ARMM extends food aid to Marawi returning IDPs
BANGSAMORO NEWS UPDATES • 23:19 PM Tue Oct 31, 2017
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By:
Edwin O. Fernandez
Marawi City IDPs received food aid from ARMM-HEART. (MJH)
COTABATO CITY – The humanitarian arm of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
(ARMM) on Monday distributed 2,000 food packs to returning internally displaced
persons (IDPs) in Marawi City as the regional continues humanitarian response.
Myrna Jo
Henry, speaking for the ARMM’s Humanitarian Emergency Response Team (HEART),
said the recipients of another batch of food aid had mixed emotions seeing
their homes already beyond recognition as a result of armed hostilities.
It was ARMM
Peoples Day where regional government agencies brought basic services to the
places of origin of IDPs, Henry said of the event headed by ARMM Regional Gov.
Mujiv Hataman, Vice Governor Al Rashid Lucman, ARMM Executive Secretary Laisa Alamia and cabinet members.
She said each
food packs contained 10 kilos of rice, five sardines, five corned beef, malong
and mats for each family-recipient, mostly from Barangays Malutlut and Central
Basak.
The ARMM-HEART
also conducted Mine Risk Education on Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) to the IDPs in
Marawi City.
The former war
zone of government forces and ISIS inspired terrorists have been cleared of war
materials but the training was a safety measure to prevent accidents.
Residents were
told not to touch any unexploded ordnance like mortars, grenades, bombs, even
bullets to ensure safety, Henry said. sand//scontent.fcgy1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t34.0-12/23113378_10212156954133881_1079432207_n.jpg?_nc_eui2=v1%3AAeESFSJOD3K4kEVb266yV9XdAd51odWh0kzlhU5itD4q20kN6-KaBWbZ_wZt6fCLvo33hW0Vzh8gQLONWjvcvVI2Az1Psd7JkpKGVrBF_8WeBgandampoh=3ac0072188926b60c2f7cd00f8026e9dandampoe=59FAC2C3 sand//scontent.fcgy1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t34.0-12/23140283_10212156949453764_1094707286_n.jpg?_nc_eui2=v1%3AAeEj2AIlr4e6wiT_V2NgLzgf5nkcFm4SE-gmO3n7Ir027HUdKvUPpB9KajQ1ka7tJB-DM-U2W608oE9Td9haEAv_J0FnqNs2706FbdcLtAlyogandampoh=571f49802c2e47ff508f32ca245df059andampoe=59F9F5A6