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Displaced people in Eastern Chad, who fled insecurity due to armed clashes in the border region with Sudan, receive bags of seeds just before the rainy season.
The ICRC has been operating in Chad since 1978. Its activities focus on protecting and assisting internally displaced people and their hosts and people detained or otherwise affected by the conflict; restoring family links for Sudanese refugees; and ensuring treatment for war wounded and amputees.
Since January 2006, priorities have been to meet needs arising from the growing internal conflict in Chad and, since early 2005, the conflict in the neighbouring Darfur region of Sudan.  Key document14-8-2008 Chad : first assistance operations in the areas where displaced persons are returningThe instability which has been prevailing for years in eastern Chad has continued to mar the chances of persons displaced in this region to return home as well as the security of the humanitarian organizations assisting and protecting them. Yet despite this environment the ICRC has continued its work to help displaced persons. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Chad) Operational update 4-7-2008 Chad: ICRC helps people affected by conflictThe ICRC is continuing its efforts to bring assistance and protection to those affected by the armed conflict in Chad. Following the temporary withdrawal of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the ICRC's Deputy Head of Operations for the Horn of Africa, Simon Ashmore, clarifies the ICRC's position in Chad. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Chad) Interview Includes Photo 8-4-2008 Chad: adapting assistance to specific needs of the displaced in the eastFollowing the failed offensive on the Chadian capital, N'Djamena in early February, increasingly frequent confrontations between armed opposition groups and the army continue in Chad, along with regular, localized inter-community violence in the East. Upon return from a visit to Chad, the ICRC's deputy director of operations, Dominik Stillhart, describes the current humanitarian situation and in particular ICRC's specific approach to assistance in Eastern Chad. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Chad) Interview Includes Photo Feature21-4-2008 Chad: saving animals, saving a way of lifeStock breeding is so important in eastern Chad and the rest of the country that herding animals and growing crops are widely considered the twin pillars of the nation's economy. The recent fighting has driven many livestock owners to take refuge with their herds in areas of the country lacking the veterinary services sometimes essential to their animals' survival. The ICRC has therefore begun training veterinary care-givers. Veterinary delegate Ursula Kayali takes up the story. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Chad) Feature 15-4-2008 Chad: restoring lost dignityIn a society where it is difficult for people with a handicap to find their place, orthopaedic care helps the victims of mines, accidents and road accidents to restart their lives. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Chad) Feature Includes Photo 22-2-2008 Eastern Chad: vital help for new refugees from DarfurOver 10,000 people, some of them wounded, have been forced to flee from their villages and head for neighbouring Chad after recent bouts of fighting around the Sudanese towns of Seleia, Abu Suruj and Sirba. Report by Inah Kaloga on the ICRC’s action to assist them. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Chad) Feature 18-2-2008 Chad: Waiting for news from N’DjamenaAs the inhabitants of N’Djamena, the capital of Chad, go about rebuilding their lives, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Red Cross of Chad are striving to respond to the emotional needs of families split up by violence. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Chad) Feature Includes Photo 13-2-2008 Chad: with the displaced from N'DjamenaThousands of people have fled the fighting in the capital. Teams from the ICRC and the Red Cross of Chad went to find them. Report by Inah Kaloga of the ICRC. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Chad) Feature 8-2-2008 Chad: burial of bodies urgently needed to protect public healthIt has been several days now since N'Djamena was shaken to its core by violent clashes between the rebels and government troops. Despite the fragile calm, a matter of great urgency remains – retrieval of the remaining bodies. The Red Cross of Chad continues to take up the task in earnest. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Chad) Feature Includes Photo 21-12-2007 Chad: tales of the war wounded from an ICRC surgeonArticle reproduced on this site with the kind permission of the publisher *. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Chad) Feature Includes Photo 14-9-2007 Chad: young girl's story offers a lesson in survivalMahassine is a 13-year-old blind girl. She recently had a leg amputated after being hit by a bullet during an attack on her village. Against all odds, she managed to get on with her life. Yvonne Jansen, the ICRC orthopaedist who took care of her, recalls her courage and unrelenting will to overcome her traumatic experience. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Chad) Feature Includes Photo Field newsletter1-5-2007 Dépliant sur les activités du CICR au Tchad – 2006This leaflet describes the ICRC's activities in Chad in 2006, including visits to detainees and work to promote international humanitarian law and restore family links among Sudanese refugees. (Available only in French) (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Chad) Field newsletter Includes PDF Interview29-2-2008 Chad: ICRC's independence in humanitarian action explainedThe head of the ICRC delegation in Chad, Thomas Merkelbach, outlines the basic position of the ICRC and its dialogue with all players, civilian and military, including the European military force being deployed. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Chad) Interview 5-2-2008 Chad: helping the injured amid the chaosViolent clashes between rebels and government troops in N'Djamena have left hundreds injured, many dead and thousands fleeing the capital. Simon Ashmore, the ICRC's deputy head of operations for East Africa, says the ICRC is supporting the Red Cross of Chad as far as possible in tending to the injured and the dead, notably with one surgical team in place and another on the way. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Chad) Interview Includes Photo Operational update8-4-2008 Chad: ICRC activities from January to March 2008With the cooling of fighting in eastern Chad, the displaced are cautiously returning to their homes. The ICRC is continuing its activities to assist vulnerable populations in a climate of deep insecurity, primarily due to increasing crime and banditry. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Chad) Operational update Includes Photo 14-2-2008 Chad: taking care of the wounded and putting families back in touchWith relative calm now prevailing in the Chadian capital of N'Djamena, the ICRC and Red Cross of Chad continue to care for the wounded, bury the dead and attend to the needs of the displaced. The following is a report of ICRC activities over the past week, 7-14 February. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Chad) Operational update Includes Photo 7-2-2008 Chad: saving lives as fighting subsidesOver the weekend of 2-3 February, violent clashes between rebels and government troops in N'Djamena left hundreds injured, many dead and thousands fleeing the capital. Since Monday 4 February the fighting has died down, allowing the ICRC and Red Cross of Chad to bring life-saving assistance to the victims of the fighting. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Chad) Operational update Includes Photo Photo Collection8-5-2008 Chad in crisisIn Chad, sporadic clashes between armed opposition groups and the army continue following the failed offensive on the capital, N'djamena in early February. As bad as this may be, intercommunity clashes in the east have most impact on cilvilians - particularly in the region of Dar Sila and parts of northern Assoungha. No security forces are present to stop the fighting and banditry and lawlessness regularly limit the scale of humanitarian efforts.
(Info resources\Photos\Africa) Photo Collection Press article31-7-2005 Darfur’s refugees in ChadSome 200,000 civilians, many of them women and children, have crossed Chad since 2003, fleeing the ongoing violence in the western Sudanese province of Darfur. The refugees and the local populations are sharing the region’s limited resources, but tensions are rising as competition increases for food, firewood and water – Article published in the Red Cross Red Crescent Magazine, No 2, 2005 (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Press article |
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