On 3 September 2014, Ambassador Jocelyn Batoon-Garcia symbolically received the financial donation of Central Group of Companies for the victims of Yolanda from Mr. Sudhitham Chirathivat, Chief Executive Advisor and Board of Director of the Central Group of Companies for the victims of super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan). The actual donation amounting to THB400,000 (USD12,341.87) was directly deposited by the Group to the Philippine Department of Social Welfare and Development in July 2014.

On the same occasion, Ambassador Batoon-Garcia handed over to Mr. Sudhitham the appreciation letter of the Philippine Department of Social Welfare and Development for the Central Group of Companies’ donation.