I. First progress report (December 17, 2010):
Activities undertaken:
1. Launching capacity building of public health volunteers, community leaders and target community on waste management by meetings to reconfirm the course of project
2. Launching awareness-raising campaigns & disseminating project activities through community communication channels, signboards, and photos depicting undertaken activities
3. Demonstrating waste management approaches by separation/reduction of waste and production of compost

Results of activities:
1. Active participation of 100 persons comprising leaders from seven communities , target population and administrative staff of municipalities
2. Increase technical capacity of target population witnessed by ability to put into practice what being learnt/shared
3. Active participation of 67 persons comprising community representatives, youth groups and public health volunteers with six vendor shops soliciting the use of non-plastic food containers for their customers
4. Acquired ionic plasma for trial, successfully reducing community waste for 15 households
5. Singed MOAs between seven communities and Banglamung Tambol Municipality regarding the project ? Reversal of Water Courses Degradation by Natural Approach? for the 2554 annual budget

Project Communication:
There was no substantive communication during the reporting period. As the project was made more visible through the undertaken activities.

Experience and Lessons Learnt:
The project mentioned the followings:
1. There were some community members who had not fully participated in activities, which somehow resulted in locating garbage banks. This issue was addressed by a more frequent capacity-building activities at a 3-month period, and by weekly public loud speakers of the municipalities.
2. The signing MOA ceremony between seven communities and the Banglamung Tambol Municipality witnessed a substantive participation of communities since the agreement was regarded as direct participation and a long term benefits of communities. Besides, the project enjoyed continuous supports from administrative staff of the municipality.
3. Plastic reducing campaign was not easy and would take a longer time for favorable results to loom.

Project Expense:
The project reported the expense of THB: 58,870 out of the first disbursement of THB: 239,274.46.

II. Monitoring Visit (June 29, 2011):
Findings & Observation:
In a meeting room of Cholburi Municipality, a major stakeholder of the project, the visiting team met about 20 representatives from 11 target communities, where undertaken activities and respective immediate outputs were related and shared for comments and discussion. The representatives told their stories in succession followed by comments and proposed ideas from the visiting team. The discussion seemed to cover related issues , including renewable energy to mitigate climate change, international water and biodiversity and other activities not supported by SGP but supplementary to it - proving capacity and awareness of the representatives ,to a certain extent, and implying progress of activities.

Visiting Lang Wat Tonson-Wat Noen Community, one of the 11 target communities under Cholburi Municipality, two garbage banks were found established, one for reuse/recycle process and the other for collecting and proper disposing chemicals of unintentional POPs , such as old fluorescent lamps and insecticide cans. Community leaders were able to explain the team how the two banks functioned and how other supplementary activities , such as reduction of excessive nutrient into public drainage systems and of unpleasant odour in the community, were carried out.

In order to witness instilled awareness of targeted community, the visiting team was led to visit Thesabarn Cholratnukhror School, the community school with about 450 students of kindergarten to junior-high level. It was found that the school had actively participated in project activities by allowing its premises to be used as a centre for production of ionic plasma which was an essential substance for reducing excessive nutrient and production of organic fertilizer, together with solid waste separation being implemented in the school. At random during walking through the school premises, three groups of students were asked how much they learnt about the course of project activities, the answers from them were adequate to indicate their participation.

Because of time constraint, the visiting team was not able to witness progress in every location but interaction during this visit evinced increased capacity and awareness of community leaders.

III. Second progress report (June 30, 2011):
Activities undertaken:
1.Continuing launching capacity building of public health volunteers, community leaders and target community on waste management by training and study tours
2. Continuing demonstrating waste management approaches by separation/reduction of waste and production of compost
3. Continuing launching awareness-raising campaigns

Results of activities:
1.Increased capacity of 120 members in 6 communities witnessed by ability to share thoughts and ideas and eagerness to put into practice
2. Operational of 11 ionic plasma producing stations with 14 dripping stations to reverse / check pollution from public community drainage systems
3. Operational of one recycle bank and toxic waste collecting station in one municipality
4. Established and operational of incentive programs among small vendors and customers to reduce the use of plastic and foam in three municipalities ( five customers were awarded within six months of operation)

