Chad

Chad

Interim Country Director

Adrien Kanyangusho

Office Locations

N’Djamena; Field offices serving 13 refugee camps along the eastern border with Sudan: Amn Nabak, Breidjing, Djabal, Farchana, Gaga, Goz Amir, Iridimi, Kouchaguine-Moura, Kounoungou, Mile, Oure Cassoni, Touloum, Treguine; and one site, Kerfi.

Founded

2005

Staff Size

124

HIAS Chad Overview 2022-2023 EnglishHIAS Chad Overview 2022-2023 FrenchEmergency Response to Sudanese Conflict

Supporting Sudanese Refugees

Since April 2023, more than 414,000 refugees have crossed into Chad from Sudan. HIAS is maintaining a robust presence in the 10+ emergency camps established for refugees and is providing essential services to thousands of displaced people.

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Violence, political instability, and climate change in Sudan, Niger, South Sudan, Nigeria, Cameroon, and the Central African Republic continues to drive people across the border into Chad, compounding the protracted crises in the east, the south, and the Lake regions of the country.

Since mid-April 2023, more than 400,000 people have crossed into Chad from Sudan, fleeing the war and renewed ethnic violence in Darfur. Now, Chad hosts nearly 1 million refugees. Though Chad welcomes refugees, the country has extremely limited resources to meet their basic needs and facilitate durable solutions.  

586,000

people reached directly and indirectly in 2021

Our Work

Working with refugees since 2005, HIAS Chad focuses on strengthening community-based protection networks; promoting and strengthening peaceful coexistence between refugees and host communities; providing mental health support; implementing GBV prevention and response initiatives; distributing food and non-food items; and implementing “permagardening” projects. HIAS also maintains its partnership with the government and other humanitarian actors to welcome refugees by providing protection and addressing basic needs in emergency situations.

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Impact Story

Despite Robust Response, Emergency Remains

In the months since civil conflict in Sudan first sent thousands of refugees across Chad’s eastern border in April, global media attention has gradually waned. But the crisis has not disappeared.

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