Recent photo work from C.A.R. for WFP:

http://wfp.tumblr.com/post/85219324053/central-african-republic-may-2014-the-recent


Central African Republic, May 2014

The recent violence has wrecked countless lives in C.A.R., its effects have hit children the hardest. Forced to flee their homes and abandon school, they often find their parents now cannot feed them adequately. Children are more likely to die from malnutrition than from bullets in this crisis. 

Even before the crisis began, malnutrition rates in C.A.R. were among the worst in the world. Almost half of children under five suffered from stunted growth (a condition caused by malnutrition), and 25 percent were underweight. The conflict has only made matters worse; with C.A.R.’s only pediatric hospital registering a 62 percent increase in the number of children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition compared to the previous year.Since January, WFP has provided supplemental nutrition support to approximately 25,000 malnourished children each month, offering some hope to their desperate mothers.”

All photos: WFP/Melissa Chemam

See here: http://wfp.tumblr.com/post/85219324053/central-african-republic-may-2014-the-recent