Cote D'Ivoire update...

Our CARE staff in Cote d'Ivoire are reporting that security is improving despite pockets of resistance and instability in the West and in Abidjan (Yopougon). Banks are re-opening, so salary payments to civil servants has resumed in Abidjan and in other cities. The CARE rapid assessment in the West revealed urgent needs in shelter, hygiene kits and early recovery supports for returnees and existing IDPs. CARE has distributed water purification kits to IDPs in Dukoué and continues ensuring garbage collection in Dukoué, Man and Bouaké.