Leaders and volunteers have been inspired by each other. All work together to make the life of the evacuees a little less miserable. This war has generated fresh conflicts. Properties and belongings left by the evacuees were stolen. Even orchids were stolen.
Houses still stand but without walls and roofs.
Some civilians have seen GI sheets being carted away by men in uniform and carried in military vehicles. All these happened after the military had taken full control of the area. Many civilians are asking if this is still part of the war. Even as war was raging in Camp Abubakar in Matanog, some evacuees along the Davao-Cotabato National Highway have decided to return to their barangays. MNLF forces under the control of the Local government were deployed two kilometers from the highway to prevent possible entry of MILF elements out to harass military detachments.