Bangkok, Department of Cooperative Promotion Kick Off the activity “Good Savings, Happy Happiness” under the Cooperative Volunteers Do Good with the Heart project. Honoring His Majesty the King On the auspicious occasion of His Majesty the King’s 6th Cycle Birthday Anniversary, create more savings discipline and build stability in life.
Mr. Wisit Srisuwan, Director-General of the Cooperative Promotion Department, presided over the opening of the activity “Good Savings, Happy Happiness” to honor His Majesty the King. On the auspicious occasion of His Majesty the King’s 72nd Birthday Anniversary, 28 July 2024, Mr. Nirand Multhida, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Cooperative Promotion and Mr. Prawat Daengbanjong, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Cooperative Promotion, attended the ceremony, which was broadcast online to the region at Kick Off. Simultaneous activities
The Cooperative Promotion Department has created a project to continue, preserve and expand on various royal initiatives
. to express loyalty To allow personnel, cooperative members, and the public to participate in carrying out savings activities The aim is to encourage people to know how to plan their spending. Have financial discipline and be able to continuously manage and allocate savings to create stability in life according to the philosophy of Sufficiency Economy
There are 3 types of savings methods: Saving by opening a new account with the cooperative. Saving using the same savings account that members have with the cooperative. and saving by dropping into piggy banks distributed by the department. Or use leftover materials to make your own piggy bank.
The activity ‘Good Savings, Happy Cooperative’ has a target group of employees of the Cooperative Promotion Department. The cooperative movement has 720,010 people voluntarily joining the project, saving at least 10 baht per person per day, setting a savings goal of 1,072 million baht in September. By the end of the project in December 2024, it is expected that there w
ill be total savings of 1,772 million baht. It is expected that there will be more than 1,000 million baht of money generated from savings in the cooperative system.
There will also be an exhibition in honor of His Majesty the King. piggy bank decoration Ready to receive prizes in various savings activities Give out stickers and setting up cooperative activity booths to promote savings.
Director-General of the Cooperative Promotion Department added that The goal of the cooperative system is Providing that everyone lives well The Department of Cooperative Promotion places importance on developing people to help themselves. Including helping each other to reach that goal. If everyone has savings, it will be like they have immunity to live a happy life and be able to use their savings in the future according to the intended purpose. At the same time, savings also benefit cooperatives that can use savings from this project to use in the cooperative system to help members who are in need or distress and invest i
n other areas. can continue, which is good for the economy as a whole.
Source: Thai News Agency