The Central African Republic with its population of some 4.3-4.4 million can best be described as a failed state with decades of coups and counter coups installing then removing harsh, totalitarian regimes that only served to destroy much of the country. This ongoing conflict particularly around the neighbouring nations of Chad, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo has driven many from their homes as rebels groups particularly in the north of the country attack villages, forcing their occupants into the bush for safety. It is estimated that the number of displaced persons in the Central African Republic varies from 120,000 to 200,000.

In a country already suffering from extreme poverty, poor health care and an inadequate education system, life for these displaced people is not only poor, but they live in constant fear of rape, mutilation and death. Matters have been compounded with the Lord's Resistance Army carrying out incursions into the country often abducting children and forcing them to take up arms.

These displaced people are at particular risk of trafficking in a country already well known as a source, transit, and destination for human trafficking particularly children who are sold for sexual exploitation, domestic servitude, street vending, and forced agricultural, mine, market and restaurant labour. Other children from the Central African Republic are sold abroad to Cameroon, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. As they are already displaced no-one knows they are missing. The government has now been placed on the Tier 2 Watch List for its apparent inability to combat this trafficking.

This short video documentary explores life for those displaced in the Central African Republic and what many find on return to their villages and communities.