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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (CAR) Situation Report No. 25 (as of 14 May 2014)

This report is produced by OCHA CAR in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It covers the period between 7 and 14 May 2014. The next report will be issued on or around 21 May 2014. Highlights

NIGERCENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC • More than half way through the school year, almost two thirds of

schools in CAR remain closed, according to UNICEF. NIGERI A SUDAN • Livelihoods have been severely affected by the conflict due to the sale of assets, looting, destruction and displacement, according to CHAD Ndélé the findings of a multi-agency Integrated Phase Classification. ! • Bozoum The voluntary repatriation programme of Congolese refugees from ! C ! A Batalimo has been completed. A total of 6,283 people have been M E repatriated since UNHCR and CAR authorities launched the R ^ O O ! programme on 10 April. N Batalimo 6,283 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC people Voluntarily OF THE CONGO repatriated Recent attacks CONGO 100km

Map Sources: ESRI Europa Technologies, UNCS.  The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the . Map created in Dec 2013. 560,050 US$565 30% 4.6 million IDPs in CAR Funding available (about $166 Population of CAR million million) against the revised Revised 2014 Strategic SRP 135,050 Response Plan (SRP) 2.5 million IDPs in 43 sites in Bangui and requirements People who need assistance with host families

1.9 million Vulnerable people targeted by SRP for humanitarian aid

Sources: OCHA, CMP, Protection Cluster and FTS Situation Overview

The security situation continues to be volatile across the country. Sporadic attacks persist in Bangui, and tension remains high in the 3 rd and 5 th districts. On 9 May, armed violence erupted in Boyina village, 57 km from Bouar (Nana Mambere Province) on the Bouar-Bozoum road. Seven ex-Seleka elements and five anti-Balaka militias were killed. Many people sustained injuries on both sides. After seeking support from their group in Bouar, anti- Balaka elements are pursuing the conflict into Kounde, 67 km from Bouar.

On 7 May, journalists in Bangui declared “A Day Without News” in protest against the killing of two colleagues who were assaulted by a group of unknown armed men on 28 and 29 April, in the 3rd district of Bangui. The protest was instigated by the death of the second journalist on 6 May after being in a coma. On the day of his burial, journalists stopped working for the entire day. They organized a peaceful demonstration in Bangui, protesting against the ongoing insecurity and demanding the rearmament of the CAR national army (FACA). Some 60 journalists participated, bearing various slogans and messages including “Reinstate the FACA”, “Disarm all militias and armed groups” and “Fully implement UNSC resolution 2127”.

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On 13 May, the UN Security Council strongly condemned the killing of a French journalist in CAR and called for those responsible to be held accountable. The 15-member Council reiterated that "in accordance with international humanitarian law, journalists, media professionals and associated personnel engaged in dangerous professional missions in areas of armed conflict are generally considered as civilians and shall be respected and protected as such."

Camille Lepage, a 26-year-old French photographer, was murdered in western CAR close to the border. According to a statement by the French presidency on 13 May, French peacekeepers found Lepage’s body inside a vehicle driven by anti-Balaka militia. Council members expressed their condolences to Lepage's family and the French Government.

On 12 May, the President of Chad announced the closure of Chad’s southern border with CAR. Since this decision was taken, commercial trucks are reportedly stuck along the border.

On 12 May, the Ministry of Agriculture launched findings of a multi-agency Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) on the country’s food security situation. The results analysis does not include detailed figures due to the lack of quantitative data in four regions. However, the classification exercise reveals a noticeable deterioration since the last IPC in November 2013.

The IPC identified three explanations for the decline in food security: Livelihoods have been severely affected by the conflict due to the sale of assets, looting, destruction and displacement; the lack of food availability due to severe depletion or destruction of stocks from the last harvest and the loss of livestock; and insufficient access to food because of the disruption of market supply, limited physical access due to civil unrest, and the diminished purchasing power of Central Africans due to loss of income and increased food prices (more than 30 per cent on average between January and April compared with the same period in 2013).

IPC conclusions suggest that although the need for emergency assistance has decreased in Bangui, it is cumulating in rural areas. Humanitarian assistance remains crucial, particularly during preparations for the agricultural season.

