2026.

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It has two aims: to bring people together, and to raise funds for the children of Phuket who need it the most.

How It Works

The walk is divided into 21 stages of about 10 to 12 kilometers each — a single morning's walk. Each stage is walked separately, over the coming months.

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Every stage is open to anyone who'd like to join for the morning. You don't need to be an athlete, and you don't need to commit to all 233 kilometers. You just show up for one morning and walk a stretch of coast with whoever else turns up that day.

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Before each stage, I share where and when I'll set off, so anyone who'd like to walk alongside can find me. You're welcome to come along as an independent walker, at your own pace and your own risk — and to ask me anything beforehand.

The walk is divided into 21 stages of about 10 to 12 kilometers each — a single morning's walk. Each stage is walked separately, over the coming months.

​

Every stage is open to anyone who'd like to join for the morning. You don't need to be an athlete, and you don't need to commit to all 233 kilometers. You just show up for one morning and walk a stretch of coast with whoever else turns up that day.

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Before each stage, I share where and when I'll set off, so anyone who'd like to walk alongside can find me. You're welcome to come along as an independent walker, at your own pace and your own risk — and to ask me anything beforehand.

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The Project

Who's behind the walk?

A single grain of sand is too small to notice. Together, they're a beach.

A single grain of sand is too small to notice. Together, they're a beach.

Why We Walk

We build community

Community isn't something you find. It's something you build, with other people, around a shared purpose, one small act at a time.

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That's why the walk is 21 short stages instead of one long journey. Anyone can give a morning: you arrive as a stranger at the start of a stretch of coast, and by the end you've walked it with someone new.

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You don't need to be an athlete or commit to all 233 kilometres. Come for one stage, or come for ten. Every morning brings a different group together.

Community isn't something you find. It's something you build, with other people, around a shared purpose, one small act at a time.

​

That's why the walk is 21 short stages instead of one long journey. Anyone can give a morning: you arrive as a stranger at the start of a stretch of coast, and by the end you've walked it with someone new.

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You don't need to be an athlete or commit to all 233 kilometres. Come for one stage, or come for ten. Every morning brings a different group together.

We raise awareness and funds

Phuket is known for its beaches and its visitors. Less visible are the children who live here with far less: children going without the education, safety and care that others take for granted.

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So during the length of this project, I will point at the children who live in different areas of the island and ask people to help. There are partner organisations supporting these children and every donation goes directly to the one you choose.

We empower

It's easy to look at problems this size and feel too small to help. That feeling is the real obstacle, not indifference, but the sense that whatever you could offer wouldn't matter. This walk is built to prove otherwise: a single morning, a single stretch of coast, an amount you choose.

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And it works both ways. The organisations we walk for aren't handing out charity; they're giving children an education, a safe home and the confidence to build their own lives. What we raise doesn't rescue anyone. It puts tools in their hands.

The whole coastline of the island, from the Sarasin Bridge all the way back to it. 233 kilometres, broken into 21 morning stages.

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The Route

Who We Walk For

SOS Children's Villages Thailand provides loving, family-like care to children who have lost parental care, or are at risk of losing it. The Phuket village, in Koh Kaew, was built in 2007 following the 2004 Tsunami, and raises children in family houses where they grow up with the stability, education and sense of belonging that every child deserves.

What your support provides: unlike a one-off project, donations here go to the children's everyday care and, above all, their education — school, food, healthcare, and a safe home to grow up in. Donations through SOS Children's Villages Thailand's official channel are tax-deductible in Thailand.

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For online donations: Select 'Other' under 'How did you hear about us?' and enter 'A Walk Around Phuket'.

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SOS Children's Village Phuket
(part of SOS Children's Villages Thailand)
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Five local organisations caring for underserved children across Phuket. Every donation goes directly to the one you choose.

Since 2005, this foundation has given underprivileged Thai children free English education in the government schools of Kamala and Kalim, opening the door to better work and a way out of poverty. Many of the children live at the school because they have no place to call home, and the after-hours Coconut Club programme helps them build confidence as well as language.

What your support provides: 10,000 baht sponsors a child's English education and after-school club for a whole year.

If you kindly make a donation, please let Tina know on WhatsApp (+66 80-143-9554) so we can match it to A Walk Around Phuket project.

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Phuket Has Been Good To Us
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A registered NGO on Koh Sireh that has given a family-style foster home to children in need since 2005 — today, 95 children who can't live with their own families, raised in family houses with the aim of safe reunification wherever possible.

What your support provides: an 82 kW solar system for the village — help fund it one kilowatt at a time, about 17,000 baht per kilowatt. 

Phuket Sunshine Village Foundation
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Good Shepherd Phuket Town, a branch of Good Shepherd Thailand, provides holistic support to vulnerable and disadvantaged women, children, and families in Phuket. They currently supports nearly 300 children aged 5 to 18, mostly from migrant worker families. Through education, Thai language lessons, life skills, and healthcare support, it helps children integrate and thrive, offering a safe and supportive community for those often left behind.

What your support provides: 500 baht covers one month's lunch for a student; 1,500 baht covers lunch and basic expenses for a student for a month.

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Good Shepherd Phuket Town
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Since 2001, ACF has supported disadvantaged and at-risk Thai and Burmese children in Phuket through an early-childhood centre, long-term scholarships, and life-skills and sports programmes — keeping children in education who might otherwise never reach a classroom, and walking alongside their families.

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What your support provides: Daily milk, lunch and healthy afternoon snacks required for our preschool children at Cornerstone Education Center. You can support a preschool child's yearly education at Cornerstone Education Center by donating to the Bright Beginnings Education Fund.

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Please send the bank transfer slip for your donation to Roelien on WhatsApp at +66 81 895 7016 so we can track donations coming in via the "A Walk Around Phuket" campaign.

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Asia Center Foundation
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A registered NGO on Koh Sireh that has given a family-style foster home to children in need since 2005 — today, 95 children who can't live with their own families, raised in family houses with the aim of safe reunification wherever possible.

What your support provides: an 82 kW solar system for the village — help fund it one kilowatt at a time, about 17,000 baht per kilowatt. 

Good Shepherd Phuket Town

Good Shepherd Phuket Town, a branch of Good Shepherd Thailand, provides holistic support to vulnerable and disadvantaged women, children, and families in Phuket. They currently supports nearly 300 children aged 5 to 18, mostly from migrant worker families. Through education, Thai language lessons, life skills, and healthcare support, it helps children integrate and thrive, offering a safe and supportive community for those often left behind.

What your support provides: 500 baht covers one month's lunch for a student; 1,500 baht covers lunch and basic expenses for a student for a month.

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Phuket Sunshine Village Foundation

Since 2001, ACF has supported disadvantaged and at-risk Thai and Burmese children in Phuket through an early-childhood centre, long-term scholarships, and life-skills and sports programmes — keeping children in education who might otherwise never reach a classroom, and walking alongside their families.

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What your support provides: Daily milk, lunch and healthy afternoon snacks required for our preschool children at Cornerstone Education Center. You can support a preschool child's yearly education at Cornerstone Education Center by donating to the Bright Beginnings Education Fund. year.

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Scan to donate

QR code only for donors in Thailand
Request ACF bank details on WhatsApp for bank transfers using WISE.com

Please send the bank transfer slip for your donation to Roelien on WhatsApp at +66 81 895 7016 so we can track donations coming in via the "A Walk Around Phuket" campaign.

Asia Center Foundation
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