TPRF Assists Thai Farmers in Wake of Massive Flooding

Drinking water, food needed after rising water devastates harvest

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- ––The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) is providing nutritious food and clean drinking water to an estimated 1,500 people in 300 households impacted by flooding in 16 villages around Amphoe Pho Thong in the Ang Thong Province of central Thailand.

A Grant of US$15,000 to Thailand's Betterment of Life Foundation (BoLF) is assisting families dependent on produce from small farms in Bang Chao Cha and Ongkharak districts, where rice fields and orchards could not be harvested after they were inundated by heavy rains in the worst flooding in the region's recent history.

"TPRF is particularly interested in helping people in need who are not receiving aid from other organizations," said Linda Pascotto, TPRF president. "The Foundation is pleased to be able to partner with BoLF in assisting these flood victims who have lost their crops."

Sang Arum Limwongtaworn, coordinator in Amphoe Pho Thong for BoLF, said the floods ruined village farmlands but not their places of residence. "As a result," she said, "these 300 households did not receive any government help in the way of food or drinking water. At present, their farmlands are still mostly flooded, as water levels have been dropping slowly."

TPRF responded to BoLF's plea for help shortly after the torrents began. In addition to drinking water, a two-week supply of rice, noodles and cans of fish, peas and other vegetables is being distributed to about 150 residences through the program within each district.

About The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF)

The Prem Rawat Foundation promotes Prem Rawat's message of peace and his vision of addressing fundamental human needs so that people everywhere can live with dignity, peace, and prosperity. For more information, visit: www.tprf.org.

SOURCE The Prem Rawat Foundation

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