Central African Republic

In the Ombella M’Poko Prefecture, our integrated health package incorporates both the Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) and Infant and Young Children Feeding (IYCF) approaches. We provide preventative and curative services to mothers and children at health centers, and currently support 13 healthcare facilities. This support includes the provision of nutritional supplements, pharmaceuticals, equipment and training for staff.

Our mobile clinics serve remote villages on a biweekly basis. In 2019, 20,746 Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) consultations took place in supported healthcare facilities. We also work with a network of over 600 Mama Lumières (parent leaders), who help to spread messages on improved health, nutrition and hygiene within their communities.

We implement both emergency and resilience programming to reduce hunger and to strengthen livelihoods for the most vulnerable communities in Central African Republic. As part of our emergency response to ongoing conflict and displacement, we’ve provided over 3,800 families with 8 months’ of emergency food assistance in Ouaka prefecture.

Cash-for-work activities create temporary employment to augment the livelihoods of communities while improving access to markets and villages through the rehabilitation of roads and bridges.

In Ombella M’Poko and Lobaye, we combine livelihoods and agriculture and food security by providing communities with the necessary seeds, tools and training to improve production. These programs also contribute to the empowerment of community economic development through the rehabilitation of markets and the creation of income-generating activities (IGAs).

Our Reinforcement of Clean Water and Food Security Access (aka Reinforcement) program aims to link nutrition and food security outcomes with clean water access.

Over the course of three years, 1,500 families (totaling roughly 7,500 individuals) from greater Kouango city and Bianga town will receive seeds, tools and training to increase the food security and dietary diversity. It will also allow the growth of a seeds and vegetables market.

Meanwhile, access to clean water for approximately 3,000 families will be achieved through the establishment of 30 water points in the area. The same people will be part of hygiene promotion activities. The sanitation improvements that are part of this project will extend to a local hospital, six healthcare centers, and five schools.