Philippines (Mindanao) Humanitarian Action Plan 2012

1. Executive Summary

The population of Mindanao continues to be affected by the triple factors of insecurity, natural hazards and poverty. Heavy rains and severe weather that are affecting much of Asia have caused repeated flooding in central and southern Mindanao, displacing the population twice or even three times in some areas. The recurrent flooding has damaged agricultural land, social infrastructure and livelihoods, and reversed the gains in early recovery. This is against the background of a four-decadelong conflict between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and Moro armed groups as well as sporadic clan fighting, which also gave rise to displacement in 2011. People are more vulnerable as a result of years of repeated displacement, degradation of basic social services, chronic poverty and underdevelopment.

An estimated 698,000 displaced, returnee, and home-based people in six conflict-affected provinces in central Mindanao need emergency relief and livelihood support. This is a 56% increase from those targeted in the Humanitarian Action Plan 2011, which can be attributed in large part to new displacements due to flooding.