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In 2015, the SET Foundation granted awards to nine
persons and organizations. The awards included grants
to extend their social activities.
The SET Foundation also cooperated with these seven
organizations, including following up on and expanding
their activities to assure that each program provided social
benefits and self-reliability. Today, there are 20 active
projects, such as those which strengthen sub-district’s
potential, promote a saving society to make an honest
living, or promote a learning center for agriculturists in
the northeast of Thailand.
Case study
‘Super Tambon’ project
Super Tambon is a project to enhance the potential
of local communities and leaders. It is a school-based,
integrated rural development program to create learning
and empowerment from local wisdom. To greatly benefit
the communities, the project, for example, initiated
cooperation between local rice producers in Kok Klang
subdistrict, Buriram province, and the solar power for
community water management. These learning processes
are models of community empowerment all over Thailand.