THE International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Friday said that many who have been displaced by the armed conflict in Marawi City still need humanitarian support as fighting between government security forces and the Maute Group continues without an immediate end in sight. There is still a need to support more than 200,000 displaced people with food, drinking water, sanitation facilities and health care in the coming weeks,” Roberto Petronio, head of the ICRC sub-delegation in Mindanao, said. The ICRC has been supporting people in need since the fighting began by evacuating more than 700 people from Marawi. Together, PRC volunteers and ICRC specialists continue to address water and sanitation issues in the Saguiaran evacuation center. In the first week of the clashes, the ICRC tried to intervene for the safe evacuation of civilians trapped by the fighting.

Source: Manila Times June 23, 2017 12:33 UTC