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ELEPHANT HELP OVERSEAS AWARD NOV 2003 |
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Elephant Help Foundation wins Best Overseas Tourism Project Award.
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10 November 2003
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PRESS RELEASE London, 10 October 2003
The British Guild of Travel Writers announced that the Elephant Help Foundation's Mobile Clinic in Phuket, Thailand has won the Best Overseas Tourism Project award at it's glittering gala dinner held at The Savoy last night - the eve of World Travel Market.
The Award is given to the best new overseas tourism project with a tourist potential which also benefits the local community. The winner meets both these criteria because this mobile clinic project - available 24 hours a day, seven days a week - treats sick elephants in Southern Thailand; as well as providing employment offering mahouts training in how to handle their graceful charges in non-jungle environments where tourists are likely to interact with these graceful creatures.
A vet with a trained team of helpers will travel to wherever elephants work in remote areas to examine them. On some trips, elephant health and registration cards are also made. Travelling into remote areas requires efficient vehicles. The Elephant Help Foundation needs such a vehicle equipped with survival kits, medical supplies and other equipment to be in a position to undertake successful missions. It is hoped that winning this prestigious award will raise the Foundation's profile and result in a successful money-raising campaign.
Sam-Erik Ruttman, co-founder of the Elephant Help Mobile Clinic collected the commemorative plaque and was hosted during the evening by nominator Mari Nicholson. New for 2003 the British Guild of Travel Writers commissioned a handsome trophy to recognise the winner of the Best Overseas Tourism Project. Crafted from stainless steel and mounted on a Hopton Wood Derbyshire stone plinth, it was designed by Alison Counsell in Sheffield.
10th November 2003
For further information and for images, please contact:
Mary Anne Evans
BGTW, T: 0778 6081 274
020-7242 5222
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For details of the project contact the nominator, Guild member Mari Nicholson:
Tel: 01983 402163
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Photographs of the Award Presentation are available from: www.simply-photography.co.uk. View Events.
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