PHILIPPINES: FACTS and FIGURES January - May 2016

PHILIPPINES: FACTS AND FIGURES January - May 2016

In central Mindanao and in the Sulu archipelago, fighting between government security forces and armed opposition groups led to temporary displacement of thousands of civilians. Meanwhile, sporadic hostilities continued between government security forces and the New People’s Army in eastern Mindanao, leading to the protracted displacement of civilians; while pockets of clashes also occurred in parts of southern Luzon and Visayas regions.

“Families who flee from their homes again and again will not have stability in their lives. This remains a constant concern for us, as are the substantial number of people who are wounded by the fighting or by explosions in civilian areas,” said Pascal Porchet, head of the ICRC delegation to the Philippines.

Another humanitarian concern for the ICRC is the alarmingly high national jail congestion rate that is adversely affecting the life and dignity of thousands of people awaiting or undergoing their trials. “Despite the multisectoral efforts we’ve seen to decongest the jails, the impact to the overall jail situation remains limited,” Porchet stressed.

ASSISTING PEOPLE DISPLACED BY CONFLICTS AND VIOLENCE MORE THAN people displaced by armed clashes in North Cotabato and © ICRC/L. dela Cruz Maguindanao maintained their Natural disasters—such as the recent drought—made life difficult for remote communities affected by the internal armed conflict. 16,000 food needs through one-month food rations PROVIDING QUALITY CARE MORE THAN displaced people and residents FOR WEAPON-WOUNDED PEOPLE in Maguindanao had access to 22,000 potable water and sanitation AT LEAST people wounded by weapons facilities in evacuation centers were treated in ICRC-supported health facilities in Mindanao. Forty-two375 of them benefited from ICRC financial displaced people in Tandag, Surigao SOME support while 26 patients benefited from PRC’s del Sur, benefited from food and blood services 2,400 hygiene items people, 57 of them injured by ABOUT people from Bukidnon and Davao del 180 weapons, received physical Norte who fled to the Haran compound in rehabilitation services through the ICRC- Davao improved their living conditions after supported Davao Jubilee Foundation. Six 300 receiving kitchen sets, while approximately amputees benefited from vocational training 1,500 displaced people received potable water through while two minors were supported in their ICRC emergency water installation education

OVER people from displaced families in EMERGENCY ROOMS OF 7 HOSPITALS in Zamboanga City upgraded their Mindanao received regular support consisting employability after attending of medicines and medical materials, while 21 460 vocational trainings hospitals and health services received ad hoc donations to cope with the influx of patients following clashes NEARLY people in conflict-affected areas of Northern Samar improved their agriculture health staff in Basilan and Sulu underwent 3,000 Basic Life Support trainings conducted by productivity after receiving 168 14 rice threshers the ICRC and the Department of Health www.icrc.org/ph Source: BJMP www.facebook.com/ICRCphSource: NDRRMC HELPING COMMUNITIES HIT BY DISASTERS AND CONFLICT, WITH THE PHILIPPINE RED CROSS (PRC) AROUND people affected by drought and living in conflict areas in North Cotabato received food and 27,700 hygiene items

SOME people were given food and vegetable seeds; 13,400 people received unconditional cash grants 41,000 for livelihood; and nearly 3,800 were paid wages through cash for work projects in upland and coastal communities hit by Typhoon Melor (Nona) in southern Luzon and Northern Samar

NEARLY volunteers in 16 PRC chapters in Gustilo © ICRC/V. conflict- and The increasing number of people in pre-trial detention presents a 900 disaster-prone major challenge to ongoing decongestion initiatives by stakeholders, areas were trained in first aid, dissemination, disaster risk including the ICRC. reduction and restoring family links VISITING PEOPLE DETAINED IN RELATION TO THE CONFLICT AND FACILITATING VISITS WORKING WITH AUTHORITIES TO ADDRESS JAIL CONGESTION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES Detainees in 50 facilities were visited by ICRC staff, who monitored their treatment and living conditions, paying OUT OF THE inmates in Manila City Jail followed by the particular attention to the most vulnerable Supreme Court-led Task Force Katarungan at Kalayaan (Justice and Freedom) since detainees were visited by their relatives 550 January 2014, only 147 remained in jail by January 2016 awaiting the conclusion of their trials. This 208 through the ICRC family visit program, with shows that once the Task Force reviews a detainee’s case, it support from the Philippine Red Cross will be disposed of by the court substantially faster than the average period PROMOTING AWARENESS OF NEARLY inmates have undergone tuberculosis AND RESPECT FOR INTERNATIONAL mass screening in the two pilot HUMANITARIAN LAW sites—New Bilibid Prison and Quezon 9,800 City Jail—since the beginning of the AROUND military and police officers year, with 474 cases of TB being notified including 43 and 38 members of the having multi-drug resistant TB Moro National Liberation 860 Front became more familiar with IHL, human rights and/or Living conditions improved for about 500 inmates of humanitarian principles in armed conflict Naga City Jail following renovation / construction projects for the kitchen, water supply system, sanitation facilities and sunning area. The installation of a fuel-efficient rice hull Two police training institutions—the Philippine National gasifier stove improved kitchen conditions and operations Police Academy and the Philippine Public Safety College— through significant reductions in rice wastage and smoke have integrated IHL into their curriculum as part of efforts to emission enhance the knowledge of police officers on this subject

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