Emergency Assistance to Displaced Populations in the Philippines - ICRC 2009

The escalation of the forty-year separatist conflict in August 2008 has left more than 300 000 civilians displaced in conflict-affected areas with at least 76 000 living in evacuation centers. Flooding in early January 2009 has exacerbated the humanitarian situation affecting 40 000 people in 30 villages and increasing the number of displaced by 10 000. CIDA's contribution is supporting the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to provide protection and assistance to displaced and conflict-affected civilians in the Philippines. Activities also include providing relief items in response to the recent flooding and working with the Philippine National Red Cross to provide humanitarian assistance to the displaced and to promote compliance with International Humanitarian Law with parties to the conflict.