By Neil Jerome Morales
MANILA (Reuters) - In the middle of a coronavirus lockdown in the Philippine capital, Grace Lagaday was struggling to breastfeed her newborn without milk storage bottles and nursing pads.
With shopping centres shut and public movement restricted, Lagaday turned to a centuries-old method of trade with a new tech twist: online bartering.
A search of Facebook barter trade groups found the supplies she needed for her baby girl and they were in Lagaday's hands the next day, in return for bags of M&Ms chocolates and a jar of Nutella spread.
"I really needed breastfeeding stuff but very limited goods were available," Lagaday told Reuters. "For a mom who gave birth during this pandemic season, bartering helped me find good deals for my baby."
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