CERF allocates $3 milion to Chad for its second underfunded programmes
2 September 2010: CERF allocates $8 million for assistance to refugees and IDPs in Chad.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will use $2.5 million for Sudanese refugees and IDPs in east Chad. Some $2 million will go to the United Nations Childrens’ Fund (UNICEF) for water, sanitation, and hygiene programme (WASH) for affected population, for nutrition support to vulnerable children, and for education support for IDP children. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will use $1.1 million to support the “off season” agricultural campaign to improve the food security for vulnerable households. The World Food Programme (WFP) has been allocated $950,000 for food assistance to refugees and IDPs in eastern Chad. Some $595,000 will go to the World Health Organization (WHO) to improve delivery and access to primary health care services in health facilities for children under 5. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will use $400,000 to reduce excess morbidity and mortality related to reproductive health in the affected population. Finally, some $398,000 has been allocated to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) for prevention of HIV/AIDS spread in the eastern and southern regions of Chad and in the Sahel belt.
The humanitarian situation in Chad has in recent years been characterized by long-standing displacements crises in the east and south of the country where Chad hosts refugees from Sudan's Darfur region as well as from the Central African Republic (CAR). In addition, there are internally displaced people (IDPs) who had fled their villages following attacks by armed militias, Chadian rebels or inter-ethnic violence.
The internally displaced Chadians are mainly in the Ouadadai and Sila regions, their displacement is linked to inter-community conflicts in 2005-2007. Today, some 255,000 Sudanese refugees are living in 12 refugee camps in eastern Chad and 62,019 Central African refugees are living in 11 camps in southern Chad. The displacement crisis has led to additional pressure on already scarce natural resources in eastern Chad, leading at times to tensions between refugees, IDPs and host communities.
During the first half of 2010, in addition to existing displacement, malnutrition and food insecurity in the west and the centre of the country became a serious problem. In addition, the departure of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) is imminent with the mission's mandate expiring at the end of the year. The new crisis in western and central Chad requires a major expansion of the humanitarian response. It is a severe and large-scale crisis comprising malnutrition, food insecurity and other effects of drought which will require life-saving aid for an additional 1.6 million people. The crisis affects the Sahel belt, specifically in Kanem, Bahr El Gazal, Guera and Batha regions in western and central Chad. A total of 50,000 children are suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM). This is half of the nationwide total of 102,000 children suffering
from SAM.
[Last updated: 10 November 2010]
CERF allocates $7 million to Chad for its underfunded programmes
17 March 2010: CERF has allocated $7 million to Chad for its underfunded humanitarian programmess that will benefit approximately 800,000 people in total.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will receive close to $2 million for nutrition support for children and pregnant and lactating women in IDP and host communities, water and sanitation programmes for 60,000 IDPs, and protection of vulnerable children within IDP and host communities. Some $1.9 million will go to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for the protection of an estimated 37,000 IDPs and multi-sector assistance such as health care, portable water, and sanitation facilities for the refugees. The World Food Programme (WFP) has been allocated $1.5 million for food distribution, food-for-work and food-for-training programmes, nutrition programmes for children, mothers, and vulnerable populations, and HIV/AIDS treatment to 10,250 affected refugees and host population. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will receive $1 million to support 33,000 farmers by supplying agricultural and pastoral inputs (seeds, animal feeds) and restocking small ruminants in some of the food insecure regions. Some $450,000 will go to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for emergency reproductive health services and prevention of gender based violence. Another $150,000 will go to the World Health Organization (WHO) to reduce mortality and morbidity among people affected by epidemic outbreaks in eastern and southern Chad. Finally, $100,000 has been allocated to the Joint United Nations Programmes on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) to provide technical support to implement HIV response in eastern and southern Chad.
The humanitarian situation in Chad is still characterized by the presence of Sudanese and CAR refugees, internally displaced persons, with no significant changes in the numbers and locations of populations of concern. Nearly 170,000 people are still displaced and some 150,000 people in host communities are also bearing the burden of insecurity and displacement.
The implementation of relief activities is continuously hampered by the spill over from the conflicts in Darfur and CAR, armed opposition to the Chadian Government, and tensions within Chad mostly over access to land and natural resources.
The food security situation in country is especially critical due to the bad agricultural campaign that resulted in a 34% decrease of agricultural production compared to last year. Furthermore, high malnutrition rates between (20 and 29% of GAM) have been recorded in several parts of the country. An estimated 2 million people are at risk of food insecurity.
[Last updated: 5 April 2010]