This woman has had to flee the fighting and is now living in a school in the village of Samburon, Lanao del Norte.

The resurgence of violence in Mindanao has added to the plight of hundreds of thousands of Filipinos, some of whose homes were recently devastated by typhoons. The protracted conflict has plunged most parts of the island into poverty.

The ICRC, the World Food Programme and the Philippine authorities have been supplying and distributing food. At the same time, it is important not to destroy existing coping mechanisms with a massive influx of food, which could cause local markets to collapse.