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Current Requirements (US$)$326.1 million
Crisis overview
For over a decade, CAR has been affected by conflict, with the ongoing presence of armed groups. Violence against civilians and frequent disasters, like flooding, continue to drive new displacements. Limited access to basic socio-economic infrastructure and opportunities forces displaced people and host communities to adopt negative coping mechanisms, increasing their vulnerability to exploitation and gender-based violence (GBV), which disproportionately affects women and girls. Between January and August 2024, 15,000 GBV cases were registered, of which 96 per cent of the victims were female and 22 per cent children. Rape accounted for 34 per cent (5,040) of GBV incidents, including 8 per cent (427 cases) that were related to conflict.
The protracted crisis in CAR brought four new major humanitarian challenges in 2024: 1) shifting security dynamics in the south-east, undermining social cohesion, heightening insecurity and protection risks, and constraining humanitarian access; 2) rising violence and protection needs in the north-east and north-west due to an influx of refugees and returnees fleeing conflict in Sudan (29,621 people) and Chad (12,780 people); 3) flooding impacting over 29,000 people in high-need areas, leading to temporary displacement and spontaneous settlements, especially in urban areas; 4) outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases including hepatitis E, Mpox, and rabies, exacerbated by climate change, in already critical hotspots.
Despite the ongoing humanitarian crisis, security has improved in some areas, reducing shocks and allowing over 221,587 IDPs to be locally integrated or returned to their areas of origin. Based on the shocks analysis (115 shocks affecting 241,447 people from 49,756 households) and their impact on the affected populations, the scope of analysis covered 66 out of 85 sub-prefectures - those that recorded shocks in 2024 and/or where IDPs make up at least 25 per cent of the total population. This led to a 13 per cent reduction in PIN compared to 2024, when the scope of analysis covered the entire country.
Bria, Central African Republic
Rosalie stands amid the rubble of her former home, where she lived with her family as an internally displaced person. With improved security, humanitarian support helped her rebuild in a new neighborhood she now calls home.
OCHA/Virginie BeroResponse priorities in 2025
For 2025, the humanitarian community in CAR will focus on providing multisectoral and people-centred assistance to respond to the critical humanitarian needs of Central African people affected by recent shocks. This will be done by ensuring that their views and preferences can influence humanitarian programming, piloting more community-led collective feedback mechanisms, as well strengthening the participation of local and national NGOs in coordination structures. The focus will be on the people and communities with most severe levels of food insecurity, those affected by or at risk of GBV, and the IDP, refugee and returnee communities.
The emphasis will shift toward interventions addressing new shocks and emergencies, moving away from compensating for gaps in basic social services. Prioritization will reflect the priorities identified by affected communities during 13 regional workshops. To prevent a decline in living conditions where humanitarians phase out, development actors must immediately scale up investments in socio-economic infrastructures and services, in collaboration with the government and aligned with the National Development Plan.
Ndjoukou, Central African Republic
Roland learned to plait thanks training he received from a Humanitarian Fund partner, securing a job to support himself. Insecurity limits farming and fishing in the Ndjoukou river.
OCHA/Renzo GrandeFinancial requirements
The CAR 2025 HNRP financial requirement stands at US$326.1 million, representing a 11 per cent decrease in the funding requested in 2024. Using activity-based costing, this reduction stems largely from narrowing the scope of analysis to only include areas affected by shocks within the last 12 months. This approach has allowed the 2025 CAR HNRP to focus on the most vulnerable populations groups in areas recently affected by humanitarian shocks and resulted in reducing the number of people targeted for a humanitarian response in 2025.
