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  • Rights activist Samira Gutoc lost her home during the siege before turning to humanitarian work. She continues to advocate for Marawi’s displaced: “We need to highlight that there are groups working on the ground.”
  • Philippine soldiers man a checkpoint as civilians briefly return home to Marawi. Continuing militarisation in Mindanao is a major grievance for Muslim communities. The government declared martial law after the siege began, but it’s still in effect.
  • Roughly 60,000 people are still displaced in Marawi. The central core lies in ruins. Local aid group say tensions are high, and that any missteps in the government’s rebuilding plans could fuel new grievances.
  • Map of Philippines including Marawi City, Mindanao, Manila, Iligan City, the ARMM area, and Basilan
  • Some 60,000 people are still displaced, months after the Philippine army declared an end to fighting in Marawi. Some local NGOs are helping to deliver aid in government-run evacuation centres, but they say the entire region needs far more support.
  • Rey Barnido leads Duyog Marawi. He says the group’s 140 volunteers, who were displaced during the fighting, are integral to building peace: “They speak the language. They know that the communities.”
  • Batchas at Duumi Camp are falling apart but repair materials are expensive.
  • Map of Nigeria with Borno region, Abuja, Lagos, and Maiduguri
  • The health ministry visits the camp for the first time to administer malaria treatment and treated nets. The nets provided were only 500, yet IDPs number over 3,000 in Durumi camp.
  • Halilu writes yet another letter at the commission's head office in Abuja.
  • Chewang Gyalmo Ghale was trained to operate a stone-cutting machine, a skill she uses to prepare building materials for her neighbours. Most of her neighbours, she says, have taken out loans in order to pay her.
  • Parang Tamang is nearing completion of a two-room home for his family in Gatlang village. He says he’s grateful to have received nearly $3,000 in rebuilding subsidies. But he still had to get a 36-percent loan to cover his full costs.
  • Families in Gatlang village build a house using locally sourced stone. Stone is cheap but time-consuming to prepare. Many in Gatlang have taken on risky loans to source more expensive building materials, which drives up their costs and their debt.
  • The high cost of labour and building materials has also held back construction in rural Nepal. Government subsidies cover less than half of the typical cost of rebuilding. Here, a mason works on a home in Gatlang village.
  • In Gatlang, earthquake survivors rushed to access government reconstruction subsidies before a July deadline. But with a shortage of funds, many are building tiny, one-room structures in which they don’t intend to live.
  • Women repair a fallen stupa in Syapru Besi in northern Nepal’s Rasuwa District. More than 70 percent of homes in the district collapsed during the April and May 2015 earthquakes.
  • The mountain village of Gatlang in Nepal’s Rasuwa District was nearly flattened during the 2015 earthquakes. Three years later, many residents are still living in temporary shelters as they rebuild.

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