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2-10-2008  Photo Collection  
Philippines: helping people cope with displacement and torrential rain
On 10 August 2008, the Philippine armed forces and fighters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front resumed hostilities on the island of Mindanao. The ICRC immediately launched an emergency operation to help those forced to leave their homes by the fighting. So far, over 120,000 have received food, water and basic household items.

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The ICRC registers displaced people in Pikit, North Cotabato.

According to government sources, the largest displacement took place in North Cotabato Province, where over 130,000 people fled their homes just a few days after widespread fighting resumed on 10 August.

In the first two weeks of fighting the ICRC provided one-week food rations for nearly 50,000 displaced people in Cotabato and Sarangani provinces, with the support of the Philippine National Red Cross.




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