A UNICEF survey released on 9 May revealed that more than half way through the school year, almost two thirds of schools remain closed. “The education system is literally on its knees,” said Souleymane Diabaté, UNICEF Representative in CAR. “Many teachers have not been paid for months; there are no textbooks; the little infrastructure that existed before the crisis has been damaged.” The crisis has already disrupted two school years since the end of 2012, and many families are still too scared to send their children back to classes.

On 10 May, UNHCR and CAR authorities concluded the voluntary repatriation programme of Congolese refugees from Batalimo. Since the programme was launched on 10 April, 6,283 people (representing 1,502 families) have been repatriated to Libenge, Businga, Mbandaka and Zongo in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Three refugees who did not opt for the voluntary repatriation will receive support for their local integration. Local authorities will manage camp infrastructure. The 12 water taps will continue functioning and be managed by local committees. A health centre in the camp will remain operational and will be accessible to the local population until the end of 2014, with UNHCR’s support. UNHCR has also donated education materials to 10 educational institutions in the district. IOM is running mobile health clinics in Bangui and Boda to provide medical assistance at IDP sites. Over the past week, 306 consultations were provided at three IDP sites in Bangui. The health clinic in Boda provided over 700 consultancies at four IDP sites and the Boda hospital. This included deworming (using Albendazole) for children aged between 2 and 11 at three IDP sites: Sarakporo (119 children), KM5 (141 children) and Deux-Pont (200 children).

The most frequently diagnosed illnesses include malaria, upper respiratory infections, intestinal parasites, diarrhoea and severe acute malnutrition (SAM) among children. SAM is common among Fulani children in Boda. Medical cases requiring special attention in Boda included an evacuation to Mbaiki due to a birth complication, a gangrene-related amputation, and surgeries due to war-related injuries.

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Funding

The Strategic Response Plan (SRP) requires $565 million. Only 30 per cent of funding has been received. Early recovery, education, nutrition and emergency shelter are the least funded sectors. The Humanitarian Coordinator has approved $9.4 million for 13 emergency response projects ($8.4 million allocated to NGOs and $1 million to a UN agency) through the Common Humanitarian Fund. These projects will be implemented in all provinces except Mbomou, Haut Mbomou and Bangui. This funding will ensure assistance in health, WASH, shelter and NFI, nutrition and protection, targeting about 700,000 people.

All humanitarian partners, including donors and recipient agencies, are encouraged to inform OCHA's Financial Tracking Service (FTS - http://fts.unocha.org) of cash and in-kind contributions by e-mailing: [email protected]

Humanitarian Response

Food Security

Needs • More food assistance and nutrition support is needed, particularly ahead of the lean $180 million season. Since the May-to-November rainy season started earlier this year, pre- Required to provide food to positioning efforts are ongoing. 1.25 million targeted • Immediate distribution of agricultural inputs for the current agricultural campaign is vulnerable people in 2014. needed to enable vulnerable farmers to plant in time and produce their own food. • $67.6 million received (38% of funding This assistance will help avert a full-scale food and nutrition crisis in the country. requirements) • Until the end of 2014, crisis-hit communities need to receive technical, social and • $112 million needed financial support to better absorb shocks and develop social socioeconomic opportunities. Response • Between 1 and 10 May, WFP and partners distributed approximately 435 MT of food to 42,000 people countrywide. • As of 13 May, more than 86 per cent of procured seeds (1,543 tons) are pre-positioned in FAO seed- distribution hubs in Bangui, Bambari, Bossangoa and Bouar. FAO has procured local quality seeds from Paoua, Kaga Bandoro and Bambari to avoid delays in delivery, given the context of insecurity and reduced access by road due to heavy rainfall. • NGOs are collecting the inputs from FAO hubs and often collaborate with FAO to transport them to the distribution sites in rural areas. To date, CORDAID, CRS, COOPI and ACTED have collected partial quantities of the seeds and tools that have been pre-positioned for them. • FAO, ACTED, CORDAID and CRS have distributed 291,500 tons of seeds and 23,300 tools to 11,660 households in Mbaiki, Bozoum and Bossangoa. Other NGOs will start distribution operations in the coming days in Mbaiki, Bambari, Bangassou, Bria and around Bangui. • Each family is receiving 25 kgs of seeds and two hoes to plant in time and produce their own food. Crops harvested will contribute to feed each family for around four months. • All seeds will be distributed to affected people by 31 May, if the security situation permits. Assisted farmers are also receiving food rations from WFP to prevent seed consumption. • IOM and InterSOS distributed food to newly arrived IDPs and their families in Kabo and Moyen-Sido. The distribution targeted the recently relocated IDPs from the PK12 community in Bangui. In Moyen-Sido, 10.7 tons of food was distributed to over 1,080 people (308 households). In Kabo, 3 tons of food was distributed to 314 people (146 households). Each person received a one-month supply of rice, beans, oil, salt and Super Cereal Plus provided by WFP. The food distribution is part of a short-term strategy to cover the immediate needs of the relocated IDPs. Gaps • Pre-positioning of stocks remains limited due to insecurity along the main road axis, coupled with the lack of service providers and logistical assets. • With the arrival of the rainy season, which coincides with the lean season, food needs and malnutrition rates are expected to increase. WFP’s emergency operation is 67 per cent funded, but $36 million is required to sustain operations until the end of August. • WFP requires $1 million to strengthen the cluster’s support for six months in collaboration with FAO.

