IDP ASSESSMENT REPORT: DAY 12 Armed Conflict in Central Mindanao – AFP vs BIFF

Date : 17-Aug-2012

1. OBJECTIVE To report the situation of ongoing displacement caused by armed conflict in Central Mindanao

2. AFFECTED AREAS Province: Municipalities of Ampatuan, Datu Saudi Ampatuan, , Datu Hoffer, , , North Cotabato Province: Municipality of Pikit

3. CURRENT SITUATION Situation - The situation in Maguindanao remains volatile. - Protection Cluster is concerned over the report that unidentified armed men have infiltrated some EC in Maguindanao province. - Protection Cluster is also concerned over the report that “military agent” distributes flyers with pictures of wanted BIFF personnel. - Roads between Cotabato and Davao and Cotabato and General Santos are open. Evening curfew is imposed from 5PM to 6AM. Checkpoints are present at strategic points. - Joint assessment of Mindanao Humanitarian Team was pursued today. Forced Displacement - 20 barangays from 7 municipalities of Maguindanao province and 2 barangays from 1 municipality of North Cotabato province were affected. - It is reported that 8,967 families (45,526 persons) have been displaced: 4,119 families (20,521 persons) are house-based and 4,848 families (24,005 persons) in 23 evacuation centers. Return - It is reported that at least 1,408 families (6,986 persons) have returned to date. - 6 ECs in Pikit municipality were closed to date: Poblacion Training Center, Batulawan Brgy. Hall, NFA Warehouse, MIFPC, Annex I Ayuna Compound, and Annex II Matalam Compound. - 2 ECs in Shariff Aguak municipality were closed on 13 August: NFA Warehouse and Day Care Center.

4. REPORTED BACKGROUND 17 August: Incidents - Firefight between the AFP and alleged BIFF militants occurred in Brgy. Meta, Datu Unsay municipality Displacement - No displacement reported. 16 August: Incidents - An AFP detachment in Brgy. Bagan, Guindulungan municipality was attacked by alleged BIFF militants. One civilian was injured. Displacement - No displacement reported. 15 August: Incidents - No incident reported. Displacement - No displacement reported. 14 August: Incidents - AFP seized a camp and two out posts of BIFF in the mountains of Datu Unsay municipality. Displacement - 112 Teduray families (560 persons) have been displaced; 37 families in Sitio Fute, 35 families in Sitio Mari, 40 families in Sitio Meringen in Brgy. Ahan, Guindulungan municipality. 13 August: Incidents - Host communities threw stones at IDPs in Ampatuan National High School EC. Displacement - No displacement reported. 12 August: Incidents - Two army detachments in Brgy. Magaslong, Datu Piang municipality were burned by unidentified men. Two civilians were wounded. - Mortar shelling against alleged BIFF elements in Brgy. Tuayan, Datu Hoffer municipality Displacement - Around 6 families (30 persons) were displaced from Sitio Tangguapo, Brgy. Damabalas to Brgy. Poblacion, Datu Piang municipality. - Around 50 families (250 persons) from Brgy. Pinditen, municipality evacuated to Sitio Tangguapo, Brgy. Damabalas, Datu Piang municipality. All IDPs have returned. 11 August: Incidents - Police outpost securing the national highway in Brgy. Maitumaig, Datu Unsay municipality was attacked. Displacement - 839 families (4,195 persons) have been displaced. All are located in 2 evacuation centers. 10 August: Incidents - Sporadic clashes reported in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Datu Unsay, Shariff Aguak, and Ampatuan municipalities. - The national highway between Cotabato and General Santos City has reopened with deployment of 100 Philippine National Police Special Armed Forces. - A bomb exploded in M’lang municipality. - Another bomb exploded along national highway in Kabacan municipalicty, North Cotabato province. - An explosion was reported in Brgy. Awang, . Displacement - No displacement reported. 09 August: Incidents - Core shelter project of the DSWD/PAMANA was torched by alleged BIFF elements in Brgy. Iganagampong, Datu Unsay municipality - An airstrike allegedly by the military burned down a house in Datu Saudi Ampatuan municipality. Safety of the occupants is not confirmed.

