The Phuket Community Foundation (PCF) along with help from the Rotary Club has donated over 1,600 English-language books to schools around the island.

The books were delivered by Patong Rotary Club member Rick Gartland to various schools on Phuket, including Hongyok Bamrung, Wat Muang Mai, Thalang Pranangsang, Baan Bang Rong, Baan Ao Por, Baan Para and Baan Pa Khlok.

Pornwipat Thanatwong, an English teacher of Hongyok Bamrung school said, ?These books will be really useful for our children and enable them to practice their reading,
writing and speaking skills.?

Another of PCF?s projects, now in its fifth run, is the ?Road Safety? campaign that provides the bulbs and assistance helping to change motorbike?s rear lights at the Chao Fah Variety weekend market.

Phuket Governor Wichai Praisa-ngob and his wife and also President of Phuket Red Cross,
Taisika Praisa-ngob were at the launching of the event. The Governor likened the continual fatalities caused be broken motorbike rear lights with the 2004 tsunami, ?The tsunami disaster has damaged many lives over the last five years, but road accidents continue to happen.? He added, ?I would like to thank the PCF and its partners for sacrificing their time to do this charity work to make riders more safe.?

The hosting of the event was in cooperation with the Kusoladham foundation who helped with promotion and encouraging people to come to have their lights fixed.

Students from Phuket Technical College were once again on hand, and dirty knees, to help.
218 motorbikes had their rearlights fixed over the two day campaign from 26-27 December
with over a thousand motorbikes now driving safer since the ?Road Safety? project was launched in October 2007.