Central African Republic

Quick Facts

Population: 5.3 million
People in Need: 2.4 million
People Facing Hunger: 1.6 million

Our Impact

People Helped Last Year: 337,765
Our Team: 339 employees
Program Start: 2006

The State of Hunger in Central African Republic

Families in the Central African Republic face extreme poverty, climate shocks, and a lack of functioning basic services. Compounding these issues, the security situation remains volatile in many areas of the country. Deteriorating health systems, inadequate healthcare coverage, and limited capacity for nutrition care and prevention drive widespread hunger. This has resulted in an estimated 1.2 million people requiring nutritional assistance.

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How We're Helping in Central African Republic

We provide support to displaced people, returnees, and affected communities through our rapid response mechanism. We improve access to healthcare for children under five and pregnant and breastfeeding women by supplying medical and nutritional inputs and rehabilitating health infrastructure. Interventions in food security and livelihoods diversify and increase agricultural production, as well as strengthen the economic status of communities.

Our teams provide psychosocial support for malnourished children and treat psychological distress at the community level to prevent and treat undernutrition. Additionally, our water, sanitation, and hygiene initiatives reduce mortality and morbidity from waterborne diseases.

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A mother and child in an Action Against Hunger Health Center.

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People Are Displaced

A child eats Plumpy'Nut, the ready-to-use therapeutic food that can bring malnourished children from a medical crisis to full health in as little as 45 days.

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People Need Nutritional Assistance

A child disabled by severe malnutrition at a young age is receiving motor skills training at the Rehabilitation center for the physically disabled (CRHAM) supported by ACF. Here, he is surrounded by the mother of another child like him and by his grandmother. Bangui, CAR. 2022

An Action Against Hunger psychosocial worker hosts a counselling session.

Action Against Hunger workers drill a borehole.

In emergencies, our teams mobilize rapidly to secure access to clean water and safe sanitation, support displaced people, and tackle nutrition and health crises.

Emergency Response

Our mental health teams provide support to community members who have suffered trauma and shock.

We help to restore community markets and revive farmland and agricultural production in areas that have experienced conflict or upheaval. We also collaborate with local traders to host mobile food fairs.

Food Security & Livelihoods