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IDP ASSESSMENT REPORT: DAY 12 Armed Conflict in Central Mindanao – AFP vs BIFF - Two motorists attacked an evacuation center in Brgy. Labu-Labu, Shariff Aguak municipality and a local official was killed. The motive is not known. The incident took place during the medical mission of Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO)-Maguindanao. - An IED exploded and damaged an electric post in municipality. Displacement - No displacement reported. 08 August: Incidents - A bomb exploded in Brgy. Kamasi, Ampatuan municipality when AFP was travelling from Datu Saudi Ampatuan municipality to Isulan municipality, Sultan Kudarat province - The AFP command post and detachment in Brgys. Upper Salbu and Lower Salbu in Datu Saudi Ampatuan municipality respectively were repeatedly attacked by BIFF. Two sets of intense firefight occurred. - Increase in number of troops at Guindulungan municipality was observed. - Sniper fires were reported along the highway between Brgy. Tambunan, Guindulungan municipality and Brgy. Crossing Salbu, Datu Saudi Ampatuan municipality. Displacement - 3,565 families (17,601 persons) have been displaced: 2,047 families (10,161 persons) are house-based and 1,518 families (7,440 persons) in 9 evacuation centers. 07 August: Incidents - The BIFF attacked four AFP detachments in three municipalities: Datu Unsay, Ampatuan and President Quirino. - Fighting occurred in Brgy. Lower Salbu Rotonda, Datu Saudi Ampatuan municipality. - BIFF militant were sighted in and municipalities. - An IED exploded along highway between Pikit and Pagalungan municipalities. PNP advised not to travel after dark. - AFP dropped mortars against BIFF militants in Brgy. Dalingaoen, Pikit municipality and Brgy. Labu-Labu, Shariff Aguak municipality. - A bomb exploded in the Municipal Hall in Brgy. Satan, Shariff Aguak municipality - Fighting occurred in in Brgy. Dalingaoen, Pikit municipality and Brgy. Kapimpilan, Midsayap municipality after dark.

Displacement - Around 300 families were reportedly stranded in Sitio Hill 224 in Brgy. Maitumaig, Datu Saudi Ampatuan municipality. There is no access to the area due to insecurity. - 2,946 families (14,647persons) have been displaced: 862 families (4,310 persons) are house-based and 2,084 families (10,337 persons) in 12 evacuation centers. 06 August: Incidents - Fighting occurred in Brgy. Crossing Salbu, Datu Saudi Ampatuan municipality. - Fighting occurred in Brgys Kamasi, Kauran and Saniag, Ampatuan municipality. - The PNP ARMM reported that 11 municipalities in the Maguindanao province have been affected by power outages due to sabotaged powerlines. Displacement - Some families in Brgys Dalingaoen and Takipan of Pikit municipality had pre-emptively evacuated due to presence of armed groups. - 22 houses were burned: 13 in Brgy. Meta, 2 in Brgy. Iganagampong, Datu Unsay municipality and 7 in Brgy. Maitumaig, Datu Saudi Ampatuan municipality - 2,857 families (14,229 persons) have been displaced: 1,308 families (6,540 persons) are house-based and 1,549 families (7,689 persons) in 9 evacuation centers. 05 August: - Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) conducted simultaneous attacks against eight Armed Forces of the (AFP) detachments in four municipalities: Shariff Aguak; Datu Saudi Ampatuan; Guindulungan; and Datu Unsay. The attack was conducted allegedly as the BIFF did not get result on the case of the BIFF members' killing on 20 June. The incidents resulted in massive displacement.

