AGLIPAY, Quirino, Oct 17 (PIA) -- The National Nutrition Council (NNC) Region 2 visited barangays Ligaya, San Leonardo, Dungo, and San Francisco here to personally lead the provision of cash and rice incentives to typhoon-affected families under the post-disaster Hunger Alleviation and Improved Nutrition (HAIN) Project of government.

Rhodora Maestre, NNC regional head, said 39 beneficiaries from Ligaya and 71 from Dungo received P555 plus four kilos of rice each for their four-day work in the identified projects in their barangay.

Some 123 beneficiaries of San Leonardo also received P416.25 and three kilos of rice each for their three-day work and 60 from San Franciso got P1,110 and eight kilos of rice each for their eight days work.

Luningning Pacudan-Rhodes, provincial nutrition officer, said the beneficiaries will work for 20 days in the projects proposed in their barangays such as roadside cleaning and planting of malunggay, canal clearing, construction of handwashing facilities and comfort rooms and others.

Rhodes added that they will get their incentives for 20 days as soon as they complete their days of work and after their projects have been validated by the NNC together with the provincial, municipal and barangay nutrition officials. (TCB/PIA 2, Quirino)