The scholarships cover a three-year period of upper secondary education from grade 10-12 starting from the current school year 2015-2017.
With the new drinking water filtration systems some 4,113 students from 21 schools plus an educational office will now have ample supplies of free drinking water which they previously needed to purchase by the bottles.
Mr Savet Savetsomphob, Senior Executive Director of Sino- Pacific Trading (Thailand) Co Ltd, said, "As part of our 45th anniversary of operation in Thailand we have implemented a project called 'Term Fun Pun Naam Jai' (Fill a Dream with Kindness).
"We have worked closely with the Education for Development Foundation (EDF) on the scholarships of 192 grade 10 students (Mattayom 4) nationwide to complete their education through grade 12 (Mattayom 6). We also contributed drinking water filtration systems to 21 schools and one educational office in Pathum Thani province."
He said his company understood the importance of community development and it looked forward to seeing the scholars complete their upper secondary education and play their roles as productive members of their families, their communities and the country.
"Receiving this scholarship will be very helpful and it will lighten the load on our parents for three years until I complete upper secondary school. I will make full use of my scholarship and not let it go to waste," said Ms Sunisa Thonglarp, a grade 10 student of Chumchon Prachathipat Wittayakarn School of Pathum Thani province and who is among the 192 students awarded with scholarships.
Ms Charuwat Boossamalee, Project Development Director of Education for Development Foundation (EDF Foundation) which managed the project said, "The Foundation is glad to extend its project management expertise to Sino-Pacific Trading (Thailand) and to the schools.
"The EDF Foundation has facilitated the granting of over 400,000 scholarships since its founding in 1987 and we are truly happy that another 192 under-privileged students are guaranteed to complete their high school education through the goodness of Sino-Pacific Trading."
Mr Waritnant Mongkolpakabandit, Deputy Director of Office of Primary Education Service Pathum Thani Area, Pathum Thani province, said "On behalf of the students I would like to thank Sino-Pacific Trading (Thailand) Co Ltd for their generous support.
Mrs Payungmitr Wongpeng, Acting Director of Wat Sopanaram School, Pathum Thani province, one of the recipients of a water filtration system said, "We would like to thank Sino-Pacific Trading (Thailand) Co Ltd. Now students have a ready supply of clean drinking water and at the same time save the schools the cost of buying bottled drinking water."
"We are always committed to the development of the underprivileged students for the betterment of their future. Should any organisation or any public individual wish to support students scholarships or related CSR activities, please contact EDF Foundation at 02 579 9209-11 or email [email protected]. You can also reach us on www.facebook.com/edfthai or www.edfthai.org," Ms Charuwat added.