must also be established by the health authorities to identify and isolate any communicable diseases when outbreaks arise.154 e. f. Government or non-government camp management authorities should also identify communal facilities that cater to settlement activities of the IDPs. In the case of practicing Muslims coming together for prayers, a safe and clean space within or near the settlement area must be identified where they can perform their prayers. Groups of five or more families originating from the same barangay; and Families with seriously ill members, persons with disabilities, or other special needs157. The DSWD Omnibus Guidelines on Shelter Assistance require that those families most in need are given priority in the delivery of displacement support. Families shall be eligible for shelter assistance if their monthly income falls below the monthly food threshold amount determined by the Philippine National Statistical Coordination Board;155 C LOTHING AND O THER N ON F OOD I TEMS Impact of resettlement of IDPs to host communities, including its effects to local livelihood and resource management, must be assessed by concerned government agencies, especially the local government, prior to any undertaking of resettlement or relocation. All affected displaced persons should have access to sufficient changes of clothing, including underclothes, to ensure their thermal comfort, dignity, health, and well-being 158. When providing clothing and footwear, as required, to displaced persons, providers must ensure that the clothing distributed are clean, in good condition, climate appropriate, culturally relative, sized accordingly, durable, and specifically caters to the needs of those who will wear them 159. Individual and communal needs for non-food items – such as general household items, shelter materials, and fuel for cooking – should be assessed. Local sources for household needs should also be identified. Government and non-government providers of clothing goods must identify separate clothing needs of women, girls, men, and boys of all ages, including infants and other vulnerable persons161. Considering the practice of salah – an obligatory prayer of Muslims – Muslim women must be provided with prayer clothes, such as mukna and abaya, that they can use for the observance of their obligatory prayers, if provision and distribution of such clothing is possible. Use of artificial lighting – such as lanterns or candles – should be assessed for fire risk. If possible, solar lanterns should be provided as alternative to fire-inducing items 160. W ATER , S ANITATION , AND H YGIENE All IDPs have the right for a clean water and proper sanitation. Also, all IDPs must have access to sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water for personal and domestic uses, and accessible sanitation facilities162. The water, sanitation, and hygiene needs of the affected population must be assessed and met by providers, and that the affected population is consulted and given a participative role in the planning, management and maintenance of the Adequate toilet and bath facilities must be provided by camp management and/or government and non-government providers, with separate enclosed toilet and bath facilities for males and females, within or nearby the settlement area. Toilets should be designed in consideration with the needs of older people, pregnant women, children, 154 The Sphere Project: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response, 2011, pp. 312-320. 155 s VII(A.)(1)(1.2), Department of Social Welfare and Development, Administrative Order No. 17 series of 2010, Omnibus Guidelines on Shelter Assistance. 157 Ibid. 158 Ibid., p. 272. 159 Ibid. 160 Ibid., p.275. 161 The Sphere Project: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response, 2011, p. 271. 162 Ibid., p.83. 32

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