Currently, War Child’s projects are in Ouham, Ouham-Pendé, and Vakaga and focus on reaching the most vulnerable children including those who have been separated from their families, recruited by armed groups, experienced sexual violence or are working to provide for their families doing the worst forms of child labour. This has also included facilitating the release of more than 15,500 children from armed forces and groups of whom only 30% have been reintegrated into their communities. Since 2014, War Child has been working in the CAR to provide life-saving services to conflict-affected children and their families to enhance their livelihoods, access to protection and education. Despite the challenges, War Child is committed to delivering life-saving interventions to support the most vulnerable children and their families.
Increasing attacks on humanitarian workers, including kidnappings, also make the CAR one of the most dangerous contexts to deliver humanitarian aid. Currently, 1.4 million children are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection in the CAR. The presence of armed groups and mass forced displacement of families due to increased violence and insecurity continues to place vulnerable children at risk of separation from their families, violence, sexual abuse, or recruitment into armed groups.
The country’s crisis has been further intensified by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and rising prices of basic items plunging children and their families into food insecurity. Years of armed conflict and ongoing political insecurity has had considerable consequences for Central Africans, with children bearing the brunt. Ongoing conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) has left over a million children in danger.
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