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Table 9.4 Overview of Projects Implemented by Sarn Palung Social Enterprise Company Limited (SPSE)

No. Project Name and Partners Project Summary
1 Café Amazon for Chance • The Café Amazon for Chance project was created to
provide employment opportunities for vulnerable groups
Project Partners such as people with disabilities and the underprivileged. It
• Vocational colleges supports these individuals by equipping them with life
• Technical colleges skills through training, employment, and income
• Rajamangala University of Technology generation. (See more details in Chapter 10)
• PTT Public Company Limited
• PTT Oil and Retail Business Public
Company Limited (PTTOR)
2 Community Coffee Sourcing • This project supports and promotes local coffee farmers to
improve the quality of their coffee beans to meet industry
Project Partner standards. The goal is to help them enter the industrial
• PTT Oil and Retail Business Public supply chain, for example, supplying domestic coffee
Company Limited (PTTOR) roasters or cafés operated by PTT-affiliated companies.
(See more details in Chapter 10)
3 PTT Group Lounge • The PTT Group Lounge project provides job opportunities
for people with special needs or from vulnerable groups to
Project Partner work in service roles at U-Tapao Rayong-Pattaya
• PTT Public Company Limited International Airport (Sky Lane). The initiative is carried
out in collaboration with local agencies, with support staff
on-site to assist and prepare the participants for
hospitality and guest services.
4 Upcycling SE • The Upcycling SE project was established to promote
plastic waste transformation based on circular economy
Project Partner principles and the design of reusable or recyclable
• PTT Global Chemical Public Company products. It generates income for disadvantaged groups by
Limited (PTTGC) purchasing materials produced through the project and
using the products within organizations, for example,
furniture, tables, and chairs.
• In addition to reducing plastic waste, Upcycling SE helps
create income for target groups such as the elderly,
underprivileged individuals, and people with disabilities,
through employment and career development to stimulate
the grassroots economy.
5 Farm to Table SE • The Farm to Table SE project promotes safe agriculture and
healthy food consumption by supporting community
Project Partners enterprises in producing high-standard agricultural
• PTT Oil and Retail Business Public products to be supplied to restaurants, such as Café
Company Limited (PTTOR) Amazon for Chance.
• Café Amazon Co., Ltd. • This project generates income for local farmers,
• Sarn Palung Social Enterprise Co., Ltd. strengthens the local circular economy, and enhances
• Local community enterprise groups market access for small-scale farming groups.
6 PTT Youth Camp • Organizes youth camps to provide students in remote
areas with opportunities to learn life skills, vocational
Project Partners skills, and personal development approaches to prepare
• PTT Public Company Limited for the future.
• Schools in remote areas • The project aims to inspire youth, foster a positive
• Various universities mindset, and promote educational equity for
underprivileged children.
Source: Compiled and adapted from https://sarnpalung.pttgrp.com/web/about15

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