Central African Republic - Emergency food security aid for vulnerable households affected by the politico-military crisis of March 2013

The proposed operation involves a grant of up to one million US dollars (USD 1,000,000) to the Transitional Government of the Central African Republic (CAR) to help address the humanitarian crisis affecting the country. The Bank's donation will be used to support the efforts of the CAR government and other partners to provide emergency aid to people affected by the crisis in the country. The emergency aid operation comprises three main components: (i) acquisition and distribution of subsistence goods, medicines and utility supplies to vulnerable populations in 4 prefectures for 10,000 households; (ii) acquisition and distribution of food and market seeds, fertilisers and phytosanitary products; and (iii) acquisition and distribution of pairs of traction oxen equipped with ploughs and small agricultural tools. The equipped oxen will be purchased and made available to 100 village groups, including 50 in each of the two (2) most populous beneficiary prefectures whose producers are already familiar with the use of animal traction. However, the small tools will be intended for the populations of the two (2) other prefectures of Haute Kotto and Vakaga, which are less populated than the previous two and are not used to the use of animal traction.