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• Rising levels of insecurity countrywide are a major challenge for the distribution of agricultural inputs. Convoys in at-risk areas are being closely monitored and coordinated with the African-led international Support Mission, the Sangaris Force and other partners.

Water, Sanitation, Hygiene Needs $27.5 million Required to provide WASH • Need to strengthen the inter-sectorial coordination in Boda (Ouham Province) and to services to 900,000 targeted have a better understanding of humanitarian needs to adequately respond to WASH vulnerable people in 2014. gaps.  $9.3 million (34% of total requirements) • The need to empty latrines in IDP sites and increase the quality of their construction  $18.1 million to reduce the infiltration of rain is a high priority. (remaining needs) • Need to continue supporting the national water agency (SODECA) in Bouar, Bossangoa, Berberati, Bambari, Bangui, Ndele and Carnot in rehabilitating and reactivating water kiosks, and strengthening their capacity to maintain and extend their water network. • Urgent WASH assistance is required for IDPs in Yaloke (Ombella M’poko Province). In Bangui, about 750 tons of solid waste per day needs to be collected, transformed and disposed. • In compliance with SPHERE standards, and in mitigation of a cholera-outbreak risk, distributed water needs to have an adequate amount of chlorine. Hand-washing stations should be functional with soap and water. Response • An emergency WASH response by the RRM team (with ACF partners) started in and Yaloke last week. • SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL is drilling boreholes in Moyen Sido and Kabo to ensure the provision of safe drinking water to the relocated PK12 IDPs. This will end the water-trucking activity to the sites. • Members of the WASH Cluster coordination team will be deployed in Boda to support the development of inter- sectorial coordination tool in order to improve and strengthen the situational analysis. The team will also ensure that the WASH response is integrating into a broader public-health framework. • The emptying of latrines has started in several sites in Bangui including Saint Sauveur, Jean 23, Saint Joseph in Mokassa and Saint Jacques in Kpetene. • The relocation of the Mpoko IDPs was the subject of several inter-sectoral meetings this week. For each of the identified relocation sites, the cluster has developed an estimated budget covering all the costs for water and sanitation access and maintenance for six months. Gaps and constraints • By the end of May and June, most WASH international NGOs will no longer have funds to continue activities in sites. • Lack of a WASH contingency plan in the regions outside Bangui. • Lack of coordinated operational response in key areas with people at risk, which hampered the synergy between humanitarian actors and the application of the “Do No Harm” approach. • Lack of clear integrated strategy for humanitarian assistance in Bangui. • Logistic constraints are hampering the operationalization of response outside Bangui. Transport and storage capacity are key issues that need to be addressed urgently. • Solid waste and sludge-disposal facilities are inadequate around Bangui and they need to be rehabilitated.

