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Campaign for displaced people

Central African Republic

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Central African Republic: a forgotten crisis?

…its people fleeing from violenceSurrounded by neighbours in conflict…

• 4.3 million inhabitants

• 108,000 displaced within CAR

• 101,000 refugees abroad

• 1 million people hit by conflict

CAR

Rebellion or internal conflict

Chad

Sudan

Cameroon

DRCCongo

Darfur

GabonUganda

Nigeria

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A country and its people mired in poverty and disease

Increasing violence and humanitarian crises are the result of decades of neglect

Economy and

Development

GDP per capita 2007 US$ 402

Human Development Index rank 178th of 179

Public Health Life expectancy at birth 42 years

Children < 5 mortality (per 1,000) 176

Maternal mortality (per 100,000) 1,355

HIV prevalence 6.2%

Education Adult literacy rate 43%

Food and Water Global chronic malnutrition < 5 years 38%

People without access to drinking water 74%

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Violence drives displacement; fear hinders return

Bangui

Vakaga

Haute-Kotto

Bamingui-Bangoran

CHADSUDAN

DARFUR

DRCCONGO

CAMEROON

Nana-Mambéré

Nana-Grébizi

Returneessince 2005in thousands

Ouham-Pendé

8

Source: HDPT CAR (October 2008)* Estimated 25,000 pastoralists have been displaced from their territory. Not shown here.

Ouham

IDPssince 2005in thousands

10

Haut-Mbomou

15

10

5

12

50

10

25

5

5

230

8

3

17

5 0

45

56

Refugeessince 2002in thousands

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Political dialogue starts, but rebellions exacerbated by banditry and foreign incursions

UN

UN

UNUN

UN

UNBossangoa

Kaga-Bandoro

Ndélé

Birao

Sam-Ouandja

Gore

Bozoum

Am Timan

Wau

UN

UNPaoua

Obo

500 km

UN

Bangui

Refugee camp

Border

Prefecture

Town / settlement

Road

Road banditry

Fragile zones

Severe attacks

Now the pattern of violence is changing

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But there are too many enemies

• Bandits kidnap children and adults for ransom, kill people and attack villages

• Lord’s Resistance Army abducted children and looted villages

• Armed poachers destroy people’s livelihoods

• Foreign soldiers loot and burn villages

• Three rebel groups take to extortion and killings

• Government forces violate Human Rights

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So people continue to flee the violence

• Losing your parents

• Losing your shelter

• Losing your livelihood

• Losing your dignity

Being displaced in the Central African Republic means…

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The household of a 11-year old boy and his little brother on a site for displaced people in Kabo. They were separated from their parents while fleeing a bandit attack on their village.

Losing your parents

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Displaced mother washes her newborn in front of huts made of leaves in Kambakota. Access to safe water and good hygiene practices are major problems

Losing your shelter

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Losing your livelihood

Pierre Paitilite, OboMaurice Daba, Kabo

Losing your dignity

“We did manage to plant last year but bandits made it difficult to reach our crops so we were not able to harvest much.”

“We've been forgotten. If you, the international community, have made it here that means you actually think we are people.”

Maurice’s village of Waki II, close to Kabo, was attacked by bandits

74-year old Pierre from Obo in the far south-east, after LRA attack in March 2008

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hundreds of soldiers and rebels received training on Human Rights to help reduce violations;

Aid organizations are helping

In 2008, 220,000 people in need received food;

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Aid organizations are helping

and hundreds of thousands of children were vaccinated.

104,000 displaced people received clothes and basic goods to survive;

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And a campaign is being launched

…is helping displaced communities to stand up for their rights;

…is working with the Central African government, so that they fulfill their

duties towards the displaced;

…is asking donors to support protection and aid programmes for the

displaced;

…is asking media to help raise awareness on their plight.

The campaign for displaced people…

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But much more needs to be done

With your help, we can do more.

• Spread the news about the campaign

• Donate: hdptcar.netwww.unocha.org