5. PERSONS OF CONCERN (Highlighted in Green are data from DSWD-ARMM as of 14 August ) No. of No. of +/ Location (Origin) Location (Current) +/- Families Persons - Province Municipality Sitio Province Municipality Barangay Sitio Exact Location Displacement Date: 14 August 2012 35 175 Maguindanao Guindulungan Ahan Mari Maguindanao Guindulungan Ahan Fute Meringe 40 200 Maguindanao Guindulungan Ahan Maguindanao Guindulungan Ahan Fute n 37 185 Maguindanao Guindulungan Ahan Fute Maguindanao Guindulungan Ahan Fute Displacement Date: 12 August 2012 Tanggua 6 30 Maguindanao Datu Piang Damabalas Maguindanao Datu Piang Poblacion Tents po 50 250 Maguindanao Datu Salibo Pinditen Maguindanao Datu Piang Damabalas House- Based Displacement Date: 11 August 2012 Upper & Lower 377 1885 Maguindanao Datu Unsay Maguindanao Shariff Aguak Elementary School Meta Upper & Lower 462 2310 Maguindanao Datu Unsay Maguindanao Shariff Aguak MAHAD Meta Displacement Date: 08 August 2012 71 355 Maguindanao Ampatuan Salman Amolan Maguindanao Ampatuan Poblacion House-Based 50 185 Maguindanao Ampatuan Saniag Maguindanao Ampatuan Salman House-Based 20 64 Maguindanao Ampatuan Saniag Maguindanao Ampatuan Salman Binibiran Bodega 23 115 Maguindanao Ampatuan Saniag Baug Maguindanao Ampatuan Poblacion House-Based Datu Abdullah Datu Abdullah 439 2195 Maguindanao Taliwasa Maguindanao Taliwasa Brgy. Hall Sangki Sangki Datu Abdullah 420 2100 Maguindanao Taliwasa Maguindanao Sultan Kudarat Esperansa House-Based Sangki 102 510 Maguindanao Datu Hoffer Taib Maguindanao Shariff Aguak Poblacion Madrasah Side 145 725 Maguindanao Datu Hoffer Kubentong Maguindanao Shariff Aguak Poblacion Madrasah Side 25 125 Maguindanao Maguindanao Datu Hoffer Limpongo Elementary School 153 765 Maguindanao Maguindanao Datu Hoffer Datu Aliman ES 120 600 Maguindanao Maguindanao Datu Hoffer Tuayan 136 680 Maguindanao Datu Unsay Iganagampong Maguindanao Shariff Aguak Poblacion Bodega 192 960 Maguindanao Datu Unsay Iganagampong Maguindanao Shariff Aguak Satan Sitio Bako DCC 98 490 Maguindanao Datu Unsay Meta Maguindanao Shariff Aguak Poblacion 1345 6725 Maguindanao Shariff Aguak Lower Satan Maguindanao Shariff Aguak Upper Satan House-Based Dalingaoen & 40 191 North Cotabato Pikit North Cotabato Pikit Balatikan House-Based Takipan Dalingaoen & 18 90 North Cotabato Pikit North Cotabato Pikit Batulawan Brgy. Hall Takipan Dalingaoen & 98 490 North Cotabato Pikit North Cotabato Pikit Batulawan House-Based Takipan Displacement Date: 07 August 2012

