Cameroon
Displacement/Migration, 15 Aug 2024
| Allocation | $8,489,865 |
|---|---|
| Emergency type | Displacement/Migration |
| Window | Underfunded Emergencies |
| Recipient UN Agencies | FAO, IOM, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, WHO |
| Group(s) of people targeted | Host communities, Refugees, Returnees, Internally displaced persons, Other affected persons |
| Number of people targeted | 301,108 |
| Status | Completed |
| Allocation code | CERF-CMR-24-UF-1412 |
| Title | CERF Underfunded Emergencies: Cameroon 2024 (Addressing displacement needs) |
Overview of the humanitarian situation
In 2024, 3.4 million people in Cameroon need humanitarian assistance due to armed violence, natural disasters, and epidemics, resulting in forced displacement and limited access to services, among other impacts. Over 1 million people have been internally displaced, and the country hosts 500,000 refugees and 658,000 returnees. Non-State Armed Group violence has led to attacks on schools and health centers, with over 11,000 protection incidents reported this year. An estimated 928,000 people, mostly women, require GBV assistance, while access to reproductive health services remains urgent. More than 304,000 people, including 135,000 children, need malnutrition care, with rising cases of SAM. Floods in the Far North have worsened vulnerability, affecting 356,000 people, destroying 56,000 homes and 65 health facilities, in a context where health access is already limited by insecurity.
CERF-funded assistance
In response to the crisis, the Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) allocated $7 million from CERF's Underfunded Emergencies window for the delivery of prioritized multi-sectoral assistance to address the most acute humanitarian needs of populations in the conflict-affected regions of the Far North, North-West and South-West of Cameroon. This was complemented by an additional $1.5 million allocated through the dedicated thematic funding to promote climate-smart humanitarian initiatives, through which FAO, UNHCR and UNICEF are implementing agriculture and WASH programmes including provision of agricultural inputs for above-ground gardens, poultry and fish farming, and distributing assets to improve food processing, such as solar-powered dryers, which are low-cost and sensitive to climatic risks as they can be used in water-scarce conditions, flood-proof water and sanitation systems, facility-based dual-use (water pumping and electricity supply) solar-power solutions, water-saving technologies and related awareness raising. Together, these CERF funds are providing UN agencies and partners to deliver emergency, life-saving assistance to some 301,000 people in the Protection (including GBV and Child Protection), Nutrition, Food Security (Agriculture), Health (including Sexual and Reproductive Health), Shelter and Non-Food Items, and WASH sectors.