Poh Teck Tung Foundation aids impoverished families in northern Thailand

The Poh Teck Tung Foundation has actively taken steps towards creating sustainable livelihoods in Udon Thani province in northeastern Thailand. The foundation provided job-related equipment to impoverished households as part of an integrated poverty alleviation programme, in collaboration with the Community Development Department. In addition, a mobile medical unit was dispatched to offer free services to the public.

The Poh Teck Tung Foundation, led by Surapong Tetraruvichit, a board member and deputy secretary, yesterday presided over a ceremony to donate job-related equipment to 27 needy households in Udon Thani province, the sixth province in the northeastern region.

The total value of the donated equipment was 672,755 baht. The donation was aimed at promoting and supporting the livelihoods of impoverished families, allowing them to sustain…