Save the Children Philippines said that, two years after the Marawi siege in the Philippines, 1.8 million children “face threats of lingering conflict” across Mindanao.
Save the Children Philippines data showed that from February to March, “the number of displaced children in those provinces reached 77,000.”Meanwhile, Save the Children has also launched recently the “Stop the War on Children” which is a global campaign to raise awareness of the conditions of 420 million, or 1 in 5 children who are living in or near conflict zones across the world – including the Philippines.
Save the Children Philippines noted that, of this number, “48.8 per cent or 1.8 million of them are children. BARMM provinces include Basilan, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu and Tawi-tawi.” In the last two years, the group has also reached 22,000 affected children by distributing learning materials, setting up Temporary Learning Spaces “so they can resume classes” and Psychosocial Services to “address children’s trauma from conflict.
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