Bangkok--18 Jan--Thai Airways International
Squadron Leader Pongtorn Thepkanjana, Executive Vice President, Operations, Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI), THAI Management and staff, together with Ms. Hania Tabet, International Director, Airbus Foundation and CSR, delivered donated goods and school supplies to children in Thailand's southern provinces under the project "THAI Shares the Love to Southern Border". The group was welcomed by Rear Admiral Somkiat Polprayoon, Deputy Secretary-General of the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center, and Group Captain Lersak Kojanan, Infantry Regimental Commanding Officer of the Marines Special Operations Unit at Marines Special Operations Unit, Chulabhorn Camp, Narathiwat.
Squadron Leader Pongtorn Thepkanjana, THAI Executive Vice President, Operations, said that THAI as the national carrier is well aware of its obligation to help improve society and environment. THAI Shares the Love to Southern Border project is a THAI CSR activity that successfully exhibits responsibility to society and the environment. This year marks the fourth time that THAI Shares the Love to Southern Border project has been organized in cooperation with the Marines Special Operations Unit, Royal Thai Navy, and Royal Thai Air Force, which provided a C130 aircraft to transport the group and donated goods to the South. Donated supplies were transported from Toulouse, France, on THAI's fifth Airbus A350 delivery flight on July 2017 as a goodwill flight. Supplies included 1,000 backpacks and classroom stationery supported by Airbus Foundation, Aviation Without Borders, and the International School of Toulouse. On the occasion of New Year 2018 and Children's Day, snacks and beverages were sponsored by THAI's corporate clients to 400 students from Thailand's southern provinces supported by THAI's Corporate Clients. THAI also distributed 1,000 Suvarnabhumi Sirichok Buddhas to Thai soldiers to raise their morale.
Ms. Hania Tabet, International Director, the Airbus Foundation and CSR, said that the Airbus Foundation has been helping children since 2012 and is delighted to help improve society with THAI by transporting medical equipment, clothes, toys, and school supplies. This achievement is the result of teamwork between Thai Airways International, Airbus Foundation, Aviation Without Borders, and the International School of Toulouse. This donation will improve the children's educational situation and bring relief to the short supply of school equipment.
THAI remains committed to its corporate social responsibility policy in its business operations, which aims to assist in forging peace in Thailand's southern provinces and nationwide.