PHUKET, April 21 (TNA) – Thai rice farmers and fishermen
swap their local goods in a donation exchange programme in order to help local communities
make ends meet during the COVID-19 crisis.
A Royal Thai Air Force plane delivered nine tonnes of rice
from a farmers’ group in the northeastern province of Yasothon to fishermen in
Phuket on Monday.
The fishermen of the southern province loaded one tonnes of
dried fish on the airplane to be delivered to the Yasothon farmers.
The programme founder and coordinator, Chumchon Thai
Foundation, said that the people-to-people programme highlighted the
interdependence of communities in time of crisis. (TNA)
