A woman who fled her home following a terrorist attack on a city on the Filipino island of Mindanao in 2017 is pinning her future on sewing and selling bags as part of a close-knit women's cooperative, supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

The Olango Sindaw Ko Kauyagan Producer cooperative in Piagapo, a village in the hills above Lake Lanao, was set up in the wake of what is known as the siege of Marawi, in which terrorists affiliated with Islamic State attacked and occupied the city of Marawi over a five-month period.

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