Following the intense internal conflict in Sudan, up to 15,000 people have been estimated to have arrived over