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IDP ASSESSMENT REPORT: DAY 12 Armed Conflict in Central Mindanao – AFP vs BIFF Ampatuan National 70 236 Maguindanao Ampatuan Kauran Maguindanao Ampatuan Poblacion High School 179 493 Maguindanao Ampatuan Saniag Maguindanao Ampatuan Kauran Trading Center Maitumaig, Datu Saudi Datu Saudi 298 1490 Maguindanao Lower Kabengi, Maguindanao Crossing Salbu Municipal Gym Ampatuan Ampatuan & Iganagampong Maitumaig, Datu Saudi Datu Saudi 180 900 Maguindanao Lower Kabengi, Quary Maguindanao Salbu Madrasah Ampatuan Ampatuan & Iganagampong Maitumaig, Datu Saudi Datu Saudi D. Pendililang Piang 156 780 Maguindanao Lower Kabengi, Maguindanao D. Pendililang Ampatuan Ampatuan Elementary School Iganagampong Maitumaig, Datu Saudi Datu Saudi Temporary Learning 159 795 Maguindanao Lower Kabengi, Maguindanao Salbu Ampatuan Ampatuan Center & Iganagampong Maitumaig, Datu Saudi Datu Saudi 140 700 Maguindanao Lower Kabengi, Maguindanao Upper Salbu House-Based Ampatuan Ampatuan & Iganagampong Maitumaig, Datu Saudi Datu Saudi 102 510 Maguindanao Lower Kabengi, Maguindanao Kabengi House-Based Ampatuan Ampatuan & Iganagampong Maitumaig, Datu Saudi Datu Saudi 30 150 Maguindanao Lower Kabengi, Maguindanao Elian House-Based Ampatuan Ampatuan & Iganagampong Manigng 75 375 Maguindanao Guindulungan Ahan Maguindanao Talayan Tamar MPC ASFP en 55 275 Maguindanao Guindulungan Ahan Utan Maguindanao Talayan Tamar MPC ASFP 70 350 Maguindanao Guindulungan Ahan Balis Maguindanao Talayan Tamar MPC ASFP 75 375 Maguindanao Guindulungan Ahan Mari Maguindanao Talayan Tamar MPC ASFP 55 275 Maguindanao Guindulungan Bagan Kaliman Maguindanao Guindulungan Proper Bagan House-Based 35 175 Maguindanao Guindulungan Bagan Lower Maguindanao Guindulungan Proper Bagan House-Based 47 235 Maguindanao Guindulungan Bagan Haron Maguindanao Guindulungan Proper Bagan House-Based Salumpi 42 210 Maguindanao Guindulungan Bagan Maguindanao Guindulungan Proper Bagan House-Based ng 50 250 Maguindanao Guindulungan Bagan Laya Maguindanao Guindulungan Proper Bagan House-Based 41 205 Maguindanao Guindulungan Bagan Sawmill Maguindanao Guindulungan Proper Bagan House-Based 150 750 Maguindanao Guindulungan Kateman Maguindanao Guindulungan Miti 320 1600 Maguindanao Guindulungan Kateman Maguindanao Guindulungan Kateman House-based Dalingaoen & 8 40 North Cotabato Pikit North Cotabato Pikit Batulawan NFA Warehouse Takipan Dalingaoen & Poblacion Training 110 550 North Cotabato Pikit North Cotabato Pikit Poblacion Takipan Center Dalingaoen & 287 1772 North Cotabato Pikit North Cotabato Pikit Batulawan CSFT Takipan Dalingaoen & 10 54 North Cotabato Pikit North Cotabato Pikit Batulawan MIFPC Takipan Dalingaoen & Annex II Matalam 21 83 North Cotabato Pikit North Cotabato Pikit Poblacion Takipan Compound Dalingaoen & Annex I Ayunan 66 330 North Cotabato Pikit North Cotabato Pikit Dalingaoen Takipan Compound 37 185 North Cotabato Tulunan Popoyon North Cotabato Tulunan Poblacion Displacement Date: 06 August 2012 200 1000 Maguindanao Ampatuan Upper Malating Maguindanao Ampatuan Salman Brgy. Hall 444 2220 Maguindanao Ampatuan Upper Malating Maguindanao Ampatuan Salman House-Based 143 659 Maguindanao Ampatuan Upper Salman Talpok Maguindanao Ampatuan Salman Madrasah 100 500 Maguindanao Datu Unsay Iganagampong Maguindanao Shariff Aguak Satan Brgy. Hall 79 395 Maguindanao Datu Unsay Iganagampong Maguindanao Shariff Aguak Poblacion DCC 45 225 Maguindanao Datu Unsay Iganagampong Maguindanao Shariff Aguak Satan House-Based 182 910 Maguindanao Datu Unsay Iganagampong Maguindanao Datu Unsay Iganagampong House-Based Datu Saudi 152 760 Maguindanao Datu Unsay Iganagampong Maguindanao Kitango House-Based Ampatuan Datu Saudi 108 540 Maguindanao Datu Unsay Iganagampong Maguindanao Dapiawan House-Based Ampatuan 99 495 Maguindanao Datu Unsay Meta Maguindanao Shariff Aguak Poblacion House-Based 20 100 Maguindanao Datu Unsay Meta Maguindanao Shariff Aguak Market Site House-Based 300 1500 Maguindanao Datu Unsay Meta Maguindanao Shariff Aguak Satan Mosque Compound 79 395 Maguindanao Shariff Aguak Labu-Labu Maguindanao Shariff Aguak Mother Poblacion House-Based Mother 179 895 Maguindanao Shariff Aguak Malinis Maguindanao Shariff Aguak Poblacion House-Based Poblacion 300 1500 Maguindanao Shariff Aguak Satan Bako Maguindanao Shariff Aguak Poblacion DCC 280 1400 Maguindanao Maguindanao Shariff Aguak 97 485 Maguindanao Maguindanao Shariff Aguak Labu-Labu Elementary School 50 250 Maguindanao Maguindanao Ampatuan Salman Madrasah Tul Farhaq

