The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has released 13 million fish fingerlings into the marsh areas in Central Mindanao to help people affected by the recent conflict between government troops and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) fighters to get back on their feet and regain normalcy. Jan Kannanthodath, ICRC economic security delegate in Cotabato, said around 220, 000 tilapia fingerlings was released Thursday in Barangays Libungan Torreta and Matilac in North Cotabato to support the meager income of families who were displaced due to the hostilities in August 2008 and the host community.

Wakefield, F. T. (2010, August 28). Red Cross releases 13 million fingerlings in Central Mindanao. Manila Bulletin, p. 4.