PAGALUNGAN, Maguindanao del Sur – When life gives you lemon, make lemonade.
While it is true that the perennial flooding in this province and outlying areas brought misery, it also opened up opportunities for some flood survivors.
But for 60-year-old Lamin Ahad, the swelling of the Pulangi River brings an economic opportunity for some of the residents in Barangay Layog here. After chopping the driftwood, they let the sticks dry under the Sun for few hours before organizing them into several bundles. Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office chief Benjamin Alip said that the recent flooding due to the swelling of the Pulangi River swept away different types of debris, including trees.
“'Yung iba naiiyak dahil masisira mga gamit at mga pananim nila kung may baha, ang iba naman ay nasisiyahan dahil hindi na nila kailangang pumunta o mag-banca sa malayo para manguha ng kahoy para ibenta na panggatong,” Mamogkat said
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