Overview
Growing instability and conflict has caused huge displacement in Chad, with more than 700,000 people affected in 2007.
Concern Worldwide began working in Chad in July 2007, taking a strong role in the management of four camps for people displaced by the conflict. Concern helped co-ordinate the work of different agencies involved and worked on improving the effectiveness of the assistance provided.
Supporting advocacy
We worked closely with camp committees in all four sites, helping people discuss issues, represent their own needs and advocate for support from the humanitarian community and local authorities. Whilst some of these committees were established before we started working here, we facilitated the creation of others, such as youth groups and mixed committees.
Actor Nathaniel Parker, together with documentary maker Paul Welsh, recently visited these camps in Chad. View the video below. Read Nathaniel Parker’s Chad diary: day one, two, three, four, five, six and seven.
More effective assistance
Concern has helped to improve the quality and extent of the assistance being provided in the camps. Our site managers were also actively engaged in mediation and problem-solving between the different parties and agencies in the camps.
Essential supplies
In July and August we distributed 8,637 plastic sheets, 2,670 blankets and 1,110 mats to 8,637 households in 96 villages before the onset of the rainy season. A further 20,500 blankets were later distributed.
These items helped reduce the vulnerability of families affected by heavy flooding during the rainy season.
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