Care for Coral is a marine conservation organisation in Thailand. The organisation was founded in 2019 by Plengrhambhai "Pleng" and Pynbhairoh "Pyn" Snidvongs Kruesopon, then pupils at International School Bangkok.
Forbes has described the organisation as the first youth-led coral reef restoration non-profit organisation in Thailand.
Activities
The organisation runs coral planting dive trips, educational workshops, and ocean and river cleanups, and has engaged hundreds of Thai young people since 2020.
It also partners with diving organisations, schools and other conservation groups, and offers diving certification trips combined with restoration work.
An annual "paddle for debris" event collects waste from the Chao Phraya River, gathering more than 2,200 pounds over three years.
Nation Thailand reported in 2026 that Care for Coral had lobbied Thailand's environment ministry to lift a moratorium that had effectively prohibited coral restoration, after which the organisation became the first NGO authorised to carry out reef restoration in Thai waters.
Recognition
Care for Coral received the Most Outstanding Youth Organization award from King Rama X in 2023.
Its founders were awarded a Gold Ocean Conservationist medal by the Thai government, and were named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia social impact list in 2024.
In February 2025 the organisation was runner-up in the first Generation Hope Goals competition, run by Save the Children for young people aged 16 to 24 across the Asia-Pacific region, for a proposal based on coral farming.
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