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Response Clusters MARAWI SIEGE Situation Report #2 | 1 Situation Report #2 (as of 19 June 2017)

MARAWI SIEGE

Situation Overview

Emergency Observation Report: At around 1400H on 23 May 2017, a fire fight incident transpired between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and members of the and Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iran and Syria (ISIS). The incident has affected all residents of Barangays* Marawi (Sarimanok Road), Basak Malutlut, Bangon, Tuca, Calocan East, Marinaut West, and Kilala of Marawi City. Residents of the city were not allowed to go out from their respective houses for security reasons. Exchange of gunfire in Barangays Tuca, , and northern Marinaut has not stopped and roads leading to the city are being blocked both by government forces and Maute militants. REGIONAL COMMAND AND COORDINATION CENTER (RCCC): in the morning of 27 May 2017, at RED ALERT status, the First Coordination Meeting among the Marawi Siege responders was held at Tomas Cabili Gymnasium, City. In the afternoon of 27 May 2017,the RCCC of ARMM and Region X was set up at the 3rd Floor of Frostie Bites, Iligan City upon national directive to have a centralized reporting and gathering of relevant information as well as efforts in responding to the prevailing situation in Marawi City thru the activation of Inter-Regional Response Clusters. Likewise, the RCCC Logistics Hub was also established on this day in Iligan City. NDRRMC EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (NEOC): on 17 June 2017, the NEOC was set up in Mahogany Hills, Kaplag, Brgy. Pala-o, Iligan City and at 4PM yesterday, held the First NDRRMC Coordination Meeting. To date,  69,296 families or 338,536 persons that have been displaced by the Armed Conflict in Marawi, per accumulated data  83 Evacuation Centers are currently open with 3,747 families or 17,724 persons  60,785 Home-based internally displaced families or 296,972 persons tracked from 7 Regions Consolidated response reports for situational awareness is uploaded at http://dromic.dswd.gov.ph/armed-conflict-in-marawi-city-23-may-2017/

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Response Situation Maps

Crisis Situation Map

Map of IPDs Inside Evacuation Centers

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Map of Home-Based IPDs / Outside Evacuation Centers

NDRRMC Cluster Response

Camp Coordination and Camp Management

Basic Information: Five Evacuation Centers are operational and existing in Iligan City namely: Buru-un School of Fisheries, Buru-un Gym, Tibanga Gym, Bayanihan Gym, and Ma. Cristina Gym. In , the number of IDP families totaled to 2,583; three families of which are staying in the lone evacuation Center in Indahag, de Oro City. In , the number of IDP families totaled to 343 families or 1, 703 individuals who are all home-based or staying with their relatives in the municipalities of Kalilangan, Valencia, , and . The total number of IDPs served in the Region have remained at 24,534 families. There are currently 38 evacuation centers housing 2,441 families. The number of home-based families totaled to 22,093. For Iligan City alone, the number of IDP families remains at 9,248. There are 815 families sheltered in evacuation centers, while the number of home-based families has remained at 8,433.

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Needs: Evacuation camp needs trash cans, dust pans and brooms in Baloi Gymnasium, Baloi, del Norte; Madrasah Landa, Baloi; Ba-abu Janna Torril Pacalundo Evacuation Center, Baloi; and Buruun Gymnasium Evacuation Center, Iligan City IDPs need firewood fuel for cooking in Madrasah Landa, Baloi; Ba-abu Janna Torril Pacalundo Evacuation Center, Baloi; Buruun Gymnasium, Iligan City No conjugal room in Baloi Gymnasium, Baloi, ; Buruun Gymnasium, Iligan City; Madrasah Campong, Pantar, Lanao del Norte; Sta. Elena Gymansium, all evacuation centers in Pantao Ragat, Lanao del Norte. Additional Portalets needed in National School of Fisheries in Buruun, Iligan City; Madrasah Markasi, Baloi, LDN; Ba-abu Janna Torril Pacalundo Evacuation Center (no toilets available inside the EC), Baloi, Lanao del Norte; Child-friendly spaces in the evacuation centers need toys and other child-related activity support tools Evacuation centers in Lanao del Norte towns need women-friendly space. Every evacuation center needs control of the in and out of the IDPs. Every evacuation center needs guards/gate personnel to log in and out of the visitors of the camps Number of IDPs in Northern continue to increase which means an increase of demand of food and non-food items. Revalidation of IDPs inside evacuation centers and home-based shows duplication of Family Access Cards of IDPs in Baloi, Pantar, and Pantao Ragat. Pantar and Pantao Ragat MSWDO needs augmentation of manpower for the profiling of validated IDPs and retrieval of Family Access Card for payroll preparation. Senior citizens and persons with disabilities inside the evacuation camps request for the issuance of identification cards from the LGU of Iligan City. Availability of knowledgeable / trained Camp Management Team Decongestion of overly crowded ECs Utilization of DAFAC especially in ECs outside Iligan City for clearer data management and relief distribution Inadequate WASH facilities to maintain hygiene and sanitation Proper garbage disposal / waste management Need for Women and Children-Friendly Spaces (WFS / CFS)

