Enrile, Cagayan – Members of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 02’s (DSWD FO2) Municipal Action Team (MAT) was able to reach Sitio Naruang in Barangay Lanna, the farthest place in the area and one of the hardest places to reach in the municipality to distribute additional family food packs to Typhoon Ompong-affected families.

Mr. Danny Celso D. Quilang, Project Development Officer (PDO) II of the field office’s Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), led the team that went to the area to distribute a total of 33 food packs to the residence.

“Malayo yung lugar pero kinaya naman ng ating sasakyan at sa pagtutulungan na rin ng ating MAT at ng LGU (Local Government Unit). Masayo tayo na nabigyan na natin sila ng assistance kasi talagang kailangan nila ito.” Mr. Quilang said.

Lola Irene Galindon, 73, one of the residents of Sitio Naruang, was elated with the assistance given as her family had been living with scarce resources for a couple of days since the onslaught of the typhoon.

“Maski ararayu yaw sitio mi, magayayak kami nga inyan nga nakakadek nga unfun nga nagafu kang DSWD (Even though our place is far, we are glad that DSWD was able to reach it to give us assistance),” Lola Irene said.

The field office prepositioned 300 family food packs to the municipality before the landfall of Typhoon Ompong last September 15, 2018 and also augmented an additional 500 food packs after the storm.

To date, 22 barangays of Enrile were affected by the typhoon which includes 9,850 families or 36,856 individuals. ### By: Chester Carlo M. Trinidad, Social Marketing Unit