6. DURABLE SOLUTIONS Location (Displaced) Location (Current) Type No. of No. of Local Families +/- Persons +/- Province Municipality Barangay Province Municipality Barangay Return Relocation Integration Return Date: 15 August 2012 21 83 North Cotabato Pikit Batulawan North Cotabato Pikit Dalingaoen 66 330 North Cotabato Pikit Poblacion North Cotabato Pikit Dalingaoen 10 54 North Cotabato Pikit Batulawan North Cotabato Pikit Dalingaoen 20 64 Maguindanao Ampatuan Salman Maguindanao Ampatuan Saniag Datu Abdullah Datu Abdullah 23 103 Maguindanao Taliwasa Maguindanao Taliwasa Sangki Sangki Datu Abdullah 23 103 Maguindanao Sultan Kudarat Esperansa Maguindanao Taliwasa Sangki Return Date: 13 August 2012 n/a n/a Maguidanao Shariff Aguak n/a n/a Maguidanao Shariff Aguak Return Date: 12 August 2012 50 250 Maguindanao Datu Piang Damabalas Maguindao Datu Salibo Pinditen Return Date: 11 August 2012 Dalingaoen & 110 550 North Cotabato Pikit Poblacion North Cotabato Pikit Takipan Dalingaoen & 148 740 North Cotabato Pikit Dalingaoen North Cotabato Pikit Takipan

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IDP ASSESSMENT REPORT: DAY 12 Armed Conflict in Central Mindanao – AFP vs BIFF Dalingaoen & 18 90 North Cotabato Pikit Batulawan North Cotabato Pikit Takipan Dalingaoen & 8 40 North Cotabato Pikit Batulawan North Cotabato Pikit Takipan Dalingaoen & 98 490 North Cotabato Pikit Batulawan North Cotabato Pikit Takipan

7. CURRENT SECTORAL SITUATION SECTOR OBSERVATION RESPONSE 12 August • A mother from Brgy. Tuayan, Datu Hoffer municipality was hit by bomb 17 August shrapnel. Her child suffers from hearing impairment and severe distress. • Protection Cluster distributed protection kits (i.e. plastic rolls) in Datu Andamen Compound in Brgy. Tuayan, Datu Hoffer municipality. 11 August • 2 cases of miscarriage were reported in Ampatuan National HS EC. 16 August • Around 10-15 women were reported in distress in Ampatuan National HS • Protection Cluster to distribute protection kits (i.e. plastic rolls, pail, hygiene kits) in Datu Aliman ES on 17 EC. August

