Nine years since ISIS-linked militants laid siege to Marawi City, thousands still await return home
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LANAO DEL SUR, Philippines – Sittie Norjannah Gambao, a 29-year-old Maranao, has moved settlements five times and now lives in the Boganga Shelter.
Gambao is one of the thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs or “bakwits”) calling for a safe and dignified return to their homes, nine years after ISIS-linked militants laid siege in Marawi City.
She lives with her mother, her child they call Bimbo, and the family of her brother. At the time of the 2017 siege, Gambao was a student at the Mindanao State University studying community development. Her family evacuated from Marawi and moved to Iligan City.
