Central African Republic 14 December 2013 Prepared by OCHA on behalf of the Humanitarian Country Team PERIOD: SUMMARY 1 January – 31 December 2014 Strategic objectives 100% 1. Provide integrated life-saving assistance to people in need as a result of the continuing political and security crisis, particularly IDPs and their 4.6 million host communities. total population 2. Reinforce the protection of civilians, including of their fundamental human rights, in particular as it relates to women and children. 48% of total population 3. Rebuild affected communities‘ resilience to withstand shocks and 2.2 million address inter-religious and inter-community conflicts. estimated number of people in Priority actions need of humanitarian aid Rapidly scale up humanitarian response capacity, including through 43% of total population enhanced security management and strengthened common services 2.0 million (logistics including United Nations Humanitarian Air Service, and telecoms). people targeted for humanitarian Based on improved monitoring and assessment, cover basic, life- aid in this plan saving needs (food, water, hygiene and sanitation / WASH, health, nutrition and shelter/non-food items) of internally displaced people and Key categories of people in their host communities and respond rapidly to any new emergencies. need: Ensure availability of basic drugs and supplies at all clinics and internally 533,000 hospitals and rehabilitate those that have been destroyed or looted. 0.6 displaced Rapidly increase vaccine coverage, now insufficient, and ensure adequate million management of all cases of severe acute malnutrition. displaced 20,336 refugees Strengthen protection activities and the protection monitoring system 1.6 and facilitate engagement of community organizations in conflict resolution million and community reconciliation initiatives. non- Promote the rehabilitation and reopening of schools and help restore displaced and protect assets for food production and other sustainable livelihood Source: HNO as of October 2013 opportunities to promote resilience. USD 247 million requested Credit: OCHA/Laura Fultang 18 October 2013, Bossangoa, CAR: Humanitarian assistance to IDPs. STRATEGIC RESPONSE PLAN Central African Republic Parameters of the response Of the 2.2 million people in need of humanitarian aid—including PRIORITY HUMANITARIAN NEEDS 533,000 internally displaced people (IDPs), 1.6 million residents including host communities and 20,000 refugees—this plan targets 1 Multi-sectoral needs of highly the 2.0 million people (90%) who are expected to be accessible at vulnerable displaced people and least at some point during 2014 (despite best efforts to reach all of them). The number of IDPs has been increasing rapidly since the host communities 5 December 2013 attack on Bangui and ensuing violence, which claimed 459 lives in as few as five days and resulted in 108,000 2 Protection needs arising from new IDPs being scattered in about 30 locations throughout the exactions carried out by armed capital. The number of IDPs remains extremely volatile. and non-armed groups Key access constraints throughout the country include insecurity, extremely poor road infrastructure, climatic conditions, and the 3 Safeguarding or restoring nature of displacement, which often leads people to hide far from livelihoods and assets enabling the main roads. The plan will target Bangui as well as all of CAR‘s vulnerable communities to 16 Administrative Units (‗prefectures‘) with a focus on the most withstand further shocks vulnerable, as identified through the vulnerability mapping exercise described in the Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) and recent displacement figures. The plan will focus primarily on displaced Full HNO: people and their host communities, especially women and children. https://car.humanitarianresponse.info In addition, there are 221,000 refugees from CAR in neighbouring countries, including 71,000 new arrivals since the current crisis began in December 2012. These are not included in this plan. 2 Central African Republic STRATEGIC RESPONSE PLAN CONTENTS Strategy ......................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Strategic objectives and indicators ............................................................................................................................. 11 Cluster plans ............................................................................................................................................................... 13 COORDINATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES ........................................................................................................................ 14 EARLY RECOVERY / LIVELIHOODS AND COMMUNITY STABILIZATION ........................................................................... 17 EDUCATION ............................................................................................................................................................................. 21 EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS ............................................................................................................................... 26 FOOD SECURITY .................................................................................................................................................................... 28 HEALTH .................................................................................................................................................................................... 33 LOGISTICS ............................................................................................................................................................................... 38 MULTI-SECTOR ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEES ..................................................................................................................... 40 NUTRITION .............................................................................................................................................................................. 44 PROTECTION .......................................................................................................................................................................... 50 WATER SANITATION AND HYGIENE/NON FOOD ITEMS/SHELTER ................................................................................... 55 Annex: List of projects and requirements ................................................................................................................ 60 Table I: Requirements per cluster ............................................................................................................................................. 60 Table II: Requirements per priority level ................................................................................................................................... 60 Table III: Requirements per organization .................................................................................................................................. 61 Table IV: List of Strategic Response Plan projects (grouped by cluster) .................................................................................. 63 Table V: Requirements per location .......................................................................................................................................... 72 Table VI: Requirements per gender marker score .................................................................................................................... 72 3 STRATEGIC RESPONSE PLAN Central African Republic The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. 4 Central African Republic STRATEGIC RESPONSE PLAN STRATEGY People in need and targeted This Plan targets 2.0 million of the 2.2 million conflict-affected people, which includes the current number of 533,000 IDPs (including 108,000 new IDPs since the 5 December 2013 attack on Bangui), 20,000 refugees, and the 1.6 million residents identified in the Humanitarian Needs Overview as needing humanitarian aid. The level of vulnerability among these people is extremely high. Urgent humanitarian aid is required to prevent loss of life and to promote health, protection and dignity. In addition, given the likelihood of the current crisis (current crisis, which began in December 2012 with the attacks and eventual coup d‘état of the Seleka rebel coalition) continuing throughout 2014, strengthening people‘s resilience to withstand further shocks will also be crucially important. Figure 1: Number of people in need Category Female Male TOTAL IDPs1 - - 533,000 Refugees 10,372 9,964 20,336 Residents (hosts and non-hosts) 825,379 793,012 1,618,391 TOTAL - - 2,171,727 Source: Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO), October 2013 for Residents and Refugees. Updated IDP figure from OCHA 9 December 2003. Note: As indicated in the HNO, an estimated 51% of the population is female. Gender breakdown of IDPs not available at this time. Planning assumptions This Plan is based on the following assumptions: The security and political crisis is likely to continue throughout 2014. Although the crisis is currently worsening, especially since the attack on Bangui on 5 December 2013 and the ensuing violence, the deployment of an African Union-led peacekeeping mission (MISCA) with support from French troops