09 August 12 August • Negotiation took place to access 185 families (925 persons) in Sitio • The food assistance reached Sitio Bahay-Bahay (aka hill 224). ICRC and the governor donated 17 sacks Protection/ Bahay-Bahay, a.k.a. Hill 224, Brgy. Maitumaig, Datu Unsay municipality. It of food packs in total. Tedurays expressed their hesitation in evacuation as they are afraid of losing their Child is not clear whether the families chose to stay voluntarily or not. Some land. Protection/ reports that families prefer to stay to avoid ECs. Families are staying in their houses with built-in undergrounds where they can hide. Main concern 10 August GBV is lack of water on a hilltop. Families are afraid to go to the river downhill, • ICRC and NGOs conducted field monitoring.

as there maybe the armed group. Food is also a concern, especially ready- • Local authorities in ARMM agreed to visit Sitio Bahay-Bahay to distribute food assistance. to-harvest corns had been stolen allegedly by some BIFF. Families were hearing minimal exchanges of fire. 09 August • Host communities and IDPs are competing for relief goods. It is important • Protection Cluster members planned to establish a small team to strategize access of the trapped families to take “population affected by conflict” approach in delivering assistance. and to assess their needs. • Denial of humanitarian assistance reported due to refusal of IDPs to be • The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Coordinating Council (MDRRMC) of the affected municipalities relocated in centralized ECs in Pikit municipality prepared for assessment of the displaced families including extent of damages. • There are persons with special needs among the affected in Datu Saudi Ampatuan municipality. 08 August • There is a concern over some LGUs in Maguindanao declaring that the • The Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN-Central Mindanao) led by Mindanao Tulong Bakwit distribution is only for the IDPs inside ECs. (MTB) visited and assessed ECs in Pendililang ES, Mahad Nahda, Temporary learning Center and Covered • At least 1,115 children are affected in Datu Saudi Ampatuan municipality. Court at the municipal compound and conducted psychosocial support interventions for children through play activities as an immediate response to help the children manage their stress and cope up with the 07 August current situation. 450 children in four sites participated. • At least 5 pregnant women in CSFT EC in Pikit municipality .• DSWD ruled that the identification of beneficiaries will be based on the voter’s registration. • At least 30% of the population in ECs is children below 10 years old. 07 August 05 August • UNHCR and OCHA conducted rapid field monitoring in three ECs in Pikit municipality. • No electricity in Pendililang ES EC, causing protection concern 15 August • ICRC distributed household kits in 4 ECs: Ampatuan National HS (98 families); Madrasah (108 families), Kauran Public Market, and Malating (250 families)

13 August 16 August • 2 ECs in Shariff Aguak municipality were closed: NFA Warehouse and Day Care Center. • In MAHAD EC, as many as 17 families occupy a classroom. • Some civilian houses and school in Datu Unsay Central ES are being 11 August occupied by AFP. • 3 ECs in Pikit municipality were closed: Poblacion Training Center, Batulawan Brgy. Hall, and NFA • Some IDPs in Datu Aliman ES are using banana and coconut leaves for Warehouse. 4 others in Pikit municipalities remain open: CSFT, MIFPC, Annex II Matalam Compound, & their temporary shelter. Annex I Ayunan Compound. CCCM & 13 August • Municipal social workers in Maguindanao conducted IDP registration and issued family access cards. NFI • Registration by room and by tent in ECs has been initiated by DSWD. 10 August 09 August • MTB organized committees in 4 ECs in Maguindanao and ECs in North Cotabato provinces. • No proper camp management

• Listing of IDPs have started yet unorganized 09 August 06 August • UNHCR planned to provide protection kits. Stocks are available for organizations who wish to distribute. • Kitchen utensils, tents, medicines, sleeping mats, plastic sheets, mosquito • CCCM Cluster with MTB is developing an IDP Tracking Matrix that will record situation of ECs and nets, jerry cans, and slippers are the reported urgent needs. interventions. • Lack of privacy in ECs. 07 August • MDRRMC of Datu Saudi Ampatuan municipality designated 4 ECs: Municipal Gymnasium in Upper Salbu; Nahdah Madrasah; Temporary Learning Center; and Datu Pendililang Piang Elementary School (DPPES) in Lower Salbu. 16 August • Queuing time for water refilling is too long in most ECs in Maguindanao. • Water delivery in Ampatuan National HS has no clear schedule. • IDPs in Ampatuan National HS are not allowed to use the classroom toilets. As a result, IDPs are using dike and open field.

