Social Enterprise in the Time of Pandemic 45 overseas work as a seaman. Lea seconded this idea by saying that the list is open to dagdag-bawas (adding and subtracting) which led to chaos such as the case of her block: In our block, many got angry because many names suddenly disappeared from the list. When the truck distributing family food packs arrived, our block was skipped. We were told that they ran out of stock, but we saw that the truck still carried some food packs. We were also told that we were “pasaway” (hardheaded). We yapped until a councilor returned to our block two days after to resume distribution. Finally, in terms of the contents of the food packs, Bea opined that it should also be equitable and compassionate. She wondered why in other communities and provinces, as seen on television, households receive one or one-half sack of rice and one whole chicken as relief goods. In comparison, their community only received a few kilos of rice and canned goods. Some received dried fish, some did not. She is worried that people might get urinary tract infection (UTI) from eating canned goods. She insists, “even dogs choose what they eat. I hope people in government act as if they were in our situation.” On work suspension and loss of daily earning “In one snap, life changed, as if in a dream.” The lifeblood of social enterprises is the regularity of job orders from their clients. For Igting, a huge volume of their monthly income comes from subcontracting. While precarious work due to fluctuations in work orders from their clients is a perennial challenge, this problem has been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. When the community quarantine was implemented, the impact of the pandemic was not immediately felt because the members were still finishing orders from their clients. When the orders were accomplished, their production ceased, leaving the members uncertain and anxious about their daily subsistence. Wennie describes the situation of Igting prior to the pandemic this way: “Before the COVID-19 pandemic, our production had been regular. And our clients did not have problems. Orders just kept on coming.” Igting used to maintain two lines of account. For the first account, they produce shoe bags and pouches. The weekly target for the shoe bags is at 1,600 pieces while the weekly target for the pouches is at 2,000 pieces. The second line of account is composed of eco-bags, which they produce at 1,000 pieces per day, and giveaway bags for a pharmaceutical company, which they