- - - - - - the implementation of a programme on direct assistance to refugees on the ground in the East and Adamawa Regions, in the fields of health, education, protection, water and sanitation. the development of a programme on emergency assistance to Central African and Nigerian refugees, with the support of Plan Cameroon, UNICEF, WHO, HCR and ICRC, in a bid to enhance the protection of refugee children and asylum seekers; the implementation of the assistance programme limited to vulnerable cases among urban refugees in Douala and Yaounde; the improvement of the on the establishment process of birth certificates for refugee children and the systematic registration of newborn babies, following Law No. 2011/011 of 6 May 2011 to amend and supplement certain provisions of Ordinance No. 81/022 of 29 June 1981 on the organization of the civil status and various provisions relating to the state of physical persons; the establishment, between 2011 and 2013, of 6 000 birth certificates through the process of supplementary rulings, for the benefit of refugee children in the East, Adamawa, Centre and Littoral Regions; building, between 2010 and 2013, of 13 blocks of two classrooms each, 158 water points and 172 latrine blocks of three cabins each. the setting up of mechanisms for verification and authentication of civil status certificates issued to refugees, with the support of the HCR; the development, by the Government, of five relocation sites, in response to the massive influx of Central African refugees, with the implementation of child protection measures; the setting up, in collaboration with the HCR, of the panel on the Determination of the Best Interests (DBI) of refugee children; building the capacities of children to avoid risky situations, report cases of abuse they are victims of; the identification, guidance and systematic monitoring by all stakeholders of cases of abuse of refugee children; the implementation of the national strategy on the fight against gender-based violence, taking into consideration the protection of refugee children; the drafting of a handbook on psycho-social care of children in difficult situations; the study conducted in 2013 on the living conditions and protection risks of refugees in urban areas; the ongoing development of a database on Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVCs) including refugees (pilot experience covering the Littoral, East and Far North Regions); the development of a joint HCR-UNICEF interface for the collection of data on the situation of refugees in order to monitor emergencies. The legal framework specific to refugees has been improved on and enhanced. Indeed, prior to 2010, it was difficult to enforce Law No. 2005/6 of 27 July 2005 on the refugee management status in Cameroon, in the absence of implementation instruments. This problem was solved by the above-mentioned instruments. Aside from that, the various programmes developed with the support of international partners and Civil Society Organizations helped to better address the specific needs of this category of children. That notwithstanding, a number of difficulties remain: 34