Responses:

DSWD Field Office 10 and 12 and DSWD ARMM distributed hygiene kits to all evacuation centers while malong is distributed to both IDPs inside evacuation camps and home-based in Iligan City and Lanao del Norte. DSWD ARMM’s Ramadan Pack has already arrived and ready for distribution Camp Manager established a conjugal room inside Maria Christina EC in Iligan City; while in Sta. Elena Gymnasium, UN and AFP put up two tents for prayer room, separating males from females. UN, AFP, and Philippine National Red Cross established child and women-friendly spaces inside ECs that have adequate space; while ECs with limited space set these W/CFS outside the camps. DOH, World Vision, CFSI, faith-based organizations and other local / international humanitarian organizations conducted psycho-social activities for children and women inside these W/CFS. Camp Managers and CSWD workers conducted revalidation of IDPs inside the ECs and

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home-based IDPs in Iligan City. LGU of Pantao Ragat called for a meeting to all LGU employees to help MSWDO and DSWD workers encode the names of IDPs and retrieve the Family Access Card for pay-out preparation. Camp Management in National School of Fisheries in Buru-un, Iligan City set up security measures for the safety of its IDPs and guests. Profiling and age segregation of IDPs is on-going inside evacuation centers. Philippine National Red Cross, UN and other humanitarian groups provided potable water supply to ECs in Iligan City, Balo-i, Pantar and Pantao Ragat, Lanao del Norte. DOH and other humanitarian organizations put up portalets in National School of Fisheries, Buruun Gymnasium, Bayanihan Gymnasium in Sta. Elena and Baloi Gymnasium. DSWD FO has 15 Staff ready for QRT augmentation; awaiting schedule for deployment

Gaps & Constraints: Prayer rooms in evacuation centers near masjid and church are not set up because IDPs will just walk to the masjid for Muslim IDPs while Non-Muslims to the church, respectively during worship period. Overcrowding in Baloi, : requiring extension tents and setting up of augmentation tents near ECs Need for secure, accessible and available vacant lots to set up family tents

IDP Protection

Needs: Need for Women and Children-Friendly Spaces (WFS / CFS) Security / visibility of law and order in the ECs, especially during relief distribution and in the evening Grievance mechanisms to address IDPs’ complaints, issues and concerns Psycho-social support / stress-debriefing activities

Responses: At Baloi Gymnasium: identification of families for the 7 tents to be use as rooms for evacuees and setting up of tents for WFS and CFS Along with CCCM, DSWD Ugop Marawi IDP Protection Team provided services such as the conduct of art activity for the children of Campong Evacuation Center (EC), and coordination meetings with the MSWDOs on the status of the IDPs, and setting up an Information Board at the ECs. Conducted getting-to-know activities with the evacuation center (EC) team leaders to identify the protection needs and issues of IDPs, and provided stress debriefing services to solo parents at the Mahad Abdel Azis Evacuation Center in the Municipality of Balo-i. Assisted in setting up Women and Children-Friendly Spaces at the Madrasa Campong Evacuation Center (EC) and held an initial meeting with the women of the EC.

Gaps & Constraints: Not enough space to put up WFS and CFS

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Food and Non-Food Items

Needs: DSWD Field Office 10 can pack 2,000 family food packs a day. Thus, it needs augmentation from nearby field offices and central office to meet the food consumption need of the IDPs. Supply of hygiene needs for IDPs needs to be augmented. Trapal, Kitchen utensils, dignity kits, medicines, and medical check-up are needed in Abdul Hamid Evacuation Centers; Momongan Learning Center Evacuation Center; Madrasah Markasi, all in Baloi, Lanao del Norte Updated FNI Response Gaps Monitoring to properly address issues and complaints of IDPs still unserved until now, despite continuous augmentation of FFPs Immediate availability of logistical support for delivery of FNIs Security of responders: while goods are in transit, and in the ground during actual distribution Utilization of the DAFAC especially in those ECs and for House-based IDPs who have no profile yet to ensure proper and clear FNI distribution plan.

