MONITORING OF GOVERNMENT STAKEHOLDERS’ RESPONSES TO MARAWI CRISIS Situational and organizational developments 1. Due to heavy influx of IDPs in different parts of Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte on the second day of the armed conflict – May 24, 2017, the Crisis Management Centers were established by the LGUs of ARMM, focused on Lanao del Sur. The OCD-10 promptly monitored the plight of the IDPs. Government stakeholders, particularly the DOH, DSWD of Region 10 and ARMM as well as the Office of Civil Defense promptly positioned in Iligan City for possible humanitarian response to IDPs. On day five, May 27, 2017, the RCCC – Regional Command and Coordination Center of ARMM and Region 10 was established and organized lead by DSWD and OCD-10 to centralize reporting and gathering of relevant information as well as the efforts in responding to the situation in Marawi. 2. It was also on this day, May 27, 2017 that the INTER-REGIONAL RESPONSE CLUSTERS and the RCCC LOGISTICS HUB was established in Iligan City. 3. Following day, May 28, 2017, plenty of humanitarian resources were coming in and mustered but the access through Marawi IDPs is the main constraint. Search and Rescue efforts were difficult and some areas in Iligan was on a short time Lock Down. 4. Information on numbers and locations of the IDPs were slowly being confirmed, dead bodies and wounded were being accounted for, information on burned facilities were definitive, lifeline resources, like water and electricity were no longer available and vital link road network in Marawi was no longer passable. 5. Starting May 28, 2017, IDP Centers were identified, e.g. Maria Cristina Gym in Iligan; Sta. Elena Gym, Iligan City; Buru-un school of Fisheries in Buru-un, Iligan; Tibanga Gym in Iligan; West Poblacion in Baloi, Lanao del Norte; Madrasa in Campong, Municipality of Pantar, Lanao del Norte. In these areas, number of IDPs were growing and health facilities in Iligan City were disposed for admittance of IDPs needing health interventions. Health related resources in Iligan were augmented and the available logistics and manpower of the Amai Pakpak Medical Center in Marawi were positioned in Iligan City. 6. Activated clusters, particularly the WASH – Water and Sanitation Hygiene and Health Cluster upbeated on their respective rapid intervention. 7. International humanitarian organizations, and some thru their conduits, intervened their respective share in the magnitude of humanitarian concerns that need urgent action. 8. Erstwhile, the hub of the Regional Command and Coordination Center was at Frosty Bites, National Highway, Tubod, Iligan City while Camp Coordination and Camp Management Cluster (CCCM) started to identify, inventory the IDPs with disaggregated data through the DSWD personnel of Region 10 assuming the responsibility in the Camp Management. 102