Apart from that single transfer, the authorities reassessed the socioeconomic situation of households in the affected zone, to take account of new households that suffered a significant drop in their income (Fernandez, Jadotte and Jahnsen, 2011). This is a once-only transfer of US$ 90 paid in two monthly installments of US$ 45 each, which is activated after the declaration of a disaster. Its aim is to "prevent a deterioration in the basic consumption of families that have been victims of collective natural phenomena" (Enriquez, 2013, p. 42).