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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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Setting up an ICRC water storage bladder for displaced people in Pikit, North Cotabato.

Since the beginning of the crisis on 10 August 2008, the ICRC has provided sanitation and clean water for more than 40,000 people in North Cotabato, Maguindanao and Lanao del Norte. This involved building or protecting 10 shallow wells equipped with hand pumps, installing bladder tanks, repairing a water distribution network in a school, covering the cost of water and electricity, and building latrines.




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