Read our 2019 annual report
Why Central African Republic? We have been operational in the Central African Republic (CAR) since March 2014. The overall goals of our programme in CAR are to provide humanitarian assistance, build the resilience of communities and to alleviate the suffering of conflict-affected communities.
*We are currently responding to the threat of COVID-19 in Central African Republic. Find out more about our response here.
In 2020, the Central African Republic remains one of the most fragile countries in the world, ranked 188 out of 189 by the Human Development Index, with an estimated 2.6 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.
The persistence of armed clashes in the country has largely contributed to the degradation of the humanitarian situation as well as eroding the resilience capacities of local communities. In the 2019 Global Hunger Index (GHI), CAR was the only country with hunger levels classified as 'extremely alarming'. Conflict has forced over one million people from their homes, with more than half of those fleeing to neighbouring countries.
If Concern was not here, things would have been much worse. I wouldn't have been able to afford medicine for my children. So they would not have been treated.
COVID-19
We're working quickly to ensure that lifesaving humanitarian activities can continue in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and our information campaigns are raising awareness about the virus.
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Building community resilience
We're working hard to alleviate suffering and build resilience for conflict affected communities in Central African Republic.
