All posts in the 'IRC' category

Central African Republic: Humanitarian presence in the field (October 2011)

This map shows humanitarian actor’s sub-office and base locations in the field in the CAR. The map was produced by the OCHA office in Bangui with the generous support of the humanitarian community. Download the map in PDF (126KB) here: English version | Version française

Central African Republic: Areas of intervention per cluster (October 2011)

These maps show the areas of intervention of humanitarian projects in the CAR by cluster. The maps were produced by the cluster leads and co-leads with the generous support of the humanitarian community. Download the maps in PDF (655KB) here: English version | Version française

Find all map products for CAR from the HDPT community on the Maps pages of the HDPT CAR website http://hdptcar.net/blog/maps/. We hope that these products will be useful to your work.

Highlights

  • Cholera outbreak preparedness in CAR
  • Update on PU-AMI activities
  • HDPT maps now available online

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community-building-for-madeline-guimbo-2a.jpgBy Gina Bramucci, IRC: After nearly two years of displacement, conflict-affected communities in Central African Republic are rebuilding and returning to their villages of origin. An International Rescue Committee (IRC) team in the northern region of Nana Gribizi has been implementing emergency response, environmental health, health, protection, Gender Based Violence (GBV) and education programming since February 2007.

As Internal Displaced People (IDP) started moving back toward their villages in early 2008, IRC’s protection team worked with returnees to identify extremely individuals in need of support. Communities came together to help elderly people isolated from their families, children without guardians, people living with illness or disability, and women raising their families alone. Continue Reading »