Evolution de la réponse humanitaire
15-Feb-2026
Evolution de la réponse humanitaire
| Année | Type | Personnes dans le besoin | Personnes ciblées | Besoins financiers ($) | Financement ($) | % Financé |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |
2.3 million
|
1.3 million
|
$264.1 million
|
$27.6 million
|
10.5%
|
|
| 2025 |
2.4 million
|
1.8 million
|
$326.1 million
|
$122.2 million
|
37.5%
|
|
| 2024 |
2.8 million
|
1.9 million
|
$367.7 million
|
$259.5 million
|
70.6%
|
|
| 2023 |
3.4 million
|
2.4 million
|
$533.3 million
|
$348.4 million
|
65.3%
|
|
| 2022 |
3.1 million
|
2 million
|
$461.3 million
|
$444.6 million
|
96.4%
|
|
| 2021 |
2.8 million
|
1.8 million
|
$444.8 million
|
$408.5 million
|
91.9%
|
|
| 2020 |
2.6 million
|
1.6 million
|
$553.6 million
|
$377 million
|
68.1%
|
|
| 2019 |
2.9 million
|
1.7 million
|
$430.7 million
|
$303 million
|
70.3%
|
|
| 2018 |
2.5 million
|
1.9 million
|
$515.6 million
|
$280.4 million
|
54.4%
|
|
| 2017 |
HRP
|
|
|
$497.3 million
|
$232.3 million
|
46.7%
|
2024 in review: Response highlights and consequences of inaction
Response highlights
Between January and June 2024, 1.5 million people–787,000 women and 716,000 men—received humanitarian assistance in at least one sector. The operating context over this period faced access challenges and insecurity hotspots, although overall improved security enabled returns in some areas. Key assistance included health care services for 652,000 vulnerable people, protection services to 751,000 people, and cash and in-kind food support to 929,000 food-insecure individuals.
Consequences of inaction
Reduced funding
Reduced funding forced humanitarian organizations to drastically cut operations and critical services in 2024. Though 1.5 million people (77 per cent of people targeted) received assistance in at least one sector, most critical needs remain unmet or only partially met. Given the physical and administrative access challenges, a reduction funding cuts disrupted emergency airfreight, closed storage facilities, and further isolated already vulnerable populations, severely limiting emergency assistance capacity.
Protection
Without a holistic and inclusive protection response, prevention activities, alert mechanisms, and protection incident response and referrals, 1.9 million conflict-affected people remain exposed to risks, including child protection and GBV. Additionally, 366,000 children and adolescents who are either displaced on sites or in host families, returnees, or part of the host communities will be deprived of their right to education. Children's poor access to inclusive and quality education will increase their vulnerability, negatively impacting their future and exposing them to protection risks.
Lack of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and health services
The lack of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and health services threatens the survival and well-being of 500,000 people, raising risks of water-borne diseases, worsening malnutrition, and increasing protection concerns, especially for women and children. Areas like Birao, impacted by Hepatitis E and other epidemics in 2024, are particularly affected.
Focusing on local actors for delivering effective humanitarian aid
In 2022, the humanitarian community established a Localization Task Force that brings together platforms and forums representing national and local actors, and international organizations committed to localization.
"By participating in strategic guidance structures of the humanitarian response, such as the Humanitarian Country Team and the Advisory Committee of the Humanitarian Fund for CAR, we ensure that accountability to affected people is considered, and that national capacities are integrated as much as possible in the humanitarian response," explains Anita Bissa, Coordinator and Founder of the women's NGO Wali Ti Kodro and member of the Advisory Committee of the Humanitarian Fund (HF) for CAR.
The strategy of the Localization Task Force aims to strengthen the representation, participation, and leadership of national NGOs in humanitarian coordination structures, as well as their involvement in humanitarian response through capacity building and funding support. This has contributed to the CAR HF’s growing proportion of direct funding to national NGOs (from 7 per cent in 2022 to 20 percent in 2023, to 30 per cent in 2024) as well as building the financial and protection capacities of 61 partner NGOs.
By valuing and empowering local actors, the humanitarian community aims to deliver a more effective, sustainable, and accountable response tailored to the needs of Central African populations.
Localization also complements the efforts of the government and specialized actors in development and peacebuilding, enhancing synergies between humanitarian and sustainable development initiatives.