Marawi’s returnees: Health care and safe water top priority

Five months of conflict caused low-to-medium-scale damage to around 65 "barangays" (villages) out of 96 in Marawi City. This means that the government will be able to allow more than half of Marawi’s estimated 200,000 population to return home in the coming days or weeks.

“Even as we look after the needs of returning residents, we remain deeply concerned about the thousands of people who will be unable to return in the coming months. They will need constant support during this period,” said Roberto Petronio, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Mindanao sub-delegation, after his recent trip to Marawi City.