Project Communication:
The project was made more visible and better understood through:
1.Community communication facility (loud speaker system) , other community events, and website of Bangsai Tambol Municipality
2.Community radio/ Army Radio in Cholburi Province
3.Municipality communication facility

Experience and Lessons Learnt:
The project outlined problems & issues in 5 communities as follows:

Khongkhalai Samakkhi Community:
1.Due to its location in coastal area with congested housings but narrow roads, management of pre-existing and public waste was rather difficult and slow, but being kept on. What was carried out fairly smoothly involved waste management at individual household.
2. Community leaders and members exhibited sufficient eagerness to participate in project activities but needed to be further instigated by incentive programs, in additional to public service mind
3. Migrant workers in the community were too busy to fully participate in project activities.

Tarnmun, Thungklom, and Tungklom-Baanklang Community:
Members appeared to be too busy with livelihood activity to give adequate supports to the project.

Langwat Tonson-Wat Nern Community:
Without relevant background of community leaders, it was rather difficult to train or indoctrinate community members about the ionic plasma concept thus prompting requirement of an experts for training. But after witnessing its results, training to produce, use and maintain to reverse waste water pollution was quite successful.

Project Expense:
The project report the accumulated expense of THB: 244,488 out of the sum of first & second disbursement of THB: 469,763.30.

IV. Completion report (October 3, 2012):
Date of Participatory Evaluation( September 26,2012):

Number of Beneficiaries/ Participating personnel:
Women: 8,005
Men: 5,701
Children: 620

Number of persons trained/ attending seminars, joining study tours:
Women: 959
Men: 475
Children: 430

Expense:
Amount received from SGP (3 disbursements): THB: 703,690
Total amount spent out of SGP budget: THB: 835,855
Balance: THB :(-132,165)
Amount authorized for the final payment: US$: 2,546.56
Amount of co-financing as follows: THB: 695,825 (in cash)
THB: 368,070 (in kind)

Activities undertaken:
1. Launching capacity building on community waste management by training ,workshop and study tours
2.Demonstrating waste management approaches by separation/reduction of waste and production of compost
3. Conducting participatory evaluation
4. Disseminating project results to wider public

Results and indicators:
1. Increased capacity , both technical and institutional, of targeted population (waste management, reuse/recycle, ionic plasma production, and community learning centre establishment) witnessed by ability to put into real practice what being learnt
2. Emergence of recycle banks and learning centres for waste management
3. Emergence of demonstration spot for getting rid of toxic waste and sewage before draining
4. Total municipality waste being reduced to 10.3 tons/day with toxic waste (electronic devices) of 1,810 pieces being sent for proper disposal, and dissolved oxygen of more than 3 mg/litres in water courses in the municipalities (above standard)
5. Transaction of the 3 recycle banks as follows:
- 133 members
- total weight of recyclable items = 41,674.47 kg
- total budget including lender = THB: 70,139.15
- total profit = THB: 16,726.30

Plans and Activities for Sustainability:
The project planned the followings:

1. To promote the production of processing kitchen waste (organic) into fertilization and distribute within communities
2. To promote and support establishing learning network on reuse/recycle in schools through non-formal classes
3. To promote reuse/recycle activities among communities in a continuous basis
4. To replicate project activities among surrounding communities


Experience , Lessons Learnt , Problems and Issues:
1. Awareness and responsibility of community leaders was very important. Data & information including fact on causes and effects of excessive waste had to be stressed to alarm the leaders and successive awareness.
2. Getting rid or reduction of foam and plastic bags was very difficult , because of long habit and practice in modern life.
3. Collective activities were carried out and optimally achieved by constant reminders and communication, including incentives.
4. Working directly with families produced limit results at the beginning of the project. Therefore, project leaders adopted a tactic to work with community schools first , then the schools would cause an effect upon the family through students.
5. Since project location was a sub-urban communities, with constant migration, and lots of rented houses, building awareness and participatory process were quite difficult. However, this would be addressed in a longer term, between 5-10 years.