Since 10 August Wash • Majority of IDP families do not have water containers 15 August 2012 • IPHO provided Hyposol, water purifier, to IDPs in Labu-Labu ES in Shariff Aguak municipality. Since 09 August • Shortage of potable water supply made the IDPs to buy a gallon of water 08 August for PhP 5.00 • Maguindanao Deputy Governor provided drinking water for IDPs through water tankering once a day.

Since 06 August • Source of water is only a hand pump at Pendililang ES EC in Datu Saudi Ampatuan municipality • Lack of potable water in ECs • Lack of toilets in ECs (i.e. four toilets are shared by 200+ families in CSFT EC). Open defecation since toilets inside the classrooms are clogged. 16 August 16 August • A case of pulmonary tuberculosis was reported in Labu-Labu ES. • Health referral system is implemented in ECs; Kauran Trading Center, Shariff Aguak ES, Labu-Labu ES. • IDPs lack of hygiene practices. • ICRC provided measles vaccines to IDPs in Labu-Labu ES.

13 August 11 August • Some IDPs in Shariff Aguak Memorial Academy ( MAHAD) EC in Shariff • Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) provided a mobile clinic. Aguak municipality have shown symptoms for skin allergies. • Some adults in the same EC are beginning to show symptoms of Malaria 11 August Health and Typhoid Fever. • WFP, in partnership with IPHO-Maguindanao supported 2,700 children (aged 24-59 months) with Plumpy doz. Since 09 August

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IDP ASSESSMENT REPORT: DAY 12 Armed Conflict in Central Mindanao – AFP vs BIFF • Diarrhea cases are reported due to unsafe drinking water. 09 August • A two-month pregnant was hit with a stray bullet. • The IPHO-Maguindanao set-up Emergency Health Stations in ECs. • First aid was provided to wounded pregnant. Since 07 August • Poorly ventilated ECs (especially hard on those who are fasting) 08 August • Congested ECs (i.e. 1 classroom in Pendililang ES host an average of 8- • Health workers from Pikit Rural Health Unit conducted health monitoring in ECs and listing of children for 12 families approximately 40-60 persons) further assistance.

16 August • Alternative accommodation of IDPs is needed if the conflict will continue. 15 August • Classes have resumed in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Shariff Aguak, and Datu 15 August Unsay municipalities but only for half day. • The Department of Education-ARMM has planned to implement its plan on multi-level teaching. Education 10 August 10 August • Department of Education (DepEd)-ARMM reported that 58 schools in • Education Cluster planned to organize Education Response Team and set up temporary learning centers. Maguindanao are suspended affecting 26,000 students and 569 teachers.

07 August • Classes are suspended in Brgys Dalingaoen, Takipan, and Nalapaa, Pikit municipality. 16 August • LGU and RDRRMC provided food assistance to IDPs in Datu Aliman ES.

14 August 2012 • LGU of Datu Hoffer municipality and Norul Hack, an NGO, provided food assistance to IDPs in Labu-Labu 16 August ES. • IDPs harvest their own corn, however afraid of losing harvests to armed • Municipal and provincial LGU provided food assistance to IDPs in Ampatuan National HS. groups.

• IDP’s food stock likely to deplete in 2-3 days. 12 August Food • IDPs rotate of represent to ensure receiving assistance from humanitarian • An assemblyman distributed relief goods to IDPs in Mahad EC in Shariff Aguak municipality. agencies. It was reported that some families were not able to receive

assistance because they were in their farms during the distribution of relief 11 August claim tickets. • The provincial LGU provided food assistance to 4 ECs in Shariff Aguak municipalities serving 749 families.

