Run away with the circus!
Twenty spectacular international circus performers on a special mission will be on Samui in late January to teach children, showcase their talent and share their unusual story. 
SPARK! is a group of dedicated volunteer performers who have come together for the last seven years to bring joy to groups of disadvantaged children in refugee camps, migrant schools, hospitals and orphanages along the Thai Burmese border.
SPARK! will offer workshops on Samui for children, and a fundraising show for the Samui community.
The show will be held at Bandara Resort and Spa, Samui on 27th January at 18:30pm and will include a finger buffet and a unique circus performance.
There will be a cash bar, wines available at special rates, and music into the night, as well as a silent auction with great prizes to raise funds.
This is a great opportunity to meet these dedicated and energetic young performers, and be part of the community who supports their efforts.
B500 includes welcome drink, dinner and a raffle ticket for a lucky draw.
Please note places are limited. You can preregister by sending your name, number of tickets you’d like to book by sms to +66818921180 to ensure your attendance. You can also email to samuimala@gmail.com.
SPARK! is completely volunteer based, and relies entirely on donations and community support. Your contribution will help provide the spark of life for these children in Thailand! Your donations will go towards school/art supplies, toys and other essentials that the children need. Every baht helps!
Thank you to General Manager John MacNeill of Bandara Resort and Spa, Samui and Tim Cooke, Group Director of Operations for Bandara Hotels and Resorts for hosting the event and to Michael Howard of Melati Beach Resort and Spa and Chaweng Regent Beach Resort for helping us to accommodate the performers on Samui.
See this video footage of SPARK!'s 2011's trip
SPARK!’s mission every year is to lighten the days of over 4,000 children with magic and wonder, laughter and smiles with circus-style fire show, playshops and donations of toys, art supplies, and creative tools.
SPARK! is completely volunteer based, and is funded entirely by donation and community support. Many of the performers pay for their own expenses, and raise funds in their own communities for equipment.
See some photos
Your contribution will help provide the spark of life for these children in Thailand! Your donations will go towards school/art supplies, toys and other essentials that the children need. Every baht helps!
You can:
- Attend the fundraiser
- Offer us a prize for the silent auction
- Buy tickets for others if you can’t attend
- Help us with spreading the word
- Donate circus skill toys
- Offer help with logistics (vehicles to move the performers to and from the shows on 26th and 27th)
- Make a direct financial donation to Spark!
- Help us organize the fundraiser
- Run away with the circus! You can become a volunteer performer/teacher
Contact Samui Spark! team to participate or make a donation: Shelley, Lorraine, Amy
Every donor company or organization, is acknowledged in all SPARK!’s media. Both individual private donors and public companies will receive photos and email updates from the performers as the project is happening. You will have the opportunity to see exactly how dramatically your donation has helped brighten their world.
Over 200,000
refugees line the borders of Thailand and Burma, held in refugee camps
that can barely manage to provide for basic necessities. Tens of
thousands of these refugees are children - children who have been
traumatized by the ongoing war waged by the Burmese military
dictatorship against the regions hill-tribes. Here they end up in the
camps or living illegally along the border regions, at huge risk of
being taken into the sex trade, suffering malnourishment and other
ongoing threats to their well being and lives. In addition to basic
necessities like shelter, clothes, food and education, children also
need hope, joy and play.
Your donation will help light the SPARK!
This
project is designed to develop the children’s creativity, physical
fitness, communication skills, teamwork, confidence and cultural
awareness. Play is a fundamental part of children’s development and this
will bring a big spark of happiness, love, amusement and entertainment
into these children's lives and the lives of those who work with them in
the camps and orphanages.
Your participation and generous involvement will help spread the joy and ignite the imagination!
Please contact SPARK! for more information
website: www.sparkcircus.com email: Andrea Russell, at sparkcircus@gmail.com
THANK YOU! from the entire Spark Circus Team!