Responses: DSWD Field Offices 9, Caraga, 11, and 12 and DSWD ARMM pooled resources to meet the demands of the IDPs through augmenting supplies of family food packs and non-food items. DSWD Central Office sent immediately loads of family foods packs through the Philippine Coast Guard vessels to augment the needs of DSWD Field Office 10, DSWD Field Office 12, and DSWD ARMM. LGUs in facilitates the hauling of relief goods from the hub to their respective localities. DSWD Field Office opened additional hubs to cater to the immediate needs of the IDPs: Linamon Hub, Baloi Hub, and Tubod hub First come-first out is observed in distributing goods, except for perishable ones. PHP 74,330,794.00 worth of food and non-food items have been provided by the DSWD to its responding Field Offices PHP 105,840,374.00 fund augmentation was provided by DSWD to its responding Field Offices and Response Centers Provision of TA and ongoing updating of the FNI Response Gaps Monitoring with FOs X, XII and ARMM Continuous coordination with Logistics Cluster for prompt response to the logistical needs in the delivery of FNIs Continuous coordination with Law and Order Cluster for the provision of needed security Ongoing profiling of IDPs using the DAFAC especially in those ECs and for House-based IDPs who have no profile yet to ensure proper and clear FNI distribution plan.

Gaps & Constraints: Proper handling and storage of relief goods shall be observed to avoid spoilage and damage. Tracking and inventory of supplies shall be observed daily to monitor the in-and-out of supply. Spoiled and damaged goods, if there are, shall be retrieved/separated/replaced from the storage before the distribution to the LGUs/IDPs. School supplies and school uniform needed in all children inside evacuation centers as classes have started for the DepEd run schools while Madrasah school will open after Ramadan Evacuation center needs cleaning materials for the comfort rooms in Iligan City, Baloi, Pantao Ragat, and Pantar, all of Lanao del Norte

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Inadequate logistical support in the delivery of FNIs, especially in critical areas Piecemeal information and sudden requests needing immediate reponse that affects timely and proper coordination: logistical needs have to be coordinated earlier if we want to ensure on-time delivery of services Resistance of several IDPs to submit to interviews for DAFAC registration Weak coordination among responding agencies: GOs, NGOs / CSOs, INGOs Weather condition

Health

Needs: Public Health / Medical  Health profiling (Assessment of health status)  Identification of vulnerable population (children, pregnant and lactating mothers, elderly, PWD)  Identification of Immunization Rate, pre-existing health conditions

Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)  Identification of water source  Availability of potable water  Availability of water containers and water disinfectants  Availability of toilets, handwashing, bathing facilities  Availability of septic tank or waste disposal site/services  Adequate hygiene kits

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS)  Vehicle for transportation of MHPSS facilitators / counsellors  Availability of MHPSS trained personnel

Nutrition  Nutrition Profiles of children under 5 years old, pregnant and lactating mothers, PWD and elderly  Breastfeeding mothers  Assessment of food items (i.e. near expiry/expired, formula milk)

Responses:

Public Health / Medical  APMC open for admission  Refresher crash course for SPEED reporting to IPHO, NDP, and ARMM  Logistics support enhanced

WASH  Start to sanitize EC in Iligan City using disinfectants  Enhance logistics support for operation

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MHPSS  Continues Conduct of Psychological First Aid, Psychological Processing and Stress Management to IDPs and responders

Nutrition  Nutritional Assessment Done  Provided Micronutrient Supplementation and Feeding to vulnerable groups  Provided breastfeeding and lactation counselling  Monitoring of the practice of “No Milk Formula Donation” in ECs

Logistics Support  A total of 47 Million worth of logistics was augmented from national down to LGU’s and Evacuation  A total of 10 composite teams were mobilized

Gaps & Constraints: Safety and security of responders Mobilization needs including vehicles, fuel, escort

Logistics

Needs: Water Purification/Filtration System Food & Non-Food Medicines / Medical Supplies School Supplies 500 KVA Generator Set for Amai Pakpak Hospital

Responses: Facilitated the request for transport of the following humanitarian assistance via PN LD 602. ETA Iligan : 5:AM, 20 June 2017 a. Food & Non-Food . 3,000 Family Food Packs from DSWD. . 649 pcs relief food packs and 761 bottles of mineral water from Gen. Artemio Ricarte Lodge 322 – b. 41 boxes of assorted school supplies from DepEd Coordinated with CDRRMO Iligan for the provision of 2 trucks to transport DSWD relief goods from Iligan City to Saguiran. Ongoing loading of relief goods at the DSWD Warehouse. Coordinated with DPWH Central Office for the provision of dump trucks to transport humanitarian assistance. Coordinated with the Department of Energy (DOE) for the provision of 500kva generator set to Amai Pakpak Hospital. Facilitated the request of Alagang Kapatid Foundation for the transport of food and non-food items to . Coordinated with N3, Philippine Navy for the provision of available PN vessel to transport relief goods.

