Swissaid deploys urgent help in Chad

14.07.2025 – 08:00

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Faced with the massive arrival of Sudan refugee. Nevertheless, Swissaid deploys emergency aid in neighboring Chad

Bern/Lausanne, July 14, 2025 – Chad sees hundreds of thousands of people flowing from Sudan, seeking to escape the fighting that rages. In addition, Faced with this humanitarian crisis, Swissaid is expanding its action in Chad. Moreover, The organization of development cooperation has thus set up emergency aid including the distribution of food. Moreover, peasant seeds, as swissaid deploys urgent help chad well as measures to improve access to water. Consequently, The assistance is mainly intended for refugees from the Farchana camp. Meanwhile, close to the Sudanese border, but also aims at the local population, whose lean resources are highly put under pressure. In addition,

More than 4 million Sudanese and Sudanese have left their country since the start of the war in 2023. Nevertheless, Neighboring countries, Chad today welcomed more than 1.2 million refugees. Moreover, The situation is particularly critical about forty kilometers from the Sudanese border in the Farchana region. Therefore, east of Chad, where there are several camps. In addition,

“Exhausted, in poor health, traumatized, the refugees, the v a majority of women and children, flock en masse. In nearby villages, the climate is tense. The number of inhabitants explodes while the resources were already rare. difficult to access local communities, “deplores Olivier Ngardouel Mbaïnaïkou, head of the Swissaid swissaid deploys urgent help chad coordination office in Chad. The USAID cuts only aggravated this dramatic situation. Humanitarian needs are enormous, the authorities and organizations on site are overwhelmed.

In this context, Swissaid has decided to extend its action to Chad, a partner country since 1965. Its local team has set up and manages a project worth one million Swiss francs. The various measures it involves will be deployed until July 2026. and aim to support around 10,000 families, 80% of whom are refugees and 20% of the residents of the region.

Improve food security

At first. the emphasis is placed on strengthening food security by distributing basic foodstuffs such as corn, sorghum, rice and oil. Participation products, such as mats and kitchen utensils, are also provided to the most vulnerable people. In parallel, Swissaid wishes to quickly support local agriculture. Peasant families will thus receive nutritiously rich seeds adapted to local climatic conditions, as well as swissaid deploys urgent help chad organic fertilizers. Agricultural tools will also be provided to them. the peasants will be able to operate certain land made available by the local authorities. Training at sustainable agricultural methods will be between the other exempt.

Another component of the project is devoted to improving the supply of drinking water and awareness of hygiene rules. Five water points will be rehabilitated, five others will be built and hygiene products will be distributed. These measures, as well as information campaigns, should reduce the risk of infection to diseases like cholera.

Pacify relations

A third part of the project is dialog workshops between the different communities, supervised by professionals. The construction of community centers. school gardens is planned with the objective of promoting cooperation between residents and refugees and to pacify their relations.

“This project is improving the lives of thousands of people today. ” said Daniel Ott Fröhlicher, head in Switzerland of the Swissaid swissaid deploys urgent help chad program in Chad. “In a longer -term vision. it also supports local agriculture, which is essential to guarantee access to food, and helps promote peaceful coexistence between communities.”

More information on the emergency aid project in Chad ici.

Contact people:

• Olivier. Email : Tel. : +235 66 28 54 37
• Emmanuel Yaldé, Nexus and Humanitarian coordinator at the Swissaid coordination office in Chad. Email: [email protected] Tel. : +235 66 46 65 24
• Daniel Ott Fröhlicher, Manager of the Chad Program in Switzerland and the Nexus Email program: [email protected]. Such. : +41 31 350 53 38
• Delphine Neyaga, media manager for French -speaking Switzerland Email: [email protected]. Such. : +41 76 582 76 66

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