Chad - Complex Emergency
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Regional Team: Sudan
Disaster Declared: 10/03/2006
Brief Description: Ongoing conflicts in neighboring Sudan and the Central African Republic (CAR) continue to fuel significant refugee inflows and instability in Chad, while armed opposition groups, ethnic tension, and widespread banditry within Chad have displaced tens of thousands of residents. Since April 2003, more than 234,000 Sudanese refugees from Darfur have fled to eastern Chad, straining scarce resources such as water and grazing pasture for livestock, and impacting an estimated host community population of 700,000. Southern Chad has long hosted refugees from CAR, and these numbers have increased from 30,000 to 50,000 since 2005. The continued presence of the refugees has taxed relations between refugee populations and host communities. In addition, since December 2005, increased insecurity near the Sudan border has resulted in the displacement of approximately 112,000 Chadians. Heightened violence and insecurity have restricted access and led relief agencies to reduce staff, hindering efforts to provide emergency assistance to conflict-affected populations.
On October 3, 2006, U.S. Ambassador Marc M. Wall redeclared a disaster in response to the ongoing humanitarian emergency in Chad. To monitor existing programming and evaluate increasing emergency relief needs, a USAID Assessment Team deployed to the region in January 2007. On January 26, OFDA coordinated an airlift of emergency relief supplies to assist 20,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Dar Sila and Assoungha departments of eastern Chad. Valued at nearly $280,000, the airlift included blankets, plastic sheeting, and water containers. In addition, $3.8 million in ongoing OFDA programming supports emergency programs for IDPs and host communities in eastern Chad. Designed to mitigate resource-based tensions between Sudanese refugees and local populations, OFDA funding provides agriculture, nutrition, shelter, and water, sanitation, and hygiene services to beneficiaries.
FY2007
FY2006
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