In the community, the Chief is the informal barangay captain responsible for the overall welfare of the community, including trying to work with the government and the owners of the land they are currently residing in, and resolving conflict within the community. When A Single Drop for Safe Water (ASDSW) and Roots of Health (ROH) were assessing the damage and designing their response in the weeks after the typhoon, Barangay IV Roxas was identified, along with another Badjao community in Barangay I, as the only peri-urban community needing assistance.