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As of September, international donor countries responded with only meager funding to a request by the government of the Central African Republic for US $95 million in emergency relief and rehabilitation aid for displaced people, the US Committee for Refugees (USCR) reported on Tuesday.
It reported that humanitarian conditions were difficult in many areas of Bangui, capital of the CAR, after the violence following the attempted coup in May. An estimate 60,000 to 80,000 fled the city, it said.
"Additional damage caused by heavy rains and flooding aggravated the situation," it reported. Many displaced families were exposed to heavy rains before they could find shelter, it added. Residents of nearby towns and neighbourhoods struggled to supply food, drinking water, and medicines to the displaced persons in their midst. It reported that aid workers were concerned that crowded conditions might provoke outbreaks of cholera, malaria, or meningitis. Meanwhile, people who returned home found their homes "looted, burned, or destroyed," it quoted the International Committee of the Red Cross as saying.
At the beginning of 2001, the CAR was producing relatively few refugees or internally displaced persons, USCR reported, while it hosted about 55,000 refugees from neighboring countries.
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