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Coordinated with the Law and Order Cluster for the provision of security assistance during transport and distribution of relief goods. Coordinated with DOH re additional medical supplies for transport.

Gaps & Constraints: Limited transportation assets to transport relief goods. Security issues in the transport of humanitarian assistance.

Emergency Telecommunications

Needs: Provision of back-up communications at the EOC / ICP Monitoring of social media Data access for those who are on offsite deployment in Pantar, Pantao Ragat, and Baloi which requires real-time status reporting A real-time audio communication to enable responders moving within Iligan City to communicate efficiently

Responses: Coordinated with REACT Philippines – Iligan Chapter for the provision of radio communications. REACT will check-in at EOC / ICP on 20 June 2017. Coordinated with SMART for the provision of additional internet bandwith at the EOC / ICP Established a UHF two-way radio repeater that could cover the majority area of iligan City and all the DSWD OPCEN and warehouse

Gaps & Constraints: The ECs are too distant from each other and separated by mountainous range. A complex and secured area is a must to enable linking most of the sites via two-way radio setup.

Search, Rescue and Retrieval

Needs: Civilians trapped in the conflict areas mostly decided to stay (caretakers) Some were held hostage by the Maute-ISIS group and some did not have the opportunity to evacuate

Responses: Assulting troops were provided with surgical bomb guns, targetting only hostile elements (Maute-ISIS). The targets are carefully identified to avoid probable collateral damages. As of 18 June 2017, 1800H, the number of civilians rescued by the military is 1,637; 1 additional rescued yesterday.

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Gaps & Constraints: The Maute-ISIS group still remain in the conflict area using sniper fires, machine guns, RPGs, IEDs, Molotov bombs. This makes it difficult and dangerous for the assaulting government troops. But this will just slow down our courageous troops.

Special Report from Marawi City Majul Gandarma MARAWI, We will rise again! A humanitarian response plan of the LGU of Marawi City

(excerpts from the presentation of Mayor Gandarma)

Mayor Gandarma presented Marawi City’s humanitarian response plan as he gratefully gave his sincerest appreciation for all the sacrifices and support extended to their IDPs. His presentation accordingly is not just a mere or usual plan of an LGU as it embodies his peoples’ aspirations for stability and return; and that they humbly admit that, given the magnitude of the damages inflicted into their place, they will definitely need each one’s continuing support to journey with them to let Marawi rise again, better and stronger.

He gave a brief profile of Marawi City: first, while it is a city, huge part of its land is rural; second, it is the economic hub and center of civilization in Lanao being the host of schools and offices and hospitals. This will explain the issue why, even if the population of Marawi City is around 210,000 the IDP figures go beyond that: not only because of the displaced populations from affected nearby municipalities but also because, even prior to the crisis, there are already transient Maranaws from who may be studying, working or engaging in business in Marawi City. And third, both Marawi and the whole province is prone to high prevalence of poverty. He also shared a brief background of what happened in Marawi City: On May 23, a clash between the armed groups and the military erupted causing the now ongoing crisis in Marawi and the declaration of the in Mindanao On May 24, massive evacuation to Iligan, CDO and nearby municipalities in LDN and LDS On May 25, activated the Marawi LGU OpCen center for the coordination of information and any possible humanitarian response to the people affected by As early as on the 3rd day of the emergency, they have already commenced the services provided to our IDPs, starting with the medical services and relief assistance. To date, we have already served relief and health needs.

This crisis in Marawi resulted to:  Displacement of at least 90% of the people of Marawi, and other constituents of Lanao del Sur who are residing in Marawi. Expectedly, there will be a likelihood of death, trauma and other humanitarian impact of displacement  An initial estimate of severe damages to properties, agriculture, livelihoods  Apart from the economic gains of traders and employees, Marawi farmers have missed both the harvest season and will potentially miss the planting season  The crisis will also cause irreparable damage to our children and youth with the lost time, and other factors including trauma  The damages to health, brought about by the chemicals in the bombs, including the dead bodies that were not immediately retrieved  Most importantly, the impact to social relationships especially of people from different faiths and how the crisis can potentially create divide, and the renewed mistrust…

