“What’s missing from the city’s rehabilitation are the inhabitants — the displaced Maranao, or “people of the lake,” who have been waiting to return to their ancestral lands along one of the oldest lakes in the Philippines.” via WMC WomenUndrSiege
The road into Marawi City that snakes Lake Lanao is idyllic, surrounded by lush greenery endemic to the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. But the dusty path leading to the lake’s northern shores soon unfurls a devastated city of hollowed-out buildings pummeled by bullets — scars left from intense urban warfare.
On May 23, 2017, jihadists loyal to the Islamic State took Marawi by force. In the ensuing five-month battle between jihadists and the Philippine military, known as the Marawi Siege, more than 1,000 people were killed and 98 percent of the population — nearly 350,000 people — was internally displaced.
Guro now lives in a small apartment with her family along Raya Saduc, a stone’s throw from Ground Zero. She works as a school district supervisor and was once in charge of eight elementary schools and one high school before the Marawi Siege. Eachor village, had its own school. Today, she oversees the three remaining schools that have been moved to temporary learning shelters in Sagonsongan, Marawi.
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