Emergency shelter and NFI

Needs • Provide emergency shelter and NFI assistance to over 20,000 IDPs in Kaga Bandoro, $33.5 million mostly concentrated in Nativité, Evêché and Bissingale village, identified through an Required to provide emergency shelter and NFIs RRM assessment as newly displaced since the end of April. to 703,975 vulnerable • Provide NFI assistance to approximately 6,000 IDPs in the Bossangoa region (Nana people in 2014. Bakassa, Bangui and Benzemba axes), including 1,500 newly arrived IDPs from • $3.7 million received (11% of funding Markounda, Bowaye, Bode and Boguila over the past week. requirements) • Need for medium-term shelter assistance for 1,300 IDPs who were relocated from • $29.8 million needed PK12 to Kabo and Moyen Sido. • Improve IDPs’ living conditions at a transit centre in Carnot and provide NFI assistance. • Support the return of at least 17,000 IDPs to their homes through a coordinated shelter-reconstruction programme, including technical support and the distribution of materials.

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Response • Six community shelters have been constructed in Kabo and 16 in Moyen Sido to host relocated IDPs from PK12. • NRC and CRS are planning a mission to Boda to identify housing, land and property (HLP) issues in view of housing reconstruction. • With UNHCR’s support, NRC plans to conduct capacity-building training for shelter and NFI cluster members in terms of dealing with HLP issues in the reconstruction programmes for returnees.Eight potential relocation sites were assessed. Four were technically approved, and the findings will be presented to the CAR Transitional Government. Gaps and constraints • There is a shortage of emergency shelter and NFI stock and pipeline supplies until the end of June. The needs of approximately 43,000 IDPs will not be covered. • Security incidents in Ouham and Ouham Pende Provinces restricted shelter partners from reaching affected communities, delaying NFI distribution and shelter reconstruction programmes. rd • Insecurity in Bangui’s 3 district continues to hinder cluster members from completing an assessment on houses destroyed.

Camp Coordination and Camp Management

Needs • Final validation and implementation of the Rainy Season Contingency Plan is $20 million required. Required to assist • Disaggregated data for Bangui IDP sites is needed. 501,980 people. • Improve two-way communication with displaced people in sites. • No funding allocations • Strengthen coordination with humanitarian actors and national authorities involved in reported by the cluster accompanying the voluntary return of IDPs. • Extend the coverage of CCCM actors and support throughout the country. Response • Findings of multi-sectoral assessments (WASH, CCCM, shelter and protection) of potential relocation sites for IDPs living in the most at-risk sites for the rainy season have been presented to the Minister of Health and Humanitarian Action for possible implementation. • A data-quality and verification initiative has been completed for displacement sites in Bangui. This will enable site profile updates with accurate data. • CCCM actors are working with local radio stations to improve IDPs’ access to information about their neighbourhoods of origin. • The cluster is actively involved in the Bangui Working Group supporting voluntary return of IDPs. It is contributing the development of a comprehensive return strategy. • IDP sites in the interior are being mapped. • IOM continues to carry out site facilitation and registration in IDP sites in the Boda region. • IOM has constructed transit centres in Kabo and Moyen-Sido to receive and register protection cases and is hiring local staff to carry out further registrations. IOM will soon establish a sub-office in the area to provide assistance in both locations. Gaps and Constraints • With the onset of the rainy season, quick remedial action is required in at-risk IDP sites. • Limited funding continues to challenge communication with IDPs and site management. • There is a limited number of CCCM partners engaged in activities outside of Bangui.

Multi-sector assistance to refugees

Needs

• Organize emergency voluntary repatriation by boat and plane for refugees under $22.6 million immediate threat and wishing to return home. Required to assist 16,581 refugees • Find alternative solutions for refugees under imminent threat and who cannot return to their home country or stay in CAR. • $2.4 million received • Provide basic services (such as education, health) for urban refugees living in (11% of funding requirements) Bangui and those living in camps in Bambari and Zemio. • $20.2 million (funds • Help refugees to become self-reliant after having their livelihoods destroyed or being needed)

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threatened by the crisis. Response • UNHCR and implementing partners provided assistance to nearly 10,300 refugees, mostly from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan, through protection and multi-sectoral assistance, and care and maintenance activities in Bangui and in the Bambari and Zemio camps. In the Zemio camp, some 900 women and girls received hygiene kits. Gaps • Security risks continue to increase. Evacuation solutions are needed for refugees who cannot return to their country of origin or stay in CAR.

