Employed NEG participants as laboratory field assistants and a water program field assistant to help meet the agency's increased demand for water quality monitoring as a result of the tsunami
Hired NEG participants as foreman, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, general laborers, and clerks to rebuild and renovate damaged and destroyed schools and classrooms
Hired NEG participants to help meet the influx of land use permit application demands of the community in the wake of the tsunami and to help provide customer support and enforce the project notification review system, and help map evacuation routes.
Engaged NEG participants in crop restoration, veterinarian assistance to livestock farmers, stray dog control, surveillance and eradication of invasive species hazardous to plants and animals