The executive of Paul Trading Company Limited win an award of The Quality Peanut Butter manufacturer.

Mr. Jakawantawat Wannawong received the President Award by the result of Lotus quality peanut butter that come together with the organization’s biggest award as “Chairman Awards” It is a work that creates pride for the team, everyone has work involved. Successfully should be raised to team have helped behind to promote further, as the heart of this work is Mr. Paul Poophichitprai.

Thai people of Karen descent, visually impaired at Ban Lawng, Tambon Sobpeung,Amphur Mae Tang, Chiang Mai, to be an inspirational creator in business for social and environment to truly strive to focus on sustainability.

 As the handicapped cause by illness when he was young until losing both eyesight become discouraged in life. But his father encouraged him and motivated him to start a small business to produce peanut butter selling in local area. The objective of the business is sharing profit to return it to society by supporting children under privileged of education to study in school by Education Opportunity Foundation that established by his father for many years.

His intention to reduce inequality in society; he wants the farmers who grow peanut get more income and help people in the community to have work particularly female labor and elderly as factory worker. Promoting the selection of using raw material without chemical substances for cultivation.

Developing the process of production, take action until it is able to build standard factory of GHP, HACCP and others that involved. Working together for product development become peanut butter free chemical, no artificial color and flavor added until its taste is comparable to international brands, reducing importation from foreign country.

For sustainable agriculture, reusing left over peanut tissue and shell to be fertilizer, increasing local labor, making higher price from peanut 40baht per a kilogram to peanut butter 390 baht per a kilogram.

The Increasing income of Mr.Paul, he use part of it to support the education of children in the community and underprivileged in education children’s home of Education Opportunity Foundation. Most of them are hill tribes support them until graduation. Now there are 35 children in the house that he also provides food and accommodation.

Supporting SML to grow sustainably and be a learning center of new operator to do the small business that benefit to society and environment as Business Mode to expand business of other SME in the future.

All of the details above is the result of a fighter who is undefeated against destiny and life’s obstacles Mr. Paul Phoophichitprai.