FACTS AND FIGURES 2016 Office

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) first established a permanent presence in in 1986 by opening a sub-delegation in City. In 2008, the ICRC opened an office in due to the humanitarian needs in this area. At present, the ICRC Cotabato office covers , , , North Cotabato, Cotabato City, City, del Sur and .

Assistance to conflict-affected communities

MAGUINDANAO NORTH COTABATO LANAO DEL NORTE & SUR 12,560 displaced people received 31,195 people received food aid 11,870 displaced people received food aid food aid and essential household items 27,700 people received including mosquito nets, blankets, mats 845 people received cash assistance essential household items and/or towels for livelihood restoration or shelter repair including mosquito nets, blankets, mats and/or towels 2,420 people received cash assistance 2,205 people participated in for livelihood restoration or shelter repair cash-for-work programs 3,765 displaced people from , 22,500 displaced people in Datu received safe water Salibo, Maguindanao, benefitted from containers and aquatabs for purification the construction of 12 toilets and nine hand pumps with slow sand filter 16,619 people benefitted Raising IHL awareness from the construction of 14 hand pumps with slow sand filters in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao Lanao del Norte Around 1,081 police and military officers, as well as a Lanao del Sur total of around 362 members of non-state armed groups participated in discussions or Detainee visits workshops on international COTABATO North Cotabato humanitarian law (IHL) and humanitarian principles in ICRC staff visited 10 detention Maguindanao armed conflict facilities in Central Mindanao, with a total population of 3,444 Over 130 Muslim scholars, Sultan Kudarat Gen. dignitaries and representatives detainees, to monitor their Santos treatment and living conditions from non-state armed groups in and Cotabato cities partici- pated in seminars on IHL and Islamic We also provided medical treatment to Sarangani people deprived of liberty law and jurisprudence

Health support

555 wounded patients benefitted from medical Three public hospitals were provided 36 amputee victims of the conflict were supplies in 11 hospitals and 26 first aid posts medical supplies and equipment every provided with prosthesis and physical during clashes and situations of violence three months for their emergency rooms rehabilitation through Davao Jubilee Foundation

47 patients with conflict wounds were 312 people, including 258 health staff 2,500 families benefitted from essential assisted with medical expenses not covered by from rural health units, received training on medicines provided by four mobile health units Philhealth and transportation costs first aid and basic life support in Maguindanao

International Committee of the Red Cross Cotabato Office T 64 421 8377 / 55 016 R. Garcia Street F 64 421 8695 Cotabato City 9600 Email [email protected]