Many hands make light work - sailors from
the Royal Thai Navy base in Sattahip load up supplies headed for flood
stricken communities in Pichit.
Patcharapol Panrak
The Royal Thai Navy cooperated with the Princess Pa
Foundation to deliver first aid supplies and food to more than 1,300
victims of flooding in the Pichit area.
Foundation President Somdhavin Yungyoo, representing
HRH Princess Soamsawalee, who founded the organization, the Thai Red
Cross, 50 Air and Coastal Defense Command personnel loaded 1,310 bags of
provisions onto two trucks bound for the flood-stricken region Aug. 19.
The charity donated 1,250 bags for residents and 60 for monks.
For the journey, the highway police led with vehicles
in front and at the rear of the convoy to deliver the royal disaster
relief packages to people on time.
The royal aid consisted of rice and dry food,
including instant noodles, canned fish, canned pickled lettuce, chili
paste, cloth, a blanket, shirts, pants, towels, medicine,
mosquito-repellent, a torch, candles, a lighter, sanitary napkins,
powdered detergent, soap, toothbrushes and toothpaste.
