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Support “good” deeds for society
SET recognizes people who have made outstanding social contributions. Since 2007, SET has allocated
THB 14 million annually from the SET Foundation to support social organization and praise people who have
made outstanding benefits for the society in seven fields through seven organizations. The seven awards are
in the fields of library development by Thai Library Association, education development by Professor Sangvien
Indaravijaya Foundation, rural development by Population and Community Development Association, music
promotion by Archan Sugree Charoensook Foundation, sports contribution by Football History Association of
Thailand, urban development by Vimuttayalaya Foundation and narcotic drugs prevention by Duang Prateep
Foundation. In 2014, SET recognized 10 organizations and individuals as follows:
Organizations
Honorees
Profile and Recognitions
1) Miss Arom Choochoti,
a librarian at the Ban
Borpradoo Community
School in Songkhla
province
1) People with visual
impairment association
in Phattalung province
Dr. Suthisak Kaewkamchan,
the lecturer of the Faculty
of Veterinary Science,
Rajamangala University
of Technology Isan,
Surin Campus
2) Ban..Porkla Wisdom
for Library Development
Club
2) Youth for Next Step
1
Thai Library
Association
2
Professor
Sangvien
Indaravijaya
Foundation
3
Population
and
Community
Development
Association
Miss Arom Choochoti is an exemplary librarian who focuses on creating the
opportunities and expanding reading space to encourage the communities
and the society in Songkhla to read for more than 34 years by dedicating
her time and personal money to supply books and learning materials for
her campaign.
The association was set up in 2002 to support the quality of life of around
1,000 blind people in 11 districts in Phattalung. The association provides
supports in terms of education, training and social status promotion, while
arranging for necessary welfare for independent living in terms of peer
coaching with an aim to rid of blind beggars. A community bank for blind
people was also set up.
Dr. Suthisak Kaewkamchan has shown his strong dedication to support
economic development with quality. To enhance local people’s occupational
skill, he established the “Organic Farm Learning Centre” based on
sufficiency economy philosophy for communities in Surin, in addition
to “Rajamangala Village” which he jointly organized with the locals.
Consequently, more than 200 households have become financially
independent with an average income of THB 10,000 per household.
This is a group of the librarian volunteers to provide books, materials and
library supplies for libraries under the royal projects since 1990, including
rural schools, patrol police schools, temple libraries and libraries under
Corrections Department.
Youth for Next Step network was set up in 2005 by a group of student
leaders and student committee members in Bangkok to develop young
generation to be “capable, good and voluntary-minded”. The project instills
knowledge for youth based on morality principle to promote social activities
of the young people. Life skill development and local wisdom have been
comprehensively incorporated in the project. Currently, high-school student
leaders from more than 22 provinces and 90 schools nationwide are
the core leaders of the project. They have established the clubs inside
eight universities to expand the operating results nationwide.
The SET Social Recognition Project