Nearly half of the population of the Central African Republic, around 2.2 million people, need humanitarian assistance due to ongoing violence and instability. Over 935,000 people have been internally displaced, the majority living in makeshift camps. Critical needs include food, healthcare, water and sanitation. Humanitarian access has been limited by insecurity. A 100-day response plan requires $152 million to provide urgent assistance to displaced communities and other vulnerable groups such as women and children.

1. Emergency in Focus
Central African Republic (CAR):
Complex Emergency
9 January 2014 (Report No. 1)
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needs resulting from a humanitarian emergency, as well as an overview of the international and UAE
response to date.
The crisis at a glance:
• 2.2 million people, or almost half of the population, are
in need of some form of humanitarian assistance.
• The numbers of internally displaced persons (IDPs)
have reached around 935,000 or 19 percent of the
population.
• More than 650,000 children are unable to go to school
due to closure/occupation of about 60 percent schools.
• The most urgent needs are food, healthcare, water,
sanitation and hygiene (WASH); shelter and non-food
items.
Situational Overview:
Persistent political instability, low socio-economic standards
and weak governance, the Central African Republic (CAR)
is experiencing increasing levels of violence since the initial
attacks against the former government in December 2012 until
it was overthrown by the Seleka coalition in March 2013. Since
August 2013, violence against civilians and ethnic minorities
has soared in the northern and western regions.
The sectarian fighting that ensued between armed groups has
resulted in gross human rights violations, countless deaths and
thousands of displacements. Around 778 people have been
killed and more than 512,000 people have been displaced
internally, with many taking up residence in more than 50
makeshift sites in Bangui or with host families. In total, about
935,000 people, or 19 percent of the population, are internally
displaced.
government organization (NGO) partners has been limited
due in part to security and access concerns as well as a lack
of resources. While conditions remain difficult, humanitarian
work is possible.
Priorities of Concerns:
The humanitarian community does not have a complete picture
of needs, particularly for the hard-to-reach northern and
eastern regions of the country. However, it is likely that these
will be in line with areas already assessed given the pattern of
the crisis, which includes the targeting of civilians, large-scale
displacements and human rights violations.
Humanitarian needs have sharply increased in Bangui and the
northern and western prefectures, which are the top-priority
areas among those prefectures.
• Priority needs: food, healthcare, water, sanitation and
hygiene (WASH), shelter and non-food items and protection.
• Priority areas: Bangui, Lobaye, Ombella M’Poko, Ouham,
Ouaka, Ouham Pende, Nana-Mambere, Kemo, NanaGribizi, Basse Kotto, Mbomou and Ombella-Mpoko.
• Priority population: Primarily IDPs and their host
communities, particularly women and children, but also
other vulnerable groups such as ethnic minorities, refugees
from DRC and Sudan, stranded migrants, and those severely
food insecure.
It is estimated that around 2.2 million people, almost half of
the population, are in need of some form of humanitarian
assistance. Some 1.3 million people are in need of emergency
food assistance, according to World Food Programme (WFP).
More than 650,000 children are unable to go to school due to
closure/occupation of about 60 percent schools
Large-scale displacement, destruction of property and loss of
livelihoods have exacerbated vulnerabilities of an already fragile
population, and the population movements have resulted in
increased incidence of disease. There is little national capacity
to assist those affected. The response of the UN and its non-
Internally displaced people (IDP) wait for their rations at a World Food Program food
distribution point in Bangui (Source: AP Photo / Jerome Delay)
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2. CAR Funding Requirements
The Strategic Response Plan (1 January - 31 December 2014)
for the CAR, developed prior to the recent deterioration of the
situation, is seeking AED 907 million (US$247 million) and is
only 4.3 percent funded to date. Based on recent developments,
humanitarian actors have re-defined immediate priorities in a
100-day response plan (24 December 2013 - 2 Apr 2014) that
requires AED 559 million (US$152.2 million) to immediately
and rapidly scale-up operations and to increase the provision of
protection and life-saving assistance to people in need of urgent
care over the next 100 days.
