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Page | 1 to infrastructures and livelihoods, there could be an extended period before all residents are able to return. Worsening the situation for displaced people is the issue of food security and nutrition which requires an immediate response. In addition, the education of schoolchildren has been adversely affected and remains a critical concern. The Government continues the Post-Conflict Needs Assessment to better understand the impact of the conflict on the food and nutrition situation of the affected population. WFP is augmenting the data collection process through an Emergency Food Security Assessment (EFSA). The findings of the EFSA indicate that 35 percent of the assessed population is moderately to severely food insecure, while the acute malnutrition rate is at 8.3 percent. A second round of EFSA will be conducted in January 2018. WFP is coordinating closely with the Philippine Government, through the Task Force Bangon Marawi, currently headed by the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC). It is targeting the completion and turnover of 500 temporary shelters by 22 December for the first batch of families living in evacuation centres. WFP relieves short-term hunger and provides the much needed aid that the people of Marawi require during this difficult time through general food distribution to families returning to their homes in Marawi City. WFP Response More than five months after the onset of the emergency, WFP has reached the affected population with emergency food assistance through the provision In Numbers 353,921 people affected, displaced, and in need of food assistance Highlights WFP completed the emergency school feeding operation in October 2017, through the support of the Government of Australia. More than 57,000 students received school meals over a period of four months. WFP has reached 25,700 families through its general food distribution. For the month of December, it plans to reach an additional 4,450 families in eight barangays. WFP is in need of mobilizing US$ 6.5 million in additional financial resources to meet the needs of this operation until 31 May 2018. WFP is aiming to reach 22,000 families with general food distributions and 50,000 school-age children, and engage 8,700 families in asset creation. 15 December 2017 WFP Philippines Marawi Crisis Situation Report #2 People assisted December 2017 52% 48% PRRO 200743 Marawi City WFP General Food Distribution and Emergency School Meals The Marawi City Situation A five-month long conflict between government security forces and Maute, an ISIS-inspired group, resulted in the mass displacement of more than 350,000 persons from Marawi City. The city has now been liberated and government-led rehabilitation plans are underway. However, significant parts of the city have been destroyed, and houses and infrastructure must be completely rebuilt prior to the population’s complete return. As of the first week of December, around 18,800 families were able to return to 19 barangays declared safe from the remnants of the conflict. Due to the extensive damage Main Photo Credit: WFP/Rohaina H. Amer Caption: WFP provides emergency school meals to public and high school students affected by the conflict in Marawi.
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to infrastructures and livelihoods, there could be an
extended period before all residents are able to
return. Worsening the situation for displaced people is
the issue of food security and nutrition which requires
an immediate response. In addition, the education of
schoolchildren has been adversely affected and
remains a critical concern.
The Government continues the Post-Conflict Needs
Assessment to better understand the impact of the
conflict on the food and nutrition situation of the
affected population. WFP is augmenting the data
collection process through an Emergency Food
Security Assessment (EFSA). The findings of the EFSA
indicate that 35 percent of the assessed population is
moderately to severely food insecure, while the acute
malnutrition rate is at 8.3 percent. A second round of
EFSA will be conducted in January 2018.
WFP is coordinating closely with the Philippine
Government, through the Task Force Bangon Marawi,
currently headed by the Housing and Urban
Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC). It is
targeting the completion and turnover of 500
temporary shelters by 22 December for the first batch
of families living in evacuation centres.
WFP relieves short-term hunger and provides the
much needed aid that the people of Marawi require
during this difficult time through general food
distribution to families returning to their homes in
Marawi City.
WFP Response
More than five months after the onset of the
emergency, WFP has reached the affected population
with emergency food assistance through the provision
In Numbers
353,921 people affected, displaced, and in need of food assistance
Highlights
WFP completed the emergency school feeding operation in October 2017, through the support of the Government of Australia. More than 57,000 students received school meals over a period of four months.
WFP has reached 25,700 families through its general food distribution. For the month of December, it plans to reach an additional 4,450 families in eight barangays.
WFP is in need of mobilizing US$ 6.5 million in additional financial resources to meet the needs of this operation until 31 May 2018. WFP is aiming to reach 22,000 families with general food distributions and 50,000 school-age children, and engage 8,700 families in asset creation.
15 December 2017
WFP Philippines Marawi Crisis Situation Report #2
People assisted December 2017
52% 48%
PRRO 200743
Marawi City WFP General Food Distribution and Emergency School Meals
The Marawi City Situation
A five-month long conflict between
government security forces and Maute, an
ISIS-inspired group, resulted in the mass
displacement of more than 350,000 persons
from Marawi City. The city has now been
liberated and government-led rehabilitation
plans are underway. However, significant
parts of the city have been destroyed, and
houses and infrastructure must be
completely rebuilt prior to the population’s
complete return.
As of the first week of December, around
18,800 families were able to return to 19
barangays declared safe from the remnants
of the conflict. Due to the extensive damage
Main Photo
Credit: WFP/Rohaina H. Amer Caption: WFP provides emergency school meals to public and high school students affected by the conflict in Marawi.
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of rice, school meals, and pressed dates in Lanao
del Norte and Lanao del Sur.
ο Around 25,700 families benefited from rice
distributions;
ο More than 57,000 elementary and high school
students were provided with emergency school
meals in more than 170 schools in Lanao del
Norte and Lanao del Sur;
ο More than 24,000 people received pressed
dates during Ramadan.
While the emergency school feeding activity was
completed in October, WFP continues to provide
support through general food distributions to
displaced and returning families in 16 barangays
in Marawi City. It plans to provide food to eight
additional barangays for the month of December.
The United States Agency for International
Development has allotted US$ 2 million for WFP
to continuously support and complement the
ongoing food assistance operations of the
Government of the Philippines, through the Task
Force Bangon Marawi, and the Autonomous
Region of Muslim Mindanao to families returning
to their villages in Marawi.
WFP Philippines is in need of US$ 6.5 million to
fully respond to the request for support received
from the Government of the Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to cover 22,000
displaced families with general food distribution,
8,700 with food and cash-for work, and 50,000
school children from December 2017 to May
2018.
Supply Chain
In support to ARMM-Humanitarian Emergency
Action and Response Team (HEART), dispatches
of rice for Emergency Assistance to Returnees are
are ongoing in WFP’s warehouse in Polloc,
Maguindanao.
Logistics support continues to be provided to
government operations through the Department
of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in
sending food commodities from Manila to Iligan.
Clusters and Common Services
WFP conducted a Gender Mainstreaming
Strategies and Guidelines workshop in partnership
with the Office of Civil Defense.
Food and Non-food Items Cluster
WFP works closely with the Department of Social
Welfare and Development and the local
government of Marawi city in addressing the food
gap in Iligan and Cagayan de Oro and in
enhancing the implementing guidelines for cash
assistance for assets.
Business and Livelihood Cluster
WFP coordinates with five barangays in Marawi
City in the strategic planning for their livelihood
plan. The cluster is also finalizing the details of the
Convergence on Agricultural and Livelihood with
the Department of Agriculture, Department of
Agrarian Reforn, and the Food and Agricultural
Organization of the United Nations.
Contacts
Stephen Gluning
Representative and Country Director
[email protected], +639178419997
www.wfp.org/philippines WFP Philippines Maraw i Crisis Situation Report #2 15 December 2017
Credit: WFP/Rohaina H. Amer (left) Anthony Chase Lim (right) Caption: WFP provides rice to families and emergency school meals to children affected by the Marawi conflict in Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur.
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