Highlights
• As of December 2015, an estimated 51,999 people are internally displaced by violence in the Lake region (85 sites assessed out of 132 targeted). More than 63% are children, and 51% are women. The situation remains volatile, with new displacements continuing to take place on a regular basis.
• Data collected on food security in November 2015 through the harmonized results framework show that as many as 940,000 people will be in emergency and crisis (phase 3 and 4) food security crisis levels by mid-2016, about double the initial estimates reflected in the Humanitarian Needs Overview of September. Eight regions in phase 3 or 4 also have a prevalence of global acute malnutrition higher than the 15% crisis threshold.
• By the end of 2015, UNICEF Chad’s Humanitarian Action for Children appeal was only 20% funded. The lack of funding has delayed assistance to the Lake region, and has limited UNICEF and partners’ ability to provide quality basic services to returnee and host populations. The response to the Central African Republic returnees and to the longstanding refugee crisis in the east remains underfunded.