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Awareness campaign aims to reduce danger from unexploded ordnance in eastern Chad
GOZ BEIDA, Chad, 26 June 2009 – The Day of the African Child celebration in the Dar Sila region of eastern Chad started with a controlled explosion on 16 June.
Ensuring a right to special protection for vulnerable child refugees in Chad
IRIBA, Chad, 19 June 2009 – Children protecting the rights of children: That’s the idea behind the workshop being held in Iridimi, one of three camps in northern Chad for refugees from the Darfur region of Sudan.
UNICEF providing vital aid to CAR refugees in southern Chad
GORE, Chad, 3 June 2009 – After the death of her husband in 2007, Hadidia Aliou fled her home village in northern Central African Republic (CAR), taking her five children with her. The family now lives in the camp of Dosseye, one of three refugee camps located about 30 kilometres from the shared Chad/CAR border.
A shot to live: Meningitis immunization in Chad
N’DJAMENA, Chad, 8 May 2009 – Ahmad’s father smiles sadly while he tries to make his little boy stand still so that the nurse can give him a dose of trivalent meningitis vaccine.
Despite challenges, UNICEF continues to push for release of child soldiers
N’DJAMENA, Chad, 29 April 2009 – Abraham, 13, is a former child soldier who was demobilized in 2007. His large brown eyes belie his young age. They have clearly seen more than a young boy should.
Bakhit’s story: Working to protect children from unexploded mines in Chad
N’DJAMENA, Chad, 6 April 2009 – All it took was a simple moment of curiosity to tragically change a young Chadian boy’s life forever. The incident occurred in January 2008, when Bakhit, 7, was playing with his friends and happened upon an unexploded landmine.
Therapeutic feeding for malnourished refugee children in Chad
DAHA, Chad, 2 April 2009 – Abderahman keeps a tight grip on the orange plastic cup filled with therapeutic milk – the same milk that recently saved his life. Three weeks ago, this 14-month-old toddler was a shadow of his current self, and critically underweight.
Refugees from Chad participate in focus group discussions
DAHA, Chad, 27 March 2009 – Since mid-February, over 7,500 refugees from the Central African Republic have arrived in Daha, after being displaced by violence. Daha has about 4,000 inhabitants and is located less than 200 meters from the shared border with Chad. More than 80 per cent of the displaced persons are women and children.
Mother-to-child transmission of HIV persists in Chad
N'DJAMENA, Chad, 17 March 2009 – The recent National Conference on the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission and Paediatric Care, held here in Chad's capital, brought government officials, health workers and community and religious leaders together to address the persistence of mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
UNICEF Chad aids families fleeing violence in the Central African Republic
DAHA, Chad, 18 February 2009 – Musa sits quietly on a mat under a small grass shelter, and the bewilderment in his eyes is palpable. The four-year-old has recently arrived in Daha, a small village in a remote part of south-eastern Chad near the border with the Central African Republic (CAR).
Providing quality education for displaced children in Eastern Chad
DJABAL, Chad, 29 October 2008 – Thirteen-year-old Manayar wants to see peace in Chad. She wants to continue school and become a doctor in her own country.
Providing protection and emotional care for children living in camps in Cameroon
KOUSSERI, Cameroon, 20 May 2008 – The bridge connecting Kousseri, Cameroon to N’djamena, Chad takes about five minutes to walk across, but in the hot afternoon sun, it might feel like much longer – especially if the bridge is crowded, as it was in the first days of February when tens of thousands fled violence between the Chadian military and rebel forces.
Working to combat infant and child malnutrition in Cameroon
KOUSSERI, Cameroon, 15 May 2008 – The UNICEF warehouse in Ngaoundéré, Cameroon is filled with therapeutic milk and supplementary foods like 'Plumpy’nut' – all stocked in recent weeks to help battle malnutrition in several key provinces and in camps for families displaced by violence in neighbouring Chad.
UNICEF helps protect children and families at risk on the Cameroon-Chad border
KOUSSERI, Cameroon, 6 May 2008 – According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, about 8,000 people, including over 2,800 infants and children, are currently living in Maltam Camp, a refugee settlement in northern Cameroon. For these displaced families, all taking refuge from the violence in southern Chad, time seems to stand still.
Zoe’s Ark children reunited with their families in Chad after five months
NEW YORK, USA, 19 March 2008 – Last Friday morning, after five months spent in an orphanage in eastern Chad, 83 of 103 children known to the world as the ‘Zoe’s Ark orphans’ began their journey home. Most of the remaining 20 children are expected to be reunited with their families this week.
Widespread damage and thousands displaced after violence in West Darfur
NEW YORK, USA, 13 February 2008 – UNICEF has conducted its first mission to northern West Darfur in the wake of an attack by Sudanese forces.
Thousands of Chadian refugees in Cameroon still face an uncertain future
NEW YORK, USA, 11 February 2008 – While many Chadian refugees have begun returning home, between 20,000 and 30,000 displaced people remain in northern Cameroon, their fates uncertain.
UNICEF begins distributing emergency aid to Chadian refugees
NEW YORK, USA, 8 February 2008 – UNICEF has begun distributing emergency supplies to the thousands of Chadian refugees who have fled to Cameroon to escape violence in their own country.
