CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Over half of the 19,464 displaced persons from Marawi City have already returned home.
Only around 9,000 individuals have remained in the different temporary shelters in the city after the rest returned a week ago in 17 Marawi barangays cleared by the government, said Jong Pamisa of the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWD).
The evacuees who remained so far are residents of the so-called “main battle area” in Marawi that has yet to be cleared by the government for unexploded ordnance and debris, Pamisa said.
The remaining evacuees are currently enrolled in a 10-day cash for work program of the city government, doing work for an urban container gardening for a salary of P2,000.
Some 500 other evacuees are enrolled in a similar program offered by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
Pamisa said the returning evacuees received P4,000 allowance as part of their starter kit upon reaching Iligan City before they proceeded home. Other items in the starter kit are hygiene kit and kitchen kit all provided by the national government. (Mark Francisco/PNA)
