Franco Jancinto, 30 years old, lives with his wife and only child in a coastal area in Zone 4, Barangay Sibalat in the municipality of Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro. Their only source of income is fishing. However, their location puts them at high risk in times of disaster such as typhoons and tsunami. On the night of Oct. 25, 2020, Franco’s...

Medina Devis is a 54 year-old mother to five children. She lives in Purok 5, Barangay San Pedro, Rizal, Occidental Mindoro together with her husband and two children who are still studying. Both she and her husband are tenant farmers in a farm, planting rice, onion and other crops. During the onslaught of TY Quinta, their crops were damaged by...

Ma. Lusia Alvarez, 38 years old and a mother to four children, lives in Zone 2 in Barangay Adela, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro. She works as a Barangay Health Worker and a part time maker of handicrafts made out of recycled materials. Her husband works in a farm. During the lockdown, she had stable earnings from her handicrafts as she...

Alfredo Casa, 62 years old, is a jeepney driver Iloilo City. He has eight children, three of whom currently lives with him. Due to his age, Alfredo was not able to go back to driving as he belongs to the sectors most vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus. Prior to the pandemic, Alfredo earns just enough to feed his family three...