Threats in the north of the Central African Republic are shifting. People continue to suffer from violence and a lack of water, medicines, schools and markets. While the armed conflict between the government and militant groups has ceased in the northeast and somewhat declined in the northwest,criminal gangs are wreaking havoc all over the northern and central parts of the country. Almost 300,000 Central Africans remain displaced, either within the country or as refugees abroad. An estimated third of these, some 100,000 people, have fled armed bandits who attack travellers, loot what little people have, and burn whole villages, kidnap children for ransom, and kill people at random.

The Humanitarian and Development Partnership Team (HDPT) in CAR estimates that one million people continue to endure the direct consequences of violence. In order to kick start urgent humanitarian operations, the Emergency Response Fund (ERF) provides immediate financing solutions to the humanitarian actors on the ground. Detailing on its action, the ERF published an activity update as of February 2008. It covers:

• The background humanitarian situation in CAR
• The new pojects funded by the ERF
• The general organization of the fund
• The full list of projects funded

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