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.
