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including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the

coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming,

including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population.

WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces

ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao

(DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing

processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of

armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support

and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the

coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming,

including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population.

WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces

ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao

(DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing

processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of

armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support

and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the

coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming,

including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population.

WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces

ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao

(DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing

processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of

armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support

and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the

coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming,

including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population.

WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces

ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao

(DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing

processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of

armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support

and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the

coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming,

including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population.

WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces

ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao

(DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing

processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of

armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support

and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the

coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming,

including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population.

WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces

ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao

(DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing

processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of

armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support

and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the

coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming,

including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population.

WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces

ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao

(DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing

processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of

armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support

and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the

coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming,

including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population.

WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces

ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao

(DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing

processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of

armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support

and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the

coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming,

including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population.

WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces

ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao

(DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing

processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of

armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support

and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the

coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming,

including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population.

WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces

ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao

(DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing

processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of

armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support

and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the

coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming,

including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population.

WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces

ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components Promote the active participation of children in policy and programming, including in peace building and in the development of child friendly spaces ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO CHILDRENS RIGHTS AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT While there may be data on disaster preparedness in the region highlighting food and non-food needs, these data hardly look into the psychosocial effects of armed con icts especially on children. Further, there seem to be no long-term assessments on the con icts impact on poverty, inter-ethnic relations and the coping abilities of the affected population. WHAT SAVE THE CHILDREN HAS BEEN DOING Save the Children, through its Disaster Preparedness and Response Mindanao (DPR Mindanao) Program, organized the Mindanao Emergency Response Network (MERN) as a product of a long, dynamic mobilization and organizing processes. Much of SCs disaster preparedness and response activities since 2003 have gravitated around MERN both as a recipient of programmed support and as a mechanism through which program components