Note: The menu shows the 36 African countries where Africare has worked, not the other African countries.

 


(Sheila McKinnon photo)

Chad

Africare first assisted Chad in the early 1970s, with water resource development projects at the height of a regional drought. There followed a decade of recurrent drought and domestic unrest, leaving the country in great need of assistance by the time of Africare's return in 1983. Africare helped to resettle former Chadian refugees and supported a wide range of projects meeting basic needs for food, water, environmental protection and health care, especially in rural areas. Later in the decade, Africare began a multiyear program to address food security issues — agricultural production, postharvest handling, marketing, agribusiness development and household nutrition — in the Ouaddai department. In 1992, Africare launched a major project to control onchocerciasis ("river blindness") in three departments of this country with one of the highest concentrations of river blindness in the world. More recently, Africare began providing shelter, food, medical care and other aid to refugees from Darfur, Sudan, and from the Central African Republic. Africare also assists the Chadian host communities, which have been strained by the influx of refugees.

Current Africare assistance to Chad:

  • Food security
  • Agricultural production
  • Microenterprise development           
  • HIV/AIDS prevention
  • Onchocerciasis control
  • Food distribution to internally displaced persons
  • Gaga Refugee Camp: Assistance to refugees from Darfur, Sudan
  • Gore Refugee Camp: Assistance to refugees from the Central African Republic
  • Assistance to Chadian communities adjacent to the Gaga and Gore Refugee Camps

 

 

(Updated, Dec. 18, 2007)