Training for income-generating agricultural activities in CAR

Penal Reform International, as part of our work with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission (MINUSCA) supporting the national strategy for demilitarising prisons in Central African Republic (CAR), has assisted the Ministry of Justice in partnering with the Central African Agricultural Development Agency of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The goal of this collaboration is to offer detainees training in the cultivation of fruit tree nurseries and decorative flowers, aimed at fostering their social and professional reintegration.

Running from February to June 2023, the project will providing training to 40 persons deprived of liberty in Berberati, Paoua, and Bria prisons. Over the course of four months, participants will have learnt how to sow grains in a germinator, create boards, and construct a shed for the fruit tree nurseries.