Philippines Humanitarian Bulletin Issue 9 | 1 to 30 September 2016

Highlights

• Three years after the Zamboanga conflict, over 12,800 persons remain displaced in Zamboanga City waiting for permanent housing and sustainable livelihoods. Home-based IDPs in Zamboanga City were surveyed in July 2016 to help the government track and assist displaced families.

• UN-led Country Task Force on Monitoring and Reporting, together with government and NGO partners, verify grave child rights violations in armed con ict in Northern Mindanao.

• A rapid damage assessment in Maguindanao by the ARMM Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council and Mindanao Humanitarian Team highlights need for WASH facilities, medicine and food assistance.

• Humanitarian agencies are taking positive steps towards securing equal rights for the LGBT community in the Philippines.

In this issue:

• Home-based IDPs in Zamboanga
• Verifying child rights violations
• Maguindanao rapid assessment
• LGBT in humanitarian response