A total of 50 beneficiaries in Maconacon, Isabela, majority of whom are women, found work and helped put food on their table through the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Cash For Work Program.

For 15 days, the beneficiaries were engaged in coastal clean-up, collection and disposal of waste, clearing and de-clogging of creeks and waterways or canals, cleaning along highway from the Municipal Hall going to Airport and clearing and brushing along the roads.

The program is a part of the rehabilitation projects for typhoon Lando which devastated Region 02 sometime in October of 2015.

“This program is one of DSWD’s interventions for typhoon victims to somehow lessen the effect of the disaster and recoup whatever losses they may have incurred,” said Mr. Rommel S. Gamiao of the Disaster Risk Reduction Management Section.

Joining Mr. Gamiao in facilitating the said program were representatives from the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office of Maconacon and personnel from the Philippine Coast Guard assigned in the municipality of Maconacon, Isabela. ### By: Rommel S. Gamiao, SWO II – DRRM Section; Edited by: Gela Flor R. Perez, Regional Information Officer II