On 9 December 2024, Asst. Prof. Dr. Phanompatt Smitananda, Acting President of Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU), led a university delegation to donate 6,000 bottles of drinking water to the Royal Thai Army Radio and Television (TV5), which would be distributed to the Great Flooding Area in the South of Thailand.
In addition, the STOU’s Regional Academic Resources and Community Engagement Center – Phetchaburi and groups distributed a huge donation of essential items to the Special Forces Training Company, which would be another channel to distribute to the Great Flooding Area