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HUMANITARIAN SITUATION HNO LIGHT AND URGENT FUNDING as of 28 February 2020 REQUIREMENTS CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC @OCHA / Virginie Bero Table of contents Key figures 3 Intersectoral severity map by sub-prefecture 4 1- Evolution of needs over the last 6 months and key humanitarian consequences 5 2- Critical problems related to physical and mental well-being 8 3- Critical problems related to living standards 10 4- HRP Prioritised funding requirements – (January - June 2020) 12 2 Key figures PEOPLE IN NEED M EOLE IN NEED ATEGORY TOTAL POPULATION 1M 1M M PEOPLE IN NEED WOMEN MEN 1M 1M 0.1M 1M PEOPLE WITH ACUTE NEEDS CHILDREN ADULTS ELDERLY 1 1 (>59) 0.M ERSONS WITH DISAILITY EOLE IN NEED ER LUSTER MSelterNFI Ecaton Foo Sect Healt 1M 1M 1M M Ntton otecton G WASH 1M M 1M M l otecton M HR FUNDING M 1M PRIORITISED FUNDING REQUIREMENTS FUNDING UNMET REQUIREMENTS US M RECEIVED US 1M (January - June 2020) Sector/Cluster % Covered Funding Received Requirements Sector/Cluster Requirements Logistics 30.6% 6.6M 21.5M Food security 92.4M Health 21.4% 6.8M 31.8M Health 27.3 Protection 5.7% 1.62M 32.5M Education 19.0 Coordination 4.7% 0.7M 14.0M Nutrition 16.5 WASH 3.5% 1.1M 32.0M WASH 16.0 Food Security 2.9% 4.6M 154.9M Protection 11.9 Nutrition 0.6% 0.2M 28.3M Shelter/NFI/CCCM 9.0 Education 0.2% 0.06M 37.0M Logistics 1.6 Emergency Telecommunication 0.0% 0.0M 1.3M Emergency 0.5 Telecommunication Shelter/NFI/CCCM 0.0% 0.0M 16.5M Response plan 0.0% for refugees 0.0M 31.0M Not specified 10.2M - Multiple Field 7.5M - clusters(shared) 3 Intersectoral severity map by sub-prefecture SUDAN Birao Ouanda-djallé Ndélé CHAD Ouadda Bamingui Kabo SOUTH Marounda Yalinga SUDAN CAMEROON Ngaoundaye Paoua Batangafo Nangha Boguila Kaga-bandoro Mbrs Koui Nana-baassa Bocaranga Bria Djéma Baala Ippy Bozoum Bouca Déoa Mala Bossangoa Bouar Bossemtélé Baboua Sibut Rafai Grimari Bambari Yaloé Baouma Baoro Bogangolo Zémio Obo Bambouti Ndjouou Mingala Abba Bossembélé Damara Kouango Gadzi Alindao Bangassou Amada-gaza Carnot Boganangone Boali Zangba Gambo See details Kembé Bimbo Mobaye Gamboula Boganda Satéma Ouango Berbérati BANGUI DEMOCRATIC Boda Sosso-naombo Mbai REPUBLIC Bambio Dédé-moouba Mongoumba OF THE CONGO Nola BANGUI 8 4 Bayanga REPUBLIC 5 OF THE 3 1 7 CONGO 2 Severity of needs 6 1 2 3 4 5 The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Date created: 17 September 2019 Sources: OCHA, Partners. For more information: ochacarimun.org http://car.humanitarianresponse.info www.unocha.org/car www.reliefweb.int Twitter: UNOCHACAR 4 1- Evolution of needs over the last six months and key humanitarian consequences (September 2019 - February 2020) CAR continues to face a serious ERETION OF ROTETION RIORITIES 1 Oct Feb protection crisis, with unabated violations of human rights and ADVOCACY + SCALE UP international humanitarian law despite the Bria signature of the Political Agreement for Peace and Bambari Mbrès Reconciliation on 6 February 2019. Consequently, Paoua Ippy Bakala civilians continue to pay the highest price of HIGH Alindao Ngaoundaye uninterrupted violence. Notwithstanding some Kaga-Bandoro Bakouma initial progress made on the political dialogue, the Bangui 3rd Bocaranga Djemah Batangafo population has yet to see tangible peace and Ndele Satéma Birao protection dividends, as some two million people, PRESENCE + SCALE UP or 60 per cent of the population in CAR, are still in Bambari Bakala need of protection. Amada-Gaza Gamboula Paoua Mobaye The security situation has further deteriorated Gambo in some locations. Between September 2019 and MEDIUM Satéma Alindao Obo February 2020, armed conflicts occurred in Vakaga Bangui 3rd (Birao), Haute-Kotto (Bria), Basse Kotto (Alindao Kaga-Bandoro Yalinga and Mingala), Mbomou (Nzako) and in Bangui’s Batangafo Baboua Djemah Zémio third district (PK5) causing onset and multiple Ndele displacement of population in urgent need of MONITORING multi-sectorial assistance. In the same reportingBocaranga period, the UNICEF/Rapid Response Mechanism Kouango BLIND SPOT Zangba recorded 33 new alerts, with 49 per cent of them Yalinga due to violence. In addition to the 12 prefectures that had already issued alerts earlier this year, the 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 prefectures of Haute-Kotto, Mamberei-Kadei and PRIORITY FREQUENCY Lobaye were also affected. Since October 2019, violence has resumed One in four Central Africans has been or continued in several areas of the country. forced to seek refuge either internally According to the latest 2P-tool analysis on or in neighboring countries due to perception of protection priorities (see illustration insecurity and violence. The number of below), between October 2019 and February IDPs saw a 15 per cent increase between 2020, the situation