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Central African Republic    Situation Update     WFP Response

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- Balaka remain high. group, tensions

Staff Deployment Emergency Telecommunications  Following this most recent wave of violence and Cluster (ETC) the declaration of a Level 3 emergency, WFP’s  The ETC is scaling up its capacity in country for highest level of response, WFP is further the whole humanitarian community. An ETC reinforcing its team in Central African Republic. coordinator is planned to be deployed in the  Over the next three days, in the first wave, WFP coming days and telecommunications equipment will have deployed is ready to be shipped.  A senior Emergency Coordinator, appointed  The ETC is providing data connectivity at the WFP by the Executive Director sub-office in Bouar while data connectivity is being provided by OCHA in Paoua.  Senior Logistics and Security staff  The ETC plans to deploy fully operational  ICT officers to support both the Country COMCENs and data connectivity in Bambari, Office and the cluster Bossangoa, Zemio, N’Délé, Paoua and Bouar for a  A Public Information officer total requirement of USD 1.7 million.  Aviation support.  To date, the ETC is only 35% funded which is only enough to support four locations.

 A second wave will include additional programme Situation Report #19 13 December 2013 December 13 #19 Report Situation and logistics staff.  WFP currently has 25 international staff and 72 national staff in CAR. Of these, six are located in Resourcing Update Boussangoa and additional staff in Bouar and Bambari.  WFP is revising its existing programme and will scale up to 1.1 million beneficiaries for the next 12 months at an approximate cost of USD 140 million.  People displaced and impacted by conflict are the main focus of the operation, with immediate needs being met through general food Logistics distributions and based on the Emergency Food  WFP managed UN Humanitarian Air Service Security Assessment conducted in October 2013. flights to Douala, Cameroon on 09 December to Safety nets for malnourished children, pregnant open up an international route to and from CAR women and nursing mothers are being expanded

Central African Republic Republic African Central given that international companies have as is emergency school feeding. suspended their flights. This is being done in  WFP requires about 48,000 metric tons of food coordination with ECHO who have also deployed over the next six months to assist up to one a plane. million people and currently has just over 6,000  An airlift is being organized with additional mt between in-country stocks and what is in security and communications equipment, transit. including armoured vehicles.

Contacts Clusters  Housainou Taal, Country Director and Representative, Bangui (CAR),  A Special Operation for the Food Security Cluster [email protected] has been jointly prepared with Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) to enhance  Logistics Cluster: Philippe Tissier planning and response.  Food Security Cluster: Eric Michel-Sellier

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