Feb 10
22
Drought Affecting Northern Luzon
Luzon is the main island in the Philippines. Just months after typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng flooded the central area of Luzon, the northern region is facing severe drought conditions. This can have a major impact on poor rural families who depend on crops for their livelihood.
MANILA , Philippines—While rainmakers are having trouble finding clouds to induce rain over northern Luzon, cash and food-for-work programs are being readied to help 1.3 million poor families cope with the dry spell, according to the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC).
Social Welfare Secretary Celia Yangco on Monday said the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) was just awaiting Malacañang’s go-signal to implement livelihood programs to help the poorest families as the El Niño phenomenon continued to dry up farmlands and dams across the country. Read the whole story.
