The IRC in Chad

In February 2004, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) deployed an emergency response team to Chad to help support  tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees fleeing the conflict in Darfur, Sudan.  Darfur remains one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises and violence continues to drive people across the border into Chad. Approximately 250,000 Sudanese refugees now reside in eastern Chad, spread out along 600 kilometers of the border.

How We Help

The IRC provides essential services to 58,000 Darfuri refugees in two camps, and to local communities who support them. The Ouré Cassoni camp, created by the IRC in the harsh desert landscape of northeastern Chad in July 2004, delivers primary healthcare, educational and environmental health and child protection services to 27,000 refugees. We also provide services to the local population of Bahai, including learning materials for schools and medical support for the hospital.

Since August 2008, the IRC has been supplying 31,000 Darfuri refugees with primary healthcare and reproductive health services in the Bredjing camp, near the town of Hadjer Hadid in eastern Chad.

Voices from the Field

Joanne Offer in eastern Chad, near the Sudanese border. Read Joanne's blog >