Vakaga
Bamingui-Bangoran
Nana Grebizi
Ouham-Pende
Ouham
Ouaka
Haute-Kotto
Kemo-Gribingui
Nana-Mambere
Ombella-Mpoko
Haut-Mbomou
Mbomou
Haute-Sangha
Bangui
Basse-Kotto
Lobaye
Estimated Number of IDPs
Sangha
Total:
USEFUL CONTACTS
International Committee of the
Red Cross (ICRC)
Georgantas Georgios
Head of Delegation
bng_bangui@icrc.org
IFRC Regional Representation
Denis Duffaut
Regional Representative
+237 22 21 74 37
denis.duffaut@ifrc.org
United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP)
Kaarina Immonen
Humanitarian Coordinator
kaarina.immonen@undp.org
Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Amy Martin
Head of Office
+236 7055 4141
martin23@un.org
935,000
USEFUL CONTACTS
By Sector of Activities:
Early recovery/ livelihoods and
community stabilization
Lead agency: UNDP
Brou Djekou
djekou.brou@undp.org
Education
Lead agency: UNICEF / COOPI
Sophie Ndanguere
sndanguere@unicef.org
Serena Mandara
assistcoord.rca@coopi.org
Food security
Lead agency: FAO and WFP
Eric Michel Sellier
eric.michelsellier@fao.org
Health
Lead agency: WHO
Dr Demba Lubambo Ghyllain
dembag@cf.afro.who.int
Logistics
Lead agency: WFP
Philippe Tissier
philippe.tissier@wfp.org
+236 7218 7514
Multi-sector assistance to
refugees
Lead Agency : UNHCR
Lazare Kouassi Etien
etien@unhcr.org
Nutrition
Lead agency: UNICEF
Reginald Xavier
+236 7055 6707
rxavier@unicef.org
Water sanitation and hygiene/
Non-food items/shelter
Lead agency: UNICEF
Kossi Julien Atchadé
kjatchade@unicef.org
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3. USEFUL LINKS
•
100 Day Plan for Priority Humanitarian Action in the Central African Republic, 24 December 2013 - 2 April 2014
•
Central African Republic Strategic Response Plan 2014
•
Humanitarian Response
https://car.humanitarianresponse.info
•
Reliefweb.int
http://reliefweb.int/country/caf
•
Financial Tracking Service (FTS)
http://fts.unocha.org
REPORT YOUR ORGANIZATION’S ACTIVITIES TO MICAD
All donations (cash or in-kind) from government representative organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), foundations or
charitable organizations can be reported to MICAD to be documented in UN Financial Tracking Service (FTS).
MICAD wishes to include details of contributions from UAE donor organizations to humanitarian relief efforts in its next situation report.
Sharing this information will help us identify gaps in relief work and better direct UAE aid to respond to the most pressing needs.
We would therefore ask you to send any information about your efforts – in Central African Republic (or any other emergency situation)
-- to MICAD:
Coordination and Response Section
Dir: +971 2 65 4493
Frederic.Vigneau@micad.gov.ae
Kindly, report your contribution either by email or fax in Arabic or English.
Disclaimer: Financial figures are provisional and may not reflect a comprehensive account of all the UAE foreign assistance. Other figures
mentioned in the report do not reflect the views or the position of the UAE Government.
The presentation of material on the maps in this document does not imply the expression of any opinion/recognition or endorsement on
the part of MICAD and the United Arab Emirates concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or
any delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
Currency value is USD $1
= 3.673 AED
UAE Dirham 1 = Central African CFA Franc BEAC: 131 XAF
Sources:
100 Day Plan for Priority Humanitarian Action in the Central African Republic, 24 December 2013 - 2 April 2014
Situation Analysis – Central African Republic
OCHA Situational Report
All reports and more information are available on MICAD website: micad.gov.ae.
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