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In 2004 Andy Chaggar lost his partner, and almost his life, when the tsunami slammed into Thailand. The disaster changed his life forever
Andy went on to raise over £1 million pounds and to help over 23,000 of his fellow disaster survivors in five countries, including Thailand where he bravely returned to volunteer after the tsunami. Now a father to two beautiful children, continues to dedicate his life to charitable and humanitarian causes, and has spent the last 20 years in senior leadership positions for international non-profit organisations.
Andy’s powerful story of resilience and growth has been featured in a wide range of international, national and local media, in print, and on radio and television. Andy’s talks describe how surviving the tsunami motivated him to return to Thailand to help others, which in turn, helped him to heal and gain a new perspective. Andy then goes on to describe how these experiences motivated him to pursue a new career focused on purpose over profit.
Andy spoke to our Crisis Support Officers (CSO’s) who are a team of individuals who respond to major incidents. We asked Andy to help them understand the impacts of living through major emergencies so that they can help people caught up in crises. Andy was professional, warm, courageous and yes… inspirational! He very eloquently told us about the sequence of events before, during and after the Tsunami which cost him dearly. We are grateful that he found the courage to help others through his charity work. Our CSO’s gained a great deal from Andy’s talk and we would recommend him as an inspirational speaker to others.
We asked Andy to speak to 400 staff as part of a team building event about dealing with change and making the most of every opportunity. He talked about living through the 2004 Tsunami in Thailand and how this impacted and changed him, his life and the course of his future. We found Andy to be a warm, straight talking chap, and those who attended were moved and inspired by his courageous story which was told with the right balance of gravitas, sensitivity and injections of humour