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While everything could still be uncertain, they are already positioning themselves to prepare for what is the best case scenario or the suffering of our people will be prolonged. They will have 2 phases of responses: First, the Emergency to Early Recovery Plan (6 months) Second, Comprehensive Rehabilitation and Recovery (3 years)

Under the EMERGENCY STAGE, this constitutes – 1. RELIEF: continuous distribution of relief goods both basic food and non-food needs 2. SHELTER: coordination with host cities and municipalities with evacuation centers to extend the duration of accommodating the evacuees in their centers while Marawi LGU is preparing for the establishment of the proposed tent city 3. HEALTH: continuous health services like medical consultation, provision of essential medicines, sanitation and hygiene  on-going coordination with DOH to cater severe cases that need hospital admission  giving of referrals through the CSWD Marawi to hospitals for IDPs patients 4. EDUCATION: coordination with the DepEd for schools in host cities and municipalities to accommodate student IDPs without tedious requirements 5. PROTECTION: creation of the Complaints and Feedback desk / hotlines and providing legal assistance through the legal team of the LGU in coordination with the IBP-Lanao del Sur like reported issues on losses and damages, lack and loss of identification cards and important documents of IDPs.

As illustrated in his powerpoint presentation, while they continue to provide emergency response, they will need to position already to start implementing the early recovery initiatives as well as the necessary preparation for the rehabilitation and recovery. He emphasized that one of the unique features of their rehabilitation plan is the Prevention and Mitigation, which is social in nature including peace-building efforts and support to our disadvantaged children and youth, considering the nature of our experience with the armed groups that caused the crisis in Marawi City.

Needs:

Some of the initially identified needs include the following: While this is already ongoing, a continuing dialogue and efforts to coordinate support and

Philippines MARAWI SIEGE Situation Report #2 | 12 improve processes has to be ensured. This will not only fast track the services to the IDPs but will also result to an efficient and hassle-free response with utmost consideration to protection and culture sensitivities. To be able to identify and provide the IDPs’ needs including food and non-food support, WASH, and health services, education, shelter, health and environment, social dimensions (e.g. protection, peace), economic recovery, livelihood, security and the rule of law, as they transition from Emergency to Early Recovery Phase. This will include: – Coordinated systems and information – Documentation and Validation of IDPs – Protocols on ration size and packaging – Monitoring & Documentation of support In details, following are their identified needs:  FOOD. Depending on the actual duration of the incident, they will need at least a four months food assistance, especially for the farmers, because if they return, nothing is there yet to begin a life  WASH and HEALTH. They need to continue addressing the need for health-related concerns including WASH, psycho-social activities to address risks for other problems like deaths due to diarrhea, and etc.  Apart from the restoration of the basic services, they also need to put in place o Security and the rule of law - for instance, they have activated their Task Force LEGAL which will provide assistance to legal matters. o Health and Environment including – including the need to sanitize the city due to many factors including a prolonged exposure of dead bodies o Social Dimension o Phased and strategic re-establishment of economic activities

Finally, URGENT ACTIONS are NEEDED along the following areas:  Establishment of transition shelter  Continuing dialogue for public-private partnerships to identify GAPS  Pre-Urban Planning, with special consideration to the current context and effects of the crisis, especially to children  Inter-agency and Multi-dimensional Assessment  Development and Implementation of a 3-year Rehabilitation & Recovery Plan  After Action Review: Lessons Learned

Education

Needs: (no report) Responses Undertaken: Gaps & Constraints / Priorities:

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Law and Order

Needs: (no report) Responses Undertaken: Gaps & Constraints / Priorities:

Management of the Dead and Missing

Needs: (no report) Responses Undertaken: Gaps & Constraints / Priorities:

General Coordination

Coordination meetings continue daily at the NDRRMC Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) at at Mahogany Hills, Kaplag, Brgy. Pala-o, Iligan City. This EOC offers essential services to humanitarian partners, such as internet and work stations.

Reiterating the agreement during the First Meeting on the Activation of the NDRRMC Response Cluster (RC) at Iligan City on 17 June 2017: 1) Each Cluster should have a representative at the NEOC on a daily basis from 8AM to 6PM – in consideration of the set curfew hours of Iligan City – to facilitate needed coordination. 2) The Response Cluster shall meet daily at 1600H (4PM) here at the NEOC for updating and coordination 3) Response Cluster Reports by each RC Member have to be sent not later than 3PM to [email protected] for consolidation into the NDRRMC Disaster Response Pillar Situation Report, and shall be reported by each Cluster Member during the daily meeting.