has deteriorated in Bria, Birao, September and October 2019 only, from 600,000 Alindao, Ndélé and Bangui’s third district. Paoua, to 693,000. As of 31 January 2020, 67 per cent of Ngaoundaye, Batangafo, Kaga Bandoro, Mbres, the 682,000 IDPs are living in host families and the Bambari and Ippy continue to be high priority rest in 91 sites (77 official IDP sites and 14 informal areas in terms of protection concerns. Yalinga settlements) across the country. Only 66 per cent and Satéma are no longer blind spots, following of sites have a site manager. A major threat to the humanitarian missions in these two hard-to-reach over 214,000 IDPs living on sites is the systematic areas; which were possible thanks to the increased violation of the civilian character of IDP sites, due UNHAS helicopter capacity. 5 1: Evolution of needs over the last 6 months and key humanitarian consequences to the widespread infiltration of weapons and per cent of victims, those aged 12-17 were 13 per armed elements (Commission Mouvement de cent and adults were 83 per cent (GBVIMS, Population - CMP December 2020). February 2020). In addition, the transhumance An nceasn nbe of IDs represents an aggravating factor for forced displacement, armed violence and GBV. 693K 687K 682K Children across the country continue to 670K be exposed to protection risks, such as family separation, the recruitment and use of children by armed groups, GBV, exploitation and other harmful practices such as the accusation of witchcraft, female genital 600K mutilation and early marriage. Between October Sep-19 Oct-19 Nov-19 Dec-19 Jan-20 and December 2019, 404 children associated with armed groups were recorded, of which 154 cases verified by the MINUSCA-UNICEF Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism (MRM) on serious violations In the last quarter of 2019, 29,249 IDPs of children's rights and 250 whose status has been and 3,168 Central African refugees verified by an NGO. They await their insertion into returned to their homes, a decreasing socio-economic reintegration programs. Some number compared to the movement 640 self-demobilized children have been registered following the Political Agreement for documented by an NGO, while several other Peace and Reconciliation in February. Return areas children leave armed groups on their own to return are still affected by ongoing violence, such as in directly to their communities. New displacements Vakaga, Mboumou, Ouham Pendé, Ouham continue to cause several cases of children (Protection Cluster, January 2020). Almost one separated from their families (MRM, February returnee out of two fears for the security of the 2020). children (46 per cent) and the adults (47 per cent) of the household (Multisectoral Need Assessment - MSNA, 2019) and their living conditions are often Between October 2019 and January tougher than the displaced themselves. For 2020, a total of 326 human rights instance, out the 197 hard-to-reach localities that incidents were recorded, affecting 573 reported the presence of returnees in December people. Over the same period, an overall 2019, 7 per cent indicated that returnees had no increasing trend of human rights incidents was shelter at all and 43 per cent emergency shelters recorded (+39 per cent), affecting increasingly only (Hard to reach, REACH, December 2019). more people (+23 per cent). About a third of incidents are represented by violations of right to In return areas, mainly due to exclusion practices, physical integrity, followed by violations of right to female heads of households face more obstacles property, right to life, arbitrary deprivation and to gain access to employment as well as land SGBV. It is important to note that these figures are ownership. In addition, the representation in just limited to the documented cases, which in the community structures remains skewed towards CAR context are an extremely small fraction of the men. Nbe of an t olaton 157 151 More than one GBV incident reported per 142 hour in just one fifth of the country.In the 123 last quarter of 2019, 2,531 GBV cases were recorded and treated, of which 636 92 87 81 represented cases of sexual violence. Physical 66 aggression is the most common GBV incident (29 per cent), followed by denial of resources (24 per cent), rape (21 per cent), psychological violence 27 23 (20 per cent), sexual assault (4 per cent) and 8 10 forced marriage (2 per cent). About 93 per cent of Oct-19 Nov-19 Dec-19 Jan-20 victims are women and girls, versus 7 per cent Conflict related civilian deaths People affected by incidents men and boys. Children aged 0-11 years old were 4 Human rights incidents recorded 6 1: Evolution of needs over the last 6 months and key humanitarian consequences actual ones (monthly reports, MINUSCA Human improved in certain areas of Basse-Kotto and Rights Division).