Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact on World Vision operations
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The Central African Republic has faced decades-long political instability and occasional outbreaks of violence, resulting in a dire humanitarian situation for the country's roughly 5 million citizens. Ranked second to the last on the UN’s Human Development Index in 2022, children in Central African Republic are particularly vulnerable to malnutrition, conflict and outbreaks of disease. A total of 3.1 million people are in need of assistance.
World Vision has been working in the Central African Republic since 2014. Our focus is mainly on addressing food security through agriculture and livestock techniques and improving the entrepreneurial skills and financial literacy of community members. In the past decade, more than 130,000 have benefitted from food assistance, over 60,000 received cash assistance, and nearly 2,700 metric tons of food have been distributed in the Central African Republic.