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Kophai Community’s anti-drug campaign
to be highlighted in film for Queen, PM
The Office of the
Narcotics Control Board film crew shoots the Soi Kophai video.
Warunya Thongrod
The Office of the Narcotics Control Board will highlight Soi
Kophai neighborhood’s success in the campaign against drug abuse in a
film to be presented to both HM the Queen and the prime minister.
Kophai Community President Weerat Joijinda announced the ONCB
recognition May 11, saying that the neighborhood was one of the few to
complete all nine parts of the Mother of the Land Fund project, which
seeks to raise awareness and foster self-dependence in battling drug
use.
Once finished, the video - which will also feature efforts by
neighborhoods in Chacherngsao, Phetburi, Prajuab Sirikhan, Nakhorn
Pathom, and Samut Prakan - will be screened at Government House for
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra during a presentation on the 12,198
Mother of the Land projects underway nationwide. It will then be
forwarded to HM the Queen, as the anti-drug campaign and fund is her
creation.
Weerat noted the Kophai Community joined the Mother of the Land project
in 2008 and launched an active anti-drug effort in 2009.
“Kophai used to be a red zone, an area with severe drug-addiction issues
and networks leading to danger to the lives of residents and their
property,” he said. “I am proud and happy to see that the residents of
the community have cooperated to fight against drugs, making it stronger
and more stable today.”
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