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A mother and daughter sit outside their makeshift home made of sticks and fabric
A community doctor gives a child a medical exam
A woman feeds her malnourished child nutritious porridge
A woman and child sit outside their shelter
A man compares a bottle of dirty water and a bottle of clean, treated water
Girls write and study together as part of the IRC's education program
A Sudanese child peers through a rip in a tent wall in Chad
Sudanese mother and baby in a refugee camp in Chad

Inside our work in Chad

Darfur Refugees, Chad
05.04.2011

A quarter million people have fled into Chad from neighboring Sudan to escape the brutal fighting there. The IRC has responded by providing lifesaving support and services to help them stay safe and healthy until they can return home.

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Meningitis vaccination in Chad:
Meningitis vaccination in Chad:
Meningitis vaccination in Chad:
Meningitis vaccination in Chad:
Meningitis vaccination in Chad:

Meningitis outbreak

Chad
03.25.2011

In March 2011, the IRC, its UN partners and the government of Chad vaccinated 40,000 people in four days as a deadly meningitis epidemic reached a refugee camp where the IRC is the sole health provider.

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A soldier walks past a wrecked armored vehicle on the Sudan side of the border w
A mother and child, Darfur refugees, outside their shelter made of blankets
An elderly refugee sits in her makeshift home.
A burning pile of dead animals
A woman cooks mukhet, a seed used as cattle feed.
Hadiya Beshir Issa holds her severely malnourished 15-month old daughter Munira
A Darfuri refugee holds her malnourished son outside a health facility
Sahara, an IRC-trained midwife (left), helped deliver Ali, seen here with his mo

Darfur: A Humanitarian Disaster

Chad

In 2004, the IRC’s Peter Biro traveled to the isolated border town of Bahai – the IRC’s relief hub in Chad – and found a growing humanitarian crisis as refugees streamed across the border from Darfur. These photos chronicle that visit.

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