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Central African Republic
Since March 2007, our initial relief work in Vakaga has allowed us to closely identify the local needs and appropriate solutions. Our initial programme has helped to improve access to water and sanitation in the most remote areas of Vakaga (Gordil, Sikikédé, Boromata and Tiringoulou). The majority of people having now gone back to their home villages, Triangle G H is focusing on improving food safety in the areas of intervention and creating the right conditions for socio-economical development. Autonomy-generating schemes and empowerment of the state organisations in the remote prefectures where we are working are crucial aims within this programme;
Among other operations in 2010, Triangle ran several assessments in Ouaka, an area in the heart of the CAR, that has a calmer security situation than in the North-East. Thanks to support from the European Commission and HCR, operations in Ouaka were launched early 2010.
1/ Improving food security and strengthening agricultural production in areas affected by conflicts in North Eastern CAR
- Funding: EuropeAid, UNICEF, CCFD, Secours catholique
- Global budget: € 460, 000
- Duration: 36 months (November 2011 – November 2014)
- Number of beneficiaries: 1, 500 street children and 200 aid workers
- Partners: RFERC (Network of NGOs working with Central African street children)
Under the European Union « non-state actors » budget line, this project aims to strengthen the capacities of a network of Central African NGOs in their response to the needs of street children in Bangui.
2/ Improving food security and strengthening agricultural production in areas affected by conflicts in North Eastern CAR
- Funding: CIAA (Inter-ministeral Food Aid Committee – French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs)
- Global budget: €300,000
- Duration: 10 months (March 2011 – December 2011)
- Number of beneficiaries: 10,915 households (54,575 beneficiaries)
- Partners: ACDA (Central African Agricultural Development Agency) – NDA (local Central African NGO)
This program aims at providing households with access to good quality seeds in order to reduce the level of food vulnerability in the targeted area, and to maximize the impact of agricultural labor by strengthening the technical skills of farmers.
3/ Emergency support to the populations victim of violence in North-Eastern CAR
- Funding: Crisis Unit of the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
- Global budget: €150,000
- Duration: 12 months (April 2011 – March 2012)
- Number of beneficiaries: 2,100 (access to water) – 15,000 (emergency response)
- Partners: UNICEF – WFP (World Food Programme – United Nations)
Ce programme a pour objet de permettre aux populations victimes de violences dans le nord-est de la RCA d'avoir accès à l'eau potable, et d'assurer une réponse rapide pour la couverture des besoins primaires des populations déplacées.
4/ A multi sector-based accompaniment towards integration and progressive self-sufficiency for Sudanese refugees on the new spot of Pladama Ouaka
- Funding: UNHCR (United Nations Refugee Agency),
- Global Budget: € 307,000
- Duration: 12 months (January to December 2011)
The team of Triangle G H, already operating in the neighbouring Vakaga prefecture, carried out a joint assessment together with the UNHCR and IMC* immediately upon the arrival of the refugees in 2007. A camp had then been set up by those same actors in order to provide for the bare necessities of the refugee population. Thanks to the support of the UNHCR, but also of the European Commission and UNICEF, Triangle G H and IMC have been able to ensure over the past three years the basic services for the refugees (access to healthcare, to drinking water and to sanitation facilities) and to develop a multi sector-based humanitarian plan fostering the integration of the refugees within their new environment.
* International Medical Corps
5/ Towards improved living conditions of the most vulnerable farming populations in Ouaka
- Funding: EuropeAid (European Commission),
Orange Foundation - Global budget: K€924
- Duration: 36 months (January 2011 – December 2013)
By providing technical support to the farmers in the area, Triangle G H contributes to diversifying and improving local farming production. The involvement of women, particularly by supporting family breeding schemes, is another way of increasing this action’s profitability. Triangle G H also supports farming transformation activities and, by improving road access to Bambari, helps farmers in isolated villages to sell their products on the Bambari market.
6/ Organisational and structural reinforcement of Students’ Parents Associations to improve management of schools in the Central African Republic
- Funding: EuropeAid (European Commission), co-funding partner to find
- Global budget: K€700
- Duration: 42 months (March 2011 – August 2014)
- Partner : FNAPEC, National Federation of Parents and Students of CAR
The programme unrolls in three separate phases:
The first phase, in partnership with the actors of the CAR’s education sector, consists in improving the management tools used by Students’ Parents Associations (“FPA”). Such tools are too old and unsuitable for current needs.
In the second phase, Triangle G H will distribute the operation guidelines to the FPA in Ouaka Prefecture, and help the students’ parents implement the guidelines to improve management of schools. This process will also strengthen the positive interaction between the formal branch (National Education Ministry, Academy of Education, Schools Management Department) and the associative branch (members of the FNAPEEC network), strongly involved in the schools’ operation.
Finally, Triangle G H will assess the impact of the second phase, and, according to the findings of its assessment, adjust the guidelines and work methods if necessary. The guidelines will then be delivered to all prefectures in the CAR.
7/ Towards lasting access to potable water and a sanitary environment for vulnerable populations in Ouaka, Central African Republic
- Funding:
- EuropeAid (European Commission),
- AFD (Agence Française de Développement),
- UNICEF, The United Nations Children's Fund - Global budget: K€1,895
- Duration: 45 months (June 2011 – February 2015)
This project is part of a wide-scale, “multi-country” proposal launched by the European Commission in 2010. It targets populations living in rural areas of Ouaka, who do not have lasting access to drinking water. The programme will be carried out in partnership with a local NGO, Nourrir. Under supervision of Triangle G H, Nourrir’s experienced social-community teams will spread hygiene-related messages and raise the community’s health awareness with regards to construction of family latrines. Triangle G H and Nourrir will implement such works with the help of families involved.
8/ Restore Essential Services & Revitalize the Social Fabric of Vakaga Prefecture
- Funding:
- EuropeAid (External cooperation programmes - European Commission)
- CHF (Common Humanitarian Fund - United Nations)
- UNICEF (The United Nations Children's Fund) - Global budget: K€1,778 (K€1,500- K€148 - K€130)
- Durée: 32 months (November 2008 – December 2011)
After performing emergency relief, Triangle G H is now launching a programme aimed at sustainable improvement of the living conditions for the people of Vakaga, particularly in terms of water and education.
