Grant funds refurbish community school in Chiang Rai and training program for volunteer teachers
From
left to right: Nantanut Pichsakul, UPS HR Manager, and Tan Boon Tiam,
Managing Director of UPS Thailand, presenting a check to Aree Aporn,
Thai Volunteer
Service Senior Manager, Citizen Volunteer Program, Kannika Kuankachorn,
Thai Volunteer Service Senior Executive Advisor and Member of
Committee, and Ms.Vattana Narkpradit, Thai Volunteer Service Senior
Supervisor, Human Rights Volunteer Program.
The
UPS Foundation contributed US$40,000 to the Thai Volunteer Service
Foundation refurbish a community school in Chiang Rai and establish a
training program for its volunteer teachers.
“Our
vision is to provide every youth from the local community with access
to education. This starts with providing a conducive, safe learning
environment, and our volunteers are working closely
with Thai Volunteer Service to renovate a school in the remote Huay Hin
Lad Nok Community,” said Tan Boon Tiam, Managing Director of UPS
Thailand.
“UPS
also believes in creating sustainable solutions. This is why we are
working with Thai Volunteer Service to develop a self-sustaining program
where volunteer teachers are recruited and trained
on a regular basis to ensure there is a ready pool of educators,” Tan
added.
In
line with UPS’s pledge to contribute 20 million global volunteer hours
by the end of 2020, UPS employees will travel to the Huay Hin Lad Nok
Community later this year to to renovate the school.
“There
is disparity within every community, caused by various factors. UPS
promotes volunteering and that is consistent with our belief that in
order to achieve a just and peaceful society, everyone
from all levels of society have to contribute to its development,” said
Aree Aporn, Senior Manager of Thai Volunteer Service’s Citizen
Volunteer Program. “UPS’s support enables Thai Volunteer Service to give
underprivileged children in our community equal
access to education without having to be separated from their families
for long periods of time during their pursuit of education.”
UPS has been volunteering and donating to Thai communities for many years. Past projects include:
- Sponsoring free cleft lip surgeries to 60 children in Nakorn Srithamarat Province through a joint effort with Operation Smile in 2014,
- Working with the Rajapruek Institute Foundation in 2015 to follow in the late King Bhumibol’s pursuit of regenerating forest from degraded farm land, including nourishing the degraded farm land, installing a water management system and using a few soil enrichment techniques to grow select tree species
The
UPS Foundation has issued grants every year to various non-government
organizations (NGOs) whose focus areas align with UPS’s four community
priorities: Diversity, Environmental Sustainability,
Community Safety and Volunteerism. In 2016, UPS volunteers contributed
2.7 million volunteer hours.
About The UPS Foundation
UPS
(NYSE: UPS) is a global leader in logistics, offering a broad range of
solutions including the transportation of packages and freight; the
facilitation of international trade, and the deployment
of advanced technology to more efficiently manage the world of
business. Since its founding in 1907, UPS has built a legacy as a caring
and responsible corporate citizen, supporting programs that provide
long-term solutions to community needs. Founded in 1951,
The UPS Foundation leads its global citizenship programs and is
responsible for facilitating community involvement to local, national,
and global communities. In 2016, UPS and its employees, active and
retired, invested more than $116 million in charitable
giving around the world.
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