The IRC in Central African Republic

Violence, malnutrition and disease are threatening tens of thousands of people in the north of Central African Republic. Since long-simmering tensions erupted into an open conflict in 2006, some 300,000 people have fled their homes to avoid the killing, burning, looting, and raping that plagues the northern part of the country. Despite a pledge by the government and various rebel groups in June 2008 to pursue a peaceful solution to the conflict, the violence continues unabated. Meanwhile, crime and banditry are rampant, poverty is crippling, and thousands of civilians are dying from malnutrition and preventable diseases. 

How We Help

In 2006 the International Rescue Committee launched emergency assistance programs for displaced people and other vulnerable populations in the violence-torn northwest region of the Central African Republic. Currently, the IRC operates both immediate care and long-term programs aimed at improving health care, water supplies, sanitation services, education, gender-based violence awareness, and protection. The IRC’s life-saving programs are now benefitting more than 105,000 people in the Nana-Gribizi and Ouham-Pendé districts of the country, including 28,000 people displaced by violence.

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