Chad

Number of people served: 164,111

Eastern Chad is home to more than 300,000 refugees from the Darfur region of Sudan who fled their homes beginning in 2003. Thousands of refugees have been living disbursed among twelve camps in Eastern Chad for over a decade. As refugees in one of the poorest countries in the world – Chad ranks 185 out of 188 on the UN Human Development Index – children and young people continue to struggle to gain access to a quality education. 

With regional instability and conflict, the Government of Chad has even fewer resources and capacity to respond to the needs of refugees.

In a protracted situation like Chad, where refugees have little hope of returning home or being resettled to a third country, opportunities to integrate and contribute to the local community are essential.

JRS Programs in Chad

JRS has worked in Chad since 2006 and is one of the biggest missions of JRS globally, focused on education, child protection, and advocacy.

JRS is leading the education sector in Chad with the largest number of beneficiaries. Its expertise is recognized within the sector, where it serves as a co-facilitator of the Education Cluster. Together with UNHCR and BPRM, JRS implements a wide array of educative projects, from pre-school and nurseries in high schools to primary and secondary education, including classroom construction.

Additionally, JRS maintains very good relations with the local authorities and direct access to the Minister of Education. This relationship has led to the integration of the camps’ schools in the Chadian public education system. Furthermore, JRS has developed a critical partnership with the university in Abéché, where refugee students are studying to earn their national teacher certifications.

With the ONG Entreculturas, JRS Chad participates in the Luz de las Niñas Campaig since 2019. This advocacy project aims to give visibility to the different difficulties faced by refugee and local girls in the country and to offer an opportunity for expression to thousands of girls.

Since 2020, JRS has been extending its operations to the Chad Lac region, with an MHM project funded by UNICEF.

Education Education is a life-saving intervention that helps displaced children and families to see beyond their displacement.
Education
Livelihoods Livelihoods programs and opportunities focus on empowerment, self-reliance, and sustainability.
Livelihoods
Psychosocial Support Displaced people often experience trauma due to their displacement. These services aim to meet the variety of complex spiritual and psychosocial needs.
Psychosocial Support
Protection Protection services provide effective case management and legal assistance to ensure full respect for the rights of displaced individuals.
Protection
Advocacy Advocacy aims to shape laws, policies, and public opinion to be just and generous for the benefit of victims of forced displacement.
Advocacy

See Our Work

A teacher instructing his student in class.
Girls raising their hands in a school in Eastern Chad.
E-learning with tablets in Djabal refugee camp as part of the CWTL project. Photo: Irene Galera
A Central African refugee girl shows her drawing while participating in a creation workshop of a book for children with the Chadian artist Salma Khalil, Gaoui, N’Djamena. Photo: Irene Galera

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Chad: Continuing to Protect Children During COVID-19 23 Jul 2020
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Contact

Denis Codjo

denis.codjo@jrs.net

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