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The Successful choice of Exclusive Breastfeeding

Under a large tree in the village of Djingring Kass, located 7 km from the canton capital of Krim Krim, in the Logone Occidental province, the atmosphere is warm and welcoming. Denemadji Chantal, a 33-year-old mother of five, didn't want to miss this opportunity to take part in the dialogue organized by the provin...

Lac, a province plagued by child malnutrition in Chad

Bintou's morale is at its lowest, and one can tell from her face the fear she has over the next few days. For the past seven months, the woman has been going through a heart-rending ordeal: the death of her daughter, taken by hemorrhage during the birth of little Alima, at their home in Amma. Amid this turmoil, Bi...

05 September 2023

When conflict drives children into malnutrition.

With her baby on her back and a small bundle of clothes in her hand, Raoda bids farewell to the medical team which saved her little daughter Koukaï from severe acute malnutrition. Raoda has spent ten days in Adre hospital with the baby, and she can’t wait to go back to her eight other children who are waiting for ...

01 September 2023

"We had a peaceful life, and now it's all gone"

When the conflict in Sudan erupted in mid-April, Chadian authorities and the humanitarian community in Chad knew refugees would soon start arriving. Plans were made to accommodate 100,000 people by the end of 2023, in one of the country’s most deprived regions. The three provinces in eastern Chad have poor access ...

Sofa, a Sudanese refugee turned volunteer.

Sofa Abrahame Dahye, 30, is a young Sudanese refugee mother. She has two children; the eldest is aged 10 and the youngest is one. Her husband was a handler in Sudan. Up until recently, in their home in the town of Forobaranga in west Darfur, Sofa lived peacefully with her little family, looking after them as best...

How preconceived ideas about breastfeeding put Hassan's life in danger

9-month-old Hassan tries to nap on his mother's legs under a straw shed in the Kidjimira market, 90 kilometers from Abeche in the province of Ouaddaï. Meanwhile, Sadia, a mother of 3, concentrates on her fruit business, which helps her to meet her family's needs. Sadia had to interrupt her daily routine at Kidji...

08 November 2022

Saving lives of malnourished children in Batha Province.

Siham’s worrying condition was noticed by a community outreach worker in her village in Chad during an awareness- raising activity. While her mother Bialliye Mahamat mentioned a simple diarrhea, the two-year-old girl showed other signs including a high fever, thinning limbs and brittle hair. Siham was soon referre...

19 September 2022

Curbing malnutrition in Lake Chad Province

Baï Oumar lives in the Kousseri site for internally displaced persons with her family. A mother of five, she is originally from Samia, a village located in Kaya department, about a two-and-a-half-hour walk from Baga Sola. Like many people in the Lake Chad region, Baï and her family fled their village to escape ...

23 February 2022

Lifting children in Chad out of malnutrition: a joint effort

Malnutrition takes the lives and futures of children. It stunts their growth and puts them at higher risk for diseases, diminishing their capacity to fully function, leaving them vulnerable to developmental delays, and death. Wasting and other forms of malnutrition are the result of maternal malnutrition, low birt...

16 February 2021

RUTF boxes transformed into shelves

In the village of Tagal in canton Ngéléa 1 in the Lac province, head of the health centre Djerabe Rotoloum, 40, has turned into a craftsman. In addition to treating the sick, he had the ingenious idea of recycling the ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) cardboard boxes: "There were not enough shelves to stock med...

UNICEF Chad receives lifesaving supplies to fight COVID-19 with support from the European Union

N’DJAMENA, 26 June 2020 - A plane chartered by UNICEF landed today at N’Djamena airport, Chad, carrying vital health supplies and goods to support the COVID-19 response and the continuity of health services in the country. The shipment includes personal protective equipment, therapeutic milk F75/F100 for children ...

24 November 2019

KfW Development Bank

KFW KfW supports developing countries and emerging economies, on behalf of the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), by financing programmes aiming at fighting poverty, maintaining peace and protecting both the environment and the climate. UNICEF and KfW have been working together since 2018 on a multi-sectoral,…