Chad-Sudan border at breaking point

  • Chad's eastern region is struggling with 47,000 refugees arriving in 30 days, straining local resources and infrastructure.
  • Health centers are under-resourced, with over 100,000 children facing severe malnutrition and limited access to care.
  • IRC mobile clinics provide vital services but reach only a fraction of the over 800,000 refugees from Sudan.
  • Humanitarian response is only 4.7% funded out of the needed $806 million, worsening an already critical situation.
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Country facts

  • Total population: 15.8 million
  • People displaced by crisis: 706,000
  • Rank in Human Development Index: 190 out of 191

IRC response

  • Started working in Chad: 2004

Rescue stories

Sudan remains in deep crisis, with over 10M people displaced and nearly half the population in need due to conflict, hunger, collapsed shelter and sanitation services, constrained health services and protection risks. Combined with restricted humanitarian access, it is extremely difficult for many displaced people to return, even in accessible or stable areas.
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The largest humanitarian crisis on record.
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