All IDPs FOOD AND NUTRITION Government and non-government providers of food assistance must ensure that food provided is clean, safe, adequate, and nutritious. Drinking water must be proven safe for consumption, and with adequate supply for all displaced persons. The government must ensure the safety and adequacy of potable water supplied in areas of IDP settlement. Women, LGBTI, Children, Elderly, and Disabled Food provided should be proportional to the needs of receiving individual or family, with special attention provided for nutritional needs of pregnant women, lactating mothers, infants, children (particularly undernourished children), older people, and other vulnerable persons with special dietary needs. The cultural and religious needs of the displaced persons receiving the food must also be taken into consideration. For the displaced persons of Islamic faith, it must be ensured that their food is halal (permissible), particularly without ingredients from pork/lard, blood, and intoxicants (i.e. alcohol). ADEQUATE AND SAFE SHELTER, AND CAMP MANAGEMENT Providers of temporary shelters must ensure that temporary living arrangements, be it in the case of evacuation camps in covered areas or settlements in tents, must be adequate in space, with privacy, well-lighted and ventilates, and are safe from cold, damp, heat, rain, wind, or other threats to health.151 Natural and man-made hazards, should be assessed. IDPs exposed to different hazards, that were settled in an evacuation area, should be relocated by the government to safer grounds with adequate, private, and safe shelter provision. The government has the primary responsibility of identifying sites where adequate and safe temporary shelters can be set up, and in ensuring that provided shelter arrangements by non-government providers comply to the minimum standards on shelter adequacy, privacy, and safety. When identifying areas for temporary shelters, the government must ensure that identified settlement for displaced persons are accessible to basic necessities such as energy and water source, as well as accessible to essential services such as schools, markets, health facilities, and community infrastructures, and to livelihood opportunities (i.e. farming lands)152. The identified areas should also be accessible to transport, with roads of good local condition, and is proximate to transport hubs. 153 In planning, construction, and maintenance of the transitional shelter, the local communities must be consulted and have a participative role. In the course of planning and administering temporary and transitional shelter arrangements, responsible authorities must take steps to mitigate the spread of communicable diseases. This will include adequate space between shelter units, access to safe potable water, and adequate sanitation facilities, waste management control, and safe food preparation measures. Effective processes must also be established by the health authorities to 151 152 153 In planning, construction, and maintenance of the area, special attention must be given to the shelter needs of the vulnerable and marginalized groups, such as women, unaccompanied minors, mothers with young children, child-headed household, persons with disabilities, and the elderly to provide them with the protection and assistance that is required by their condition of vulnerability;156 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, safe spaces for women (women-friendly spaces) and for children (childfriendly spaces) must be constructed in identified evacuation sites to ensure that protection of women and children is prioritized. Under the DSWD Omnibus Guidelines on Shelter Assistance, both core shelter and modified shelter assistance, the following categories of beneficiaries should be prioritized: a. Families with small children; b. Families with pregnant and lactating mothers; c. Surrogate parents of orphaned children; d. Families with damaged houses and whose head of household has died or been incapacitated; e. Groups of five or more families originating from the same barangay; and f. Families with seriously ill The Sphere Project: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response, 2011, p. 243 The Sphere Project: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response, 2011, p. 253 Ibid., p. 256 31