Over 4,300 families have seen their lives disrupted by the continuing conflict in Sulu, where the Armed Forces of the Philippines is rooting out Abu Sayyaf members, the Department of Social Welfare and Development has reported.
Of the 4,355 families (or 23,069 persons), DSWD said in a status report as of Sept. 17 that it had served most of those affected, or 4,326 families (22,895 persons).
Among the prepositioned goods deployed to help the affected communities are P6.5 million worth of food packs; as well as P324,280 worth of other food items; and P954,590 worth of nonfood items.
The campaign against the Abu Sayyaf Group was stepped up after it beheaded two of its captives, a Canadian businessman and a Filipino teenager whose family could not pay ransom.
President Duterte said Saturday that while he was keen on pursuing peace talks with the two main Moro groups - the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Nur Misuari faction of the Moro National Liberation Front - there would be no negotiations with the Abu Sayyaf, for whom, he said, nothing less than a "caliphate" in Southeast Asia is the only goal.
http://interaksyon.com/article/132545/infographic--over-4300-families-affected-by-sulu-fighting-dswd
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