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Rapid Response Mechanism: Central African Republic, Annual factsheet - 01 January - 31 December 2019

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The Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) is a tool at the disposal of the humanitarian community to monitor humanitarian action, conduct multisector needs assessments (MSAs), distributions of non-food items (NFI) essential to households, shelter and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions when there is no capacity on site. Currently, the RRM is made possible through the support of the European Union Civil Protection and Humaniarian Aid Office (ECHO), the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), the British Department for International Development (DFID), the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). All RRM products are available on the Humanitarian Response portal.

In 2019, the RRM has monitored 14 out of 16 prefectures, with 3 operational partners and 5 bases: Action contre la Faim (ACF) (Bouar, Bossangoa), Solidarités International (SI) (Kaga-Bandoro) and ACTED (Bambari, Bangassou). The prefectures of Lobaye and Sangha-Mbaéré were not included, while coverage in NanaMambéré, Nana-Gribizi, Ombella-M’Poko, Kémo, Haute-Kotto, Bamingui-Bangoran, Mbomou, Haut-Mbomou, Ouham and Vakaga was only partial.

Exceptionally, the RRM intervened in the prefectures of BaminguiBangoran and Vakaga. Vakaga has seen several attacks by armed groups in Birao, resulting in an increased number of displaced people. Ndélé in Bamingui-Bangoran saw the return of formerly displaced persons from Chad due to a relative stability in the area.

Furthermore, several RRM alerts were issued after floods along the Oubangui river and in Ouham. In 2019, the RRM’s system of humanitarian monitoring issued a total 91 alerts, of which 44% were linked to violence.