Children of the Central African Republic have become painfully invisible says UNICEF rep

In the Central African Republic (CAR), about three million children face the highest registered level of overlapping and interconnected crises and deprivation in the world.

Ten years of protracted conflict and instability have left every single one of CAR’s children at risk.

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) representative of the CAR, Meritxell Relaño Arana, noted,  “The fact that the crisis in CAR has been stretched out over so many years – and that, sadly, so many other global crises continue to unfold in parallel – means that the children of CAR have become painfully invisible.”

Arana also shared some data relating to the distressing state of children in CAR:

• One in two children do not have access to health services.
• Around just one-third (37%) of children attend school regularly.
• Nearly two in three (61%) young women were married before 18.
• Almost 40% of the children in the country suffer from chronic malnutrition.

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