Read the report from the inter-organisation mission to Sikikédé, in the Vakaga province of north-eastern CAR, which took place on Friday 25 November 2011. This was the first joint mission since September 2010. Download the report here (125kb) >>

See photos from the mission on the photos page >>

For more details, please contact:

Lauren Paletta
Information Management Officer, OCHA CAR
paletta@un.org

Christian Mulamba
Head of Mission, IMC CAR
cmulamba@internationalmedicalcorps.org

L’évaluation réalisée répondait aux besoins exprimés à la fois par le Programme, le Reporting et la Coordination afin d’établir un bilan des activités menées et identifier une situation de base en début de période de soudure. Cette enquête s’inscrit aussi dans un processus d’apprentissage continu.
L’équipe AME (Appraisal, Monitoring and Evaluation) d’ACTED, coordonnée par la Manager Reporting & AME ACTED RCA, a mené une évaluation du 13 juin au 28 juin 2011 dans les sous-préfectures de Zémio et Mboki dans l’Ouest du Haut Mbomou et du 29 juin au 01 juillet 2011 dans la sous-préfecture de Djémah, visant à évaluer les niveaux de vulnérabilités sur la zone, les enjeux liés à l’accueil des déplacés et réfugiés sur la zone, les conséquences de la dégradation sécuritaire progressive sur les dynamiques de relèvement et les besoins persistants.

Read more by downloading the evaluation report (1,129KB) (french version only) >>
You may be also interested to read the Multi-Sector Rapid Evaluation in Djémah, and view the presentation given to the HDPT community.

For more information, please contact:

Julien Benoist
Country Director
ACTED CAR
julien.benoist@acted.org

The ACTED team recently gave a presentation to the HDPT community on their multi-sector evaluation of Djémah, in the Haut-Mbomou préfecture of south-eastern CAR. The evaluation covers security, logistics, nutrition, food security, agriculture, water and sanitation, health, economic development, education, protection and advocacy. Download the presentation given to the HDPT community here >>

For more information, please contact:

Perrine Laissus
Reporting Manager
ACTED Central African Republic
perrine.laissus@acted.org

Une mission d’évaluation rapide multi-sectorielle a été réalisée par l’ONG ACTED (Agence d’Aide à la Coopération Technique et au Développement) dans la sous-préfecture de Djémah du 3 au 4 juillet 2011 pour évaluer les besoins des populations de cette zone enclavée.

La sous-préfecture de Djémah souffre de l’enclavement lié à la dégradation sécuritaire sur la Préfecture du Haut-Mbomou qui limite l’accès humanitaire à la zone et donc les interventions visant à soutenir la couverture des besoins essentiels. ACTED intervient à Djémah depuis 2009 dans le cadre d’un financement EuropeAid de promotion des micro-projets. L’ONG a mené une évaluation rapide début juillet 2011 afin d’identifier les besoins multi-sectoriels des 2919 habitants de la sous-préfecture de Djémah. La ville de Djémah est divisée en 3 grands quartiers (Ourou, Fouka et Centre Urbain) composés de 6 villages (Tourombo, Fouka, Centre Urbain, Ourou I, Ourou II, Mabon).

Read more by downloading the evaluation report (136KB) (french version only) >>

For further details please visit the ACTED CAR website or contact:

Julien Benoist
Country Director
ACTED CAR
julien.benoist@acted.org

In the context of the Development Partner Consultation for CAR in June 2007, the government prepared a very informative two-page document on the transport infrastructure in CAR.

In short, the transport infrastructure is a poor as one can find it in Africa. Key facts below:

• CAR’s territory is about 623,000 square kilometers, or roughly the size of France
• The nearest seaport Douala in Cameroon is about 1,500 km from Bangui
• Of the 5,376 km national roads (major roads), only 700 km are surfaced. The rest are unpaved.
• CAR has 5,000 km of rivers but only 15 ferries with a motor
• In the 1970s, 600,000 tonnes of freight were transported on the the Oubangui river per year. Now it is only 60,000 tonnes per year.
• The Bangui airport is 40 years old and its runway was last renovated 20 years ago.

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WFP brought back pictures from the road to Sam Ouandja, where more than 2,700 refugees need assistance.

After weeks of rain, the main road to Sam Ouandja is almost completely impassable. The WFP truck convoy took almost 14 days to arrive in Sam Ouandja from Bangui.

Look at the photo gallery after the break to see the trucks stuck in the mud. Continue Reading »

The extreme north east of CAR is only accessible on poorly maintained dirt roads. With the rainy season about to start, it may soon become impossible to access the region by car or truck. Humanitarian agencies are pre-stocking supplies and vehicles now. Once the rain starts pouring down, new aid can only be delivered by plane.

The images show the main road to Birao, just before Ouanda-Djalle. During a recent inter-agency mission, the team had been stuck at this ‘trouble spot’ for almost 3 hours before the jeeps were back on track.

Alertnet runs a story on the challenge of delivering aid within the Central African Republic. All but a few roads are in disrepair, the most important road to Cameroon lacks hundreds of kilometers of tarmac and the rainy season is about to set in. Most bridges have been destroyed in fighting between rebels and government troops. The video below gives some idea how difficult it is to get through with jeeps, let alone with trucks.