Situation remains uncertain as thousands flee widespread violence in Chad
NEW YORK, 4 February 2008 – UNICEF and United Nations assessment teams have been sent to the borders of Cameroon and Nigeria, where thousands have fled to escape fighting in Chad’s capital, N’Djamena.
UNICEF and Government of Chad reach accord raising hopes for children in armed conflict
NEW YORK, 11 May 2007 – UNICEF and the Government of Chad signed an accord this week to work to demobilize child soldiers throughout the country.
Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow highlights plight of CAR and Chad
NEW YORK, USA, 28 February 2006 – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow was at United Nations headquarters in New York yesterday to draw attention to the plight of children and families displaced by conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) and Chad.
Mia Farrow witnesses dire effects of conflict in eastern Chad
DJORLA, Chad, 22 February 2007 – The militia attacked the village of Djorla in eastern Chad before dawn. They torched the huts and ransacked the food stores. Unlike many villagers under similar attack in this area, the people of Djorla fought back, and paid a heavy price.
New violence displaces more families and hampers relief efforts in Chad
NEW YORK, USA, 28 November 2006 – Escalating unrest in Chad is hampering efforts to help a quarter of a million Sudanese refugees and Chadian nationals displaced by the fighting across the region.
Mahamat Ali, 13, finds an outlet in football at a Chad refugee camp
AMBOKO CAMP, Chad – Mahamat Ali, 13, is a refugee from the Central African Republic (CAR) - one of 28,000 people living in the Amboko camp in southern Chad. He fled to Chad three years ago after his parents were killed during a coup d'etat.
UNICEF helps displaced children and families survive in Chad’s desert
GOZ BEIDA, Chad, 6 June 2006 – “They came again and again, taking our things, killing and burning our villages,” says Fatime, a Chadian mother of five. “We had to leave our village near the border of Sudan because of the Janjaweed militia.”
UNICEF urges more international help to improve security for children in Chad
NEW YORK, USA, 23 May 2006 – UNICEF humanitarian workers have returned to their posts in eastern Chad after being evacuated for security reasons during the country’s recent presidential election.
Educating Fatna: For a refugee schoolgirl in Chad, a chance to learn
NEW YORK, 13 April 2006 – Today in Dakar, Senegal, the governments, UN agencies, non-governmental organizations and other partners in the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative launched their new Regional Network for West and Central Africa, where increasing girls’ access to quality education has been a challenging task.
Executive Board delegates visit Darfur refugees in Chad and witness UNICEF in action
NEW YORK, 10 April 2006 – At a refugee camp in Chad, women and children fleeing violence across the border in Darfur, Sudan are given nutrition and medical care. Some have walked for days to get there. They describe how their men were murdered, their homes and communities destroyed.
Child-friendly spaces help Sudanese refugee children overcome trauma and malnutrition at camps in Chad
ABECHE, Chad, 9 December 2005 – Providing the semblance of a normal childhood to refugee children – as well as professional help to those who have been traumatized – is as important as food, water, health care and education. UNICEF is supporting 46 ‘child-friendly spaces’ in five refugee camps in eastern Chad, where families have fled the fighting in the neighbouring Darfur region of Sudan.
Chad: Host communities threatened by disease and unsafe water
KERFI, Chad, 1 September 2005 – Eight-year-old Fatime stands with a crowd of children on the bank of one of the flooded seasonal rivers, called wadis.
Harlem youth raise funds for children in Chad
NEW YORK, 28 April 2005 – Youth from the Boys & Girls Harbor – a charitable organization based in Harlem, New York City – visited UNICEF headquarters today to deliver in person a donation supporting programmes for children in Chad. UNICEF Goodwill ambassador Harry Belafonte was on hand to greet the four youth ambassadors and receive a cheque on behalf of UNICEF.
Darfur refugees fuel tension in Chad
NEW YORK, 1 February 2005 - Tension is increasing in eastern Chad as refugees from the troubled Darfur region of Sudan cross the border seeking safety. There are an estimated 203,000 people now living in 11 overcrowded camps in Chad, and more could arrive as the crisis in Darfur continues.
Concern in West Africa as locust crisis worsens
DAKAR/NEW YORK, 3 September 2004 – A 12-country emergency meeting in Dakar, Senegal has decided to use national armed forces to help combat the devastating spread of desert locusts in West Africa.
UNICEF and partners bring much-needed aid to Darfur’s children in eastern Chad
N’DJAMENA/NEW YORK, 25 August 2004 – UNICEF, United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations continue to work together to assist thousands of children, women and men who have been forced to flee their homes in the Darfur region and are currently living in camps in eastern Chad.
Sudanese refugee children in eastern Chad receive life-saving vaccines
N’DJAMENA, 19 August 2004 – UNICEF is providing 206,000 doses of measles and polio vaccines for immunizing displaced Sudanese children less than 15 years old, as part of an effort to immunize all of the more than 86,000 Sudanese refugees living in camps in Chad. The goal is to achieve more than 80 per cent vaccination coverage.
