1. The Lady Mayoress and Mrs Mary Kearney, wife of a sheriff of the City of London, presented gifts to families affected by the tsunami.
2. Mrs Tessa Brewer Lady Mayoress of the City of London, visited the site of the Life Home Project in Phuket.
3. Lady Mayoress visited Bhuddhajakwittaya School to present it with data - logging equipment.

     For the first time in her life, Lady Mayoress Tessa Brewer, wife of Alderman David Brewer, Lord Mayor of the City of London, learned how to tap rubber from a tree.
     While accompanying her husband on a visit to Thailand last week, the Lady Mayoress also had a chance to visit families affected by the tsunami, which she said gave her an insight into the hardships they suffered.
     While in Bangkok, the Lady Mayoress visited the Bhuddhajakwittaya School, a Ministry of Education model school, to present it with data-logging equipment, Then she went to Phuket where she visited some of the post-tsunami projects supported by UK organisations such as the Life Home Project, a charitable foundation that provides shelter for HIV-positive mothers and their children.
     The Lady Mayoress also visited Ban Lamkaen School in Phangnga, which was affected by the tsunami. She went to see a family who struggled to survive as the wife used to work as a cleaner before the tsunami and the husband is an amputee. The family lost their income after the tsunami and were given access to a relative's rubber plantation near their house.
     The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders; Forum corporate members gave them a small grant to purchase rubber-pressing machines, trays and knives to start a new business. The family showed the Lady Mayoress how to collect rubber - an activity she's never attempted before.
     The Lady Mayoress said that the visit was a memorable experience.   

  from Bangkok Post, MAY 27, 2006