Before and After Relocation

With no other option, the families had to use makeshift toilets outside their huts. Essentially, a few old sheets propped up with sticks to surround a bucket. With no water supply and no waste management system, sanitation and hygiene were major issues.

When we planned the relocation, proper toilets were to be a necessary addition to every home. Together with the new water supply and professional waste management system, every new home has a large toilet and shower area. Not to mention privacy!

Before and After relocation

Spot the difference! Trick question as the picture is the same before and after relocation. The community chose the location on the mainland to build the new village so that they could continue to fish the same water and live exactly the same traditional life style.

So while not on Sunut today, they continue to enjoy the same fishing rights. Ocean Blue Resorts, as a responsible foreign investment company puts the community first.

Relocation. Relocation. Relocation.

Have the living standards of the community improved since relocating?

Has the community access to the same fishing area?

Are there better opportunities for the community now they live on the mainland?

Take a look at the following pictures and you decide.