In Ampatuan municipality, food was provided to approximately 1,000 families. In Pendililang EC, DSA 11 August municipality, 1,234 families were served with food assistance by the PLGU, municipal LGU and DSWD • Prices of basic commodities in Shariff Aguak have increased. ARMM. • Gathering fire woods from critical areas is one of the IDP’s sources of

income. 09 August

• Provincial Government of Maguindanao distributed relief packs (3 kilos rice, 2 pakcs noodles and 1 can 09 August sardines) in ECs in Shariff Aguak, Datu Saudi Ampatuan and Datu Piang municipalities. • Coordination is being stepped up by regional authorities so there will be • WFP provided 2000 packets of high energy biscuits through DSWD. no duplication in assistance, and critical gaps will be addressed. For

security purposes, relief distribution will be concentrated only within the 08 August identified ECs. • Pikit LGU with DSWD initiated food assistance to IDPs inside ECs

• Maguindanao LGU distributed food (2 cans sardines, 2 kilos rice and 2 packs noodles) to 298 IDP Since 06 August 2012 families. • Food is reported as an urgent need • DSWD-ARMM distributed 1,000 sacks of rice to 5 ECs in Datu Saudi Ampatuan municipality serving 783

families.

07 August • Deputy Governor planned to provide initial food assistance to 500 IDPs inside ECs. No report on distribution.

8. WAYS FORWARD • Protection monitoring by all Protection Cluster members • Rapid need assessment to be conducted

9. SOURCES OF INFORMATION

• Balay Rehabilitation Center, Inc. • National Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC)

• Center for Just Peace, Inc. • Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) • Community and Family Services International (CFSI) • Office of the Civil Defense – ARMM ( OCD-ARMM) • Commission on Human Rights-ARMM (CHR-ARMM) • Protection Cluster meeting in Cotabato on 9 August • Commission on Human Rights-XII (CHR-XII) • Teduray Lambangian Women Organization Inc. (TLWOI) • Department of Social and Welfare Development – ARMM (DWSD-ARMM) • Timuay Justice and Governance of Teduray and Lambangain Tribe • Immaculate Concepcion Parish-Pikit • United Youth of the Philippines-Women (UnYPhil-Women) • Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) • Mindanao Human Rights Action Center, Inc. (MinHRAC) • UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) • Mindanao Tulong Bakwit, Inc. (MTB) • UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) • Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO)

IDPs preparing for evacuation on 12 August Indigenous people in Kauran Trading Center, Ampatuan Makeshift tents in Datu Unsay municipality Photo by: CHR ARMM municipality Photo by: CHR ARMM Photo by: CHR ARMM

The IDP Assessment Form The primary purpose of the IDP Assessment Form is to provide initial information to alert government agencies, humanitarian agencies and other interested parties of instances of displacement or return, not least so that an effective response, including protection monitoring, can be extended to the affected communities. Updates will be provided as and when more information is received. At the end of every month, this data is compiled and distributed through the 'Protection Dashboard'. The information reflected in the IDP Assessment Forms are received from members of the Protection Cluster across Mindanao. Although every attempt is used to verify the data, the Protection Cluster takes no responsibility for the incompleteness or inaccuracy of the information. 5 | Page

The Protection Cluster In the Philippines, the protection cluster has been established by the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) Circular No 5 series of 10 May 2007 (Institutionalizing Cluster Approach in Philippine Disaster System). The cluster approach is part of a global response aimed at providing more timely and consistent help to the internally displaced and other affected people in complex emergencies and disasters. The Protection Cluster in Mindanao meets in Cotabato, Iligan, Davao and other cities on a regular basis. Currently there are over 100 participating agencies including from the Government, State, Civil Society, national and international NGOs and agencies, as well as the United Nations. For more information, please visit the Protection Cluster website www.ph.one.un.org/response/clusters/protection/index.php or e-mail us at [email protected]