Nutrition

Needs • About 28,000 children will suffer from SAM in 2014, and 75,500 children will suffer $22.5 million from moderate acute malnutrition (MAM). This number could rise, given ongoing Required to provide nutrition aggravating factors (displacement, poor food security, deteriorated access to clean services to 361,011 targeted vulnerable people out of water and sanitation, increased morbidity and lack of health-care services) and the 628,000 in 2014. start of the rainy season/hunger gap. • $3 million received • About 16,800 children suffering from SAM are targeted for treatment in 2014. (13% of total • An estimated 159,000 children under age 5 need highly nutritious foods. A consistent requirements) and adequately funded pipeline is needed to prevent a deterioration of nutritional • $19.5 million needed status during the rainy season. Response • Since 1 January, 7,672 children have been admitted for SAM treatment, of whom 3,406 children have already recovered from SAM in CAR. The performance rates are as follows: recovery: 84% (>=75%); death: 2% (<5%); default: 16% (<15%). This represents 45.6 per cent of the SRP target of 16,800 children suffering from SAM. In addition, 8,788 children recovered from MAM. Children have been treated with the following performance rates: recovery: 83.4% (>75%); death: 0.1% (<3%); default: 6.8% (<15%) and non-response: 9.5% (<15%). • Nutrition supplements were provided to 1,500 malnourished pregnant and lactating women. A total of 3,200 people living with HIV/AIDS and on ART enrolled in the food-by-prescription activity. • Since 1 January, 97,499 children have been screened for malnutrition. This represents 27 per cent of the SRP target of 360,000 children. Children received treatment through on-site mobile out-patient therapeutic programmes (OTPs). Some were also referred for treatment to existing health structures with OTP and supplementary feeding programme components. • Since 1 January, a monthly average of 25,000 children aged between 6 and 59 months received highly nutritious food through WFP’s integrated general food distribution in Bangui, Boda (Lobaye Province), Bossangoa (Ouham Province), Bouar (Nana Mambere Province), Bambari (Ouaka Province), Kaga Bandoro (Nana Gribizi Province) and Paoua (Ouham Pende Province). • The NGO CAP Anamur conducted a malnutrition screening in Yaloke (Ombella M’poko Province). It revealed that 69 displaced children under age 5 out of 240 are malnourished, including 39 cases of SAM. • CARITAS and AHA are ensuring the management of acute malnutrition in Boda for all residents. About 226 children are being treated with UNICEF’s support. Gaps & Constraints • Deteriorating security conditions. • Underfunding. • Insufficient integration of malnutrition in medical minimum package. • Insufficient integration of multi-sectoral activities related to infant and young-child feeding programmes in emergency situations.

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Health

Needs • Ensure delivery of free, life-saving health care to about 15,000 newly affected $64.3 million Required to assist 878,000 people in Grimari, Dékoa, Bouka and Kaga bandoro. targeted people. • Identified need for medical assistance and shelter, malnutrition, hygiene and • $13 million received sanitation in Yaloke for 628 displaced people in the area. (21% of funding • Prevent disease outbreaks by vaccinating vulnerable children, and by strengthening requirements) the early warning system and response in and outside Bangui. • $50 million (funds • Strengthen preparedness for a possible cholera outbreak in border regions with needed) Cameroon, which is currently experiencing a cholera epidemic. Staff training and community awareness on hygiene measures are required. Response • Planning of the African vaccination campaign week scheduled for 21 to 25 May, during which the measles- vaccination campaign will be integrated. • Micro planning of a measles-vaccination campaign in response to the measles outbreak in Carnot and Berberati (Mambéré Kadéi). The campaign targets 44,290 children including 43,896 children aged between 6 and 59 months, and 394 displaced children aged between 6 months and 15 years in IDP sites. • Assist in relocating 1,352 IDPs from Bangui to Bambari, Kabo and Moyen Sido by organizing medical screenings of IDPs upon arrival. About 18 people (including seven with gunshot wounds) were immediately referred to health centres for treatment. • To support primary health care for IDPs, the cluster is coordinating the provision of basic emergency kits to health centres and implementing partners. This will enable access to basic health care for 230,000 people over a three-month period. The provision of reproductive health kits will ensure 31,500 deliveries . Gaps & Constraints • Underfunding limits the expansion of basic services to vulnerable people outside Bangui. • Some NGOs have reduced their activities in regional areas due to the lack of funding and insecurity. • Insecurity is impeding health-service delivery and health information management. Medical staff are increasingly victims of armed attacks; health infrastructures are also affected.

