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Jackson, Wyoming,
May 25, 2007
Jackson, Wyoming (May 23, 2007) – On May
14-16 Jackson resident Tim Walther and a team of Grand Dynamics-
www.granddynamics.com - facilitators delivered a training program
for the directors of orphanages in Southern Thailand. This program
was part of a two and a half year-long effort to provide support
for the children that lost their families in the tsunami.
Tim Walther was on Ton Sai beach when the tsunami
occurred on December 26, 2004. Since returning, Walther set out
on a mission to raise funds and delivered slide shows across the
country, including one in February 2005, in Jackson Hole. Initial
funds were sent over six months following the tsunami to Hi Phi
Phi, an organization which distributed the funds to support the
orphans on Ko Phi Phi Island.
Subsequently, an additional $5000 in funds was
raised, and Walther had difficulty finding a reliable source to
distribute the remaining funds. Thus, Walther planned a return
trip to Asia to determine an adequate resource for the allocation
of the remaining funds. This trip occurred in December 2006.
Enter Duang Prateep Foundation http://www.dpf.or.th/eng/index.html
Duang Prateep is an officially registered charity
in Thailand, which functions to support many of the poor and those
in need in Thailand. After initial meetings and a visit to the
orphanage at Baan Phru Teaw in December of 2006, Walther knew
he had found the solution.
The final distribution has taken the form of a project entitled
“Building a healthy community through sport and education”
by Tim Walther and Grand Dynamics. As the name implies, the project
utilizes sport and experiential education as a medium to unify
and build morale among the people, and to positively affect their
health as well.
As an inaugural beginning to this two year, ongoing program,
Tim Walther and a team of Grand Dynamics facilitators travelled
to Thailand this May to deliver a training program for the directors
of the orphanages.
Tim was joined by Jamie Riley of Jackson, Erick Erickson of NY,
and Josh Morris of Chiang Mai, Thailand. The two day training
was attended by over sixty participants, comprised of resident
children of the orphanage and directors of multiple additional
orphanages.
The focus of the training program was on providing experiential
games and activities that the directors can use to reframe the
tsunami experience, create positive belief systems, and reinforce
the possibility of dreams and goals for the future of the orphan
children.
About Grand Dynamics
Grand Dynamics, based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and with a brand
new division in Atlanta, Georgia, is an experiential training
and development company specializing in corporate retreats, business
consulting, and health and wellness programs. Serving performance-driven
organizations and businesses across the nation, Grand Dynamics’
programs are based upon the belief that individuals, teams, and
organizations are capable of transcending any of the challenges
that stand between them and their highest aspirations. Grand Dynamics
helps organizations overcome their toughest challenges, taps into
people’s sense of adventure, and pushes the limits of possibility,
producing bottom-line business results.
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