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“To me a woman is not less than a man. We have women who are the head of the household, taking care of children. If in the past, we used to say, ‘You’re only a woman,’ it is because we were illiterate. Our fathers did not know that we could go to school and go to work in an office like men do. No, a woman has the same value as a man.”

Halime Outman, IEEWEP Beneficiary

 

Africare/Chad

Batha-Ouaddaï Food Security Initiative: Partnered with Food for Peace to reduce community risk and vulnerability to food insecurity, improve community health, and strengthen livelihood systems and resilience in Ouddaï and Batha regions. Provided health assistance for the delivery of 2,501 newborns, including clean cutting of umbilical cords, drying, wrapping and immediate breastfeeding. Traditional birth attendants and qualified health agents visited all 2,501 newborns within three days after birth. Built 26 wells. Provided support for chlorination of 11,295,740 liters of drinking water and conducted 167 water hygiene awareness campaigns across 84 villages. Rehabilitated Facha Dam and built 8,897 linear meters of dykes and stone lines in Eastern Batha, recovering 786.75 hectares of additional land for off-season crops. Distributed 1,118,575 kilograms of soy-fortified bulgur to 136,275 beneficiaries to foster development through Food For Work, Food For Literacy and through direct distribution to mitigate the severe food crisis. (United States Agency for International Development)

Central African Republic Refugees Assistance Project:
Offered training in compost making, provided hand pulled carts for the transportation of compost and developed fertilizing crops to improve the fertility of 388 hectares of land in the Central African Republic refugee camps and surrounding villages in the Goré area of Southern Chad. Provided 100 pairs of oxen with yokes and plows, 370 metric tons of improved seeds and technical support to increase food production. (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)

Care and Assistance to Sudanese Refugees in Eastern Chad: Improved the quality of life among the Sudanese refugees of Farchana and Gaga camps and ensured the protection and restoration of the surrounding environment. Provided 30 metric tons of rain-fed crop seeds, 93 kilograms of market gardening seeds and 825 kits of light agriculture tools to 2,700 refugee households, along with technical farming steps training and the provision of water for irrigation to increase food production. Cleaned and maintained 60 garbage pits and 4,003 latrines. Distributed 17 liters of potable water per person per day and conducted awareness campaigns reaching 47,645 refugees to ensure a healthy environment and reduce waterborne diseases. Developed and distributed 68,402 new seedlings for planting, conducted nine public awareness campaigns on the environment, watered and protected the seedlings planted in the past and ensured the population forbade access for grazing animals to 85 hectares of land. (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)

Doba Well Construction: Improved access to potable water and sanitation for more than 500 women in Bebedja and Doba in Southern Chad. Constructed four wells equipped with hand operated pumps and one borehole with a water tower. Offered training in hygiene and sanitation basics. Provided hygiene and sanitation kits. (African Well Fund)

Initiative for the Economic Empowerment of Women Entrepreneurs: Partnered with the Government of Chad to increase the level of skill, productivity, literacy and income of women in the oil producing region of Logone Oriental, Southern Chad. Supported the creation of two women groups’ networks and the training of 27 women trainers in functional literacy to help increase the capacity of 58 women groups through networking and literacy. Secured and developed 94 hectares of arable land, supplied 108 women with fertilizers, improved seeds and light agricultural tools and offered them training in technical farming steps. Provided 60 goats to 33 women’s groups to increase and diversify female agriculture production. Procured and installed two multifunctional agro-processing units for use by two women’s groups’ networks. Conducted a farmer-to-farmer exchange visit and specific training in agriculture products processing for 12 women to increase utilization of value adding technologies. Granted microcredit to 296 women in the total amount of $28,645.50 for the development of income-generating activities and increased women’saccess to markets. (ExxonMobil Foundation/The UPS Foundation)
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