The Bangsamoro are always struggling for their survival from natural disaster (El Niño and La Niña), man made disaster ( militarization), discrimination, and economic life. The majority of them were fisherman and farmers affected by low productivity because of lack of technology and capital for aquaculture or agriculture. Add the pests, soil erosion, and polluted water supply for irrigation due to exploited and imbalance ecological environment. Others work in rice fields as rice and corn planters for rich families. The government support is very critical. Traders usually bought the products under priced for there are no or limited farm to market roads, storage facilities, and unstable market. The fisher folks resort to dynamite or cyanide fishing as large foreign trawlers' incursion in Mindanao waters competed for the catch.

          In urban centers, the Moros usually earn a living as vendors, construction workers, laborers and forced to use Christian names to be hired in large companies. Moro women go abroad usually in the Middle East as domestic helpers leaving the older children to baby-sit for the younger ones and be included in school dropped out statistics. The children are always affected by militarization, unhealthy environment, social ills and improper education.

          The evacuees or the displaced have to bear the turmoil of being nomad with no permanent residence and no permanent jobs and expect only for food ration. Feeding an army of evacuees costs less than sustaining a military offensive for a day.