and aid in rebuilding their destroyed/bombed houses, one of them said “ Gusto na naming wala nang gulo tas mabgyan kami n trabaho tapos mapalitan yung mga bahay na nasira naming.” Jocelyn Lagata The firing started around 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon on the 23rd. When it started, I rightaway told my husband to go home from work. But according to him, he is trapped with his employer in their place of work. But I still waited for him my two children until 6:30 in the evening. But since I can no longer called him because there was no signal, I decided to leave the house together with the children. But before we left, I peep over the window. I saw members of the ISIS, two women and a man; they are wearing full black and only there eyes can be seen. But since our house is at the end of the road, they have not reached our place before they turned back. I can’t believe that I saw ISIS that evening. After seeing them returning, right there and then we left the house. It was raining, I was carrying my five months old baby and my 10 year old boy was following. I have not brought anything with me except my two children. I forgot even to wear a bra when I left the house. Since our house is nearby the military camp, I went there with my children. They helped me find my husband the following day. For three days and three nights that we stayed there, it was really difficult…“Ni hindi mo mapikit ang mata mo; hindi ka magugutom kasi nga ang iniisip mo na lang na yumayanig ‘yung lupa kapag nagbomba. ‘Yun na lang ang laman ng isip at tiyan mo”. (You cannot even close your eyes; you will feel hunger because all you could think is the shaking of the ground when there is bombing. It is all that is in your mind and stomach). Fear is so real. You don’t know if you will still survive. After three days, together with my family, we decided to leave the camp. A born again family we knew, offered to bring us hear in Buru-un. We were relieved given the fact that we were far from the war zones but different difficulty we have to go through here. It was really difficult because my son has to stop from studying. He does not have uniforms and school supplies. My husband and I has nothing to wear - underwear and clothes. There were relief goods, but not enough. Since they are not packed, people don’t line up and just snatched all that they could. Cooking a meal is an ordeal. Around 16-20 families share one gas stove and you have to wait a turn. And it only last a week; it takes time (one or two weeks) before it could be replaced. “Kaya nagtitiis nalang kaming mangahoy” (hence, we just endure gathering of woods). Children, elderly and even us are getting sick because of the unbearable heat and rain showers that getting in the gym. We are also just lying on the floors with just mats thus coughs and cold just come and go even DOH is giving consolations and medicines. We appeal for electric fans especially for those who have babies, sleeping foams and more gas stoves. We also need underwear and clothes, and uniform and school supplies for the school children. We also really need money to buy aside from what is supplied to us. We want to eat fish and vegetables but we don’t have money to buy. Our husbands need job so that we can earn money on our own. We hope the President will fulfil his promises when he visited here. He promised to build houses and give livelihood to those who are poor in the evacuation centers. Anisa Sultan During the eruption of the war, we (with three children) got separated from my husband because he fetched his sister from another place. Hence together with the children we tried our 56