The crisis that has shaken the Central African Republic since the end of has forced millions of people to flee violence. Despite ongoing tensions, a large number of displaced persons are voluntarily returning to the city of Bambari. These displaced persons returning to the town of Bambari, in the Ouaka prefecture, are supported to set up income-generating activities.
Members of host, displaced and returning communities have access to income-generating activities in the short and medium term. The populations also participate in the rehabilitation of social and community infrastructures.
These activities enable them to meet the priority needs of their households and strengthen intra-community solidarity links to promote living together and social cohesion in the Bambari Sub-Prefecture. In addition, there is massive decapitalization, volatile security conditions and an economic context marked by unemployment. A total of people from different neighbourhoods and communities in the city participated in these rehabilitations. The rehabilitation of the road facilitated access to markets, health services and the various districts of the city for the community members.
In parallel, the population had the opportunity to be trained in road maintenance. The project allowed me to have a job, to acquire skills and experience, and to go home with 25, FCFA.
This meant I could start small income-generating activities whoch helped my family survive. R-E adds: "Sometimes a light turns off, then it is lit back by another human being". Lack of economic opportunities and insecurity destroy livelihoods, force vulnerable populations to sell their livestock or trade.