Education Needs • Establish temporary Safe Learning Spaces (ETAPEs) in IDP sites with age-sensitive $33 million educational and recreational activities and child-protection services for 362,000 Required to provide people in need. emergency education to • Distribute emergency recreational, teaching and learning materials for ETAPEs and 350,000 targeted vulnerable schools for 362,000 people in need. people out of 400,000 in 2014. • Psychosocial training for 5,000 teachers is required. • $1 million received • School-feeding activities are required, particularly in provinces with a low rate of (3% of funding student returns, targeting 400,000 people in need. requirements) • $32.07 million (funds Response needed) • Education and protection activities continue in 118 ETAPEs targeting 23,600 children aged between 3 and18. • In Bangui, 22 Early Childhood Development kits were distributed to 11 kindergartens targeting 677 children enrolled in these institutions. • Ten members from five NGOs and the Ministry of Education attended the second session of a five-day workshop on education in emergencies. • In Bangui, Benz Vi school has been rehabilitated. • In Bouar, rehabilitation has started in seven schools, including training for the members of Parent Teacher Associations. School kits were also delivered to the northern regional office of education for distribution in two schools. Gaps & Constraints • Insecurity is limiting movement, resulting in a lack of information and data outside of Bangui. • A limited number of education partners are available for interventions outside of Bangui. • Population movement is making the organization of structured education and child-protection activities difficult. • The beginning of the rainy season is limiting or delaying the cluster’s activities.

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• Looting of school infrastructures is ongoing in some provinces, especially in Ouaka Province. • To date, the cluster is only 3 per cent funded.

Logistics Needs • Humanitarian organizations need secure and reliable access to beneficiaries by road $10.2 million to maintain operations inside the country. Required to support • Due to prevailing insecurity outside Bangui and along the roads, air services are emergency response in indispensable to humanitarian operations. Humanitarian staff require safe access to 2014. • $9.83 million received project sites and to transport vital supplies internally and internationally. (96% of funding • Additional storage facilities and capacity are needed to transport goods in Bangui requirements) and in the provinces. • $0.37 million (funds needed) Response • Due to the shortage in jet fuel, UNHAS air services in CAR were temporarily suspended at the start of the month. WFP airlifted 50,000 litres of jet fuel from Nairobi on 7 May, which enabled UNHAS to resume its regular air service operations. The fuel is sufficient to ensure operations over a two-week period. Between 9 and 12 May, UNHAS transported 124 people and 1.7 MT of supplies. • Updated information was shared on the Logistics Cluster website regarding UNHAS flights and cluster information: http://logcluster.org/ops/caf13a • The cluster continues to collect and share information regarding the road-transport plan of partners from Bangui to various field locations. Gaps and constraints • Poor infrastructure and insecurity along the main roads remain a challenge, hampering the humanitarian logistics chain. • The rainy season will hamper logistics efforts, as many roads will become impassable. • The number of national service providers has decreased due to the situation. • There is no fuel network outside of Bangui. Consequently, pre-positioned stocks are necessary in the provinces. • The disruption in jet fuel has not yet been resolved. This will continue to affect UNHAS operations. • The cluster is working with its partners to assess available logistics capacities and potential gaps, particularly in terms of secondary transport and warehousing.

Emergency Telecommunications

Needs • Establish functioning, permanent (24/7) communication centres (COMCENs) in all $2 million common operational areas, as per the Country Minimum Operating Security Required to support Standards (CMOSS) requirements. humanitarian response in 2014. Response • $0.36 million received • Equipment will be pre-positioned in Ndélé as soon as the situation allows. (19% of funding • A deployment mission in Kaga Bandoro will be scheduled as soon as the security requirements) • situation permits. $1.55 million (funds needed) • All ETC information is available at: http://ictemergency.wfp.org/web/ictepr/emergencies2013/central-african-republic Gaps and constraints : • The lack of secure compounds and/or adequate office space in some common operational locations (Bambari, Ndélé and Kaga Bandoro) prevents the installation of ETC equipment and deployment of services. • Outside of Bangui, the lack of radio operators and the security situation are hampering the fulfilment of the C- MOSS requirements for COMCENs. Planned recruitments have been delayed due to funding constraints.

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