COTABATO CITY – The Bangsamoro government, through the Ministry of Social Services and Development (MSSD) has started its week-long Ramadan relief operation to at least 2,859 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Marawi City, who currently living in transitory shelters around the province of Lanao del Sur.
Relief operations started on Tuesday, April 13, in Boganga shelter and sites built by Catholic Relief Services in Brgy. Pantaon.
Each of the beneficiaries received 25 kilos of rice.
The distribution will continue until April 16, to reach the transitory shelters in Buadi Itowa, Miphaga, Pindolunan, Pagalamatan, and Sagonsongan.
Deputy Chief Minister Ali Solaiman, who chairs the Marawi Rehabilitation Program – Program Steering Committee (PSC), emphasized in his message that the Bangsamoro government has not forgotten the Marawi IDPs.
“The BARMM government, through the BARMM-Marawi rehabilitation program, will do what it can to provide for the needs of the IDPs. We will not only provide rice. Insha Allah, this will be followed by many great things,” he said.
One of the beneficiaries, Soraya Disoma Ali, is thankful that the BARMM’s relief operation came in very timely as they really needed assistance especially during the month of Ramadan.
“BARMM has always been there to help us in times like this. We are grateful that finally we have something to break our fast with,” she said in local dialect.
Meanwhile, Member of Parliament Anna Tarhata Basman, also a member of PSC, said the relief operation targets to reach not only the IDPs in transitory shelters but also those in home-based set-ups.
“As promised in our last visit here, we will bring something useful for this month of Ramadan. Our goal is to reach
IDPs in the
transitory shelters in one week, and the home-based IDPs, Insha Allah, within
this month,” she said. (BANGSAMORO INFORMATION OFFICE / MINDANAO EXPOSE’)
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