Marawi residents struggle to get their lives back; thousands remain in temporary shelters

Mamarinta Radia, 58, stands outside his rebuilt hardware store inside the Most Affected Area (MAA) in Marawi City on October 17, 2022. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 2…

Mamarinta Radia, 58, stands outside his rebuilt hardware store inside the Most Affected Area in Marawi City on October 17, 2022. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO

Radia was lucky that his two-story building only sustained minor damage from the fighting and was able to secure a P75,000 grant from the Department of Social Welfare and Development. “If they want to really help us, they should do away with these requirements. They should do away with the exorbitant fees,” he said.

Outside the section, life has slowly returned among the residents who were allowed to rebuild their lives. “I named her Mar-Mar for Marawi-Martial Law. It’s a remembrance of the days of how we survived as evacuees,” she said. Drieza Liningding, said 5,000 families are still living in temporary shelters five years after the Marawi siege.“They want to return but the government won’t allow them yet,” he said.

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