Aminah Macodi, a DSWD project development officer (second from right) joins a team of workers assessing poor households while confronted by flooded and swampy areas in Pandag town, Maguindanao. The assessment aims to validate deserving beneficiaries of Social Pension (SOCPEN) program for the elderly and of Modified Conditional Cash Transfer program for Families in Need of Special Protection (MCCT-FNSP).