Cameroon is set to receive an allocation of $6,000,000 from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for the provision of life-saving support to people affected by the humanitarian crises in the country.

According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Cameroon continues to be affected by three complex humanitarian crises: the Lake Chad basin conflict, the North-West and South-West crisis, and the Central African Republic (CAR) refugee crisis.

OCHA’s data reveal that in 2022, the humanitarian crises affected 3.9 million people, as hundreds of thousands of people were forced to flee their homes and abandon their property because of violence or floods.

These forced displacements increased protection risks, loss of livelihoods and food insecurity in the affected areas.

‘The humanitarian response in Cameroon continues to be severely underfunded, depriving thousands of people of vital humanitarian assistance’, OCHA’s Humanitarian Coordinator in Cameroon, Matthias Naab, said in a statement.

‘In 2022, the Humanitarian Response Plan was only 42 percent funded, therefore, this allocation will support the people most in need in the Far North, North-West, and South-West regions through protection and shelter services as well as food and nutrition assistance’.

For her part, the Head of OCHA in Cameroon, Karen Perrin, said despite the challenges faced by humanitarian organisations, partners remain mobilised to provide multisectoral assistance to the most vulnerable population.

Source: OCHA

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