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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

WASH emergency assistance to
the displaced populations

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Eau, hygiène et assainissement

Water, hygiene and sanitation

FUNDING

FondHumanitaire-RCA-(OCHA)

Humanitarian Fund in CAR (OCHA)

BENEFICIARIES

53,824
people

FROM 01/01/2017 TO 12/31/2017

12
months

BUDGET

576,869
dollars

The Ouaka Prefecture is one of the areas most affected by the crisis that has been affecting the Central African Republic, the scene of regular clashes between two armed movements (former Seleka and anti-Balaka). The various conflicts that have followed one another in the region since 2012 led to population movements that in turn resulted in the creation of numerous IDP camps. The Ouaka is the prefecture with the highest number of displaced people (58,913 people living in host families or living in the camps), and 11 IDP camps, the latest one set up in Ngakobo at the SUCAF plant, in July 2016. These populations live in very precarious conditions at all levels (food security, education, WASH, health or protection). With regard to WASH, many water points have been demolished or are currently out of order. The looting of the SODECA plant prevents its running, and deprives of drinking water many areas of the sub-prefecture of Bambari.

However, the decline in violence on some axes allowed the return of more than 3,750 people to their villages on the Ngakobo axis. Nevertheless, returning communities still need humanitarian assistance because the living conditions in their villages remain very difficult. With regard to WASH, drinking water coverage is almost non-existent, and sanitation conditions are equally unsatisfactory.

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Rehabilitation of the Makangue water source, on the IDP site of Aviation

This programme is intended to continue the emergency assistance activities for the displaced populations of the Ouaka (water-trucking, operating of the pumping stations, chlorination of wells, rehabilitation or maintenance of latrines and emergency showers), and to implement more sustainable solutions (equipment of new boreholes to replace water-trucking, rehabilitation of wells).

The construction of latrines and the development of water points in the villages of origin of the populations, close to the city of Bambari, will help accompany the return of these communities.