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Information Bulletin No. 176 16 August – 30 August 2011

HIGHLIGHTS

• Internal displaced persons (IDPs) in sub-prefecture

• The total Sanitation led by Communities approach • Humanitarian situation on Miamani road in - prefecture

Background and security IDPs in the Markounda sub-prefecture

A family of displaced persons in Tira / A.Piatek UNHCR On 28 July, in Satin 2, sub-prefecture in North- West CAR, a confrontation between Fulani herders and Humanitarian response to date members of the Armée Populaire pour la Restauration de Doctors Without Borders Holland (MSF-H) has carried la Démocratie (APRD) resulted in the death of three out 83 consultations, including 78 children under-5 years Fulani. The confrontation was the result of requested old, through mobile clinics. No cases of malnutrition have negotiations by a land-owner to the APRD, based in been identified to date. UNHCR, DRC and WFP will Sabo village, for compensation after damages to fields by provide assistance in non-food items and food in the Fulani cattle. Following, on 4 August, a group of coming days. unidentified armed men attacked Sabo village. The population fled to the south towards Tira 1 and Tira 2 Contact Walter Sanchez, [email protected] for more villages and other surrounding villages in the Markounda information. sub-prefecture where some remain with others in the Humanitarian / Development activities bush. The Deputy Mayor of Sabo and a 5-year old child died in the attack. On 6 August, after hearing of the Social cohesion conducted by DRC in N'délé attack, the population from surrounding villages (Dakaba, Kodogo, Badil and Bobara) fled their villags in fear toward Between 28 July and 8 August, a campaign for social the Tiras. cohesion took place in Ndélé, Bamingui-Bangoran sub- prefecture in the North-East. This campaign was led by a Between 24 and 28 August, the United Nations High local committee and DRC, and involved 24 cultural event, Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), World Food bringing together a population divided by ethnic tensions Programme (WFP) and Danish Refugee Council (DRC) exacerbated by armed conflict in the region. Activities visited the sub-prefecture to assess the situation. such as concerts, plays, dance and male and female football matches saw hundreds of participants and Findings of the mission : spectators. 800 people, both Muslim and Christian, • 506 households (2,524) people displaced, leaving participated in two sessions of common prayer. the IDP population larger than the host, with a large Members of religious communities found common ground number of children amongst the displaced in terms of love, tolerance and peace in Islam and Christianity and children had the opportunity to send • The majority of IDPs spend the night outside under messages about their rights to civil and military trees, on mats worn or torn pieces of tarpaulins authorities. • Lack of non-food items (cans, soap, blankets, mats, The campaign was closed with a carnival, attended by blankets, tarpaulins, clothing, kitchen utensils, 3,000 people. The campaign is part of a joint DRC- mosquito nets etc.). UNHCR project funded by the Central Emergency • IDPs eat one meal per day consisting of tubers and Response Fund (CERF). DRC is currently working on wild yams activities to ensure the durability of the effects of this campaign. • Lack of market in the region • No clean drinking water source Contact Rodolphe Moinaux, [email protected] for more information.

This report is produced by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in collaboration with the 1 Humanitarian Development Partnership Team (HDPT). For more information, please visit http://hdptcar.net . HDPT CAR Information Bulletin

The total Sanitation led by Communities approach Education : The Total Sanitation led by Communities (TSLC) program A Djamassinda, over 486 students registered in 2009 still is an integrated approach of encouraging communities to have no access to education. A , the school was analyze their own sanitation situation, their defecation functional until May 2010 and the school facilities are in a practices and the consequences. The objective is the end dilapidated state. of open-air defecation and community-led self-sustaining functional latrines. In October 2010 and May 2011, two training workshops on the TSLC strategy were organized by the Direction Générale de l’Hydraulique (DGH) with the support from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). At the end of the workshops, 18 "triggers" were identified in 18 pilot villages in the municipality of (South-West), and the outlook for the future includes:

• The passage of the TSLC at national level in CAR in order to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); • Reach the goal of having 100% of households with latrines in 18 pilot TSLC villages by the end of December 2011; School at Bangbali / S. Yakara OCHA • Start of program in prefecture in September. Health : Contact Patrick Laurent, [email protected] for more information. Bangbali population refers to the health post of Djamassinda (35 km away) and the one from Tiri Humanitarian situation , Bamingui-Bangoran on (approximately 30 km away). Most diseases are caused Miamani road by an unhealthy environment, poor nutrition and unsafe On 18 August, the Office for the Coordination of water. Women do not have burden less access to Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) office in Ndélé and United prenatal care and they are likely to give birth in the bush. Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) Food security : conducted an assessment mission of the security and humanitarian needs of people living along the Miamani The region has experienced low production during the road (North-West of Ndélé). At the time of the mission, last few years due to rain delays and field weakened by no armed men were seen and the populations were looting and burning. "We started work in the fields but we present in all the villages with the exception of Bangbali, realize that the production looks very bad because of the a village 57km North of Ndélé burnt in May 2010. In the rain delays. The crops do not produce as well as before localities beyond Bangbali, pockets of insecurity were and our granaries are empty..." said one Bangbali IDP. reported in the dry season, particularly in and around Tiri The main crops grown by these populations are cassava, and passed Miamani. Most residents in the Djamassinda sorghum, maize and groundnuts. locality, which has hard hit by rebel incursions in the past, Protection : have returned home. People report they are often victims of abuse and The findings by sector include: extortion by armed men, and in addition abuses by armed Shelter and non-food items : poachers and farmers during the dry season are also mentioned. Some displaced persons in Bangbali wish to return to their villages, however their homes have been destroyed In conclusion, the mission believes that the humanitarian and they lack essential equipment to return. situation in the area deserves attention from the actors and emergency response activities should be conducted Water, sanitation and hygiene : without delay to improve the conditions of these The displaced at Bangbali report to have to travel 3 to 5 populations. km to find potable water, forcing them to drink at times Contact Sylvain Yakara, [email protected] for more unclean water from ponds and rivers. This practice information. entails the risk of diseases related to consumption of impure water. Bangbali, populated by about 1,800 people has a single borehole. Djamassinda population, For more information or for contributions to this newsletter, please contact: UN OCHA , CAR numbering 1,764 inhabitants has only one water point as Laura Fultang- Information & Donor Liaison Officer| [email protected] | well. +236 70 18 80 64 Gisèle Willybiro- Maïdou- Information Assistant | [email protected] | +236 70 18 80 61

This report is produced by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in collaboration with the 2 Humanitarian Development Partnership Team (HDPT). For more information, please visit http://hdptcar.net .