Content_paragraphs: Community violence reduction activities continued countrywide to mitigate the 
  
  risks of young people being recruited into armed groups and contribute to loc al 
  
  reconciliation and cohesion efforts. As at 1 October, a total of 3,872 beneficiaries had 
  
  been registered (including 1,551 women), and 1,393 artisanal weapons, 63 weapons 
  
  of war, 143 rounds of ammunition and 20 unexploded ordnance had been collected. 
  
  In the PK5 neighbourhood in Bangui, the 2020–2021 community violence reduction 
  
  project concluded by the end of June, after benefiting 1,100 people, mainly former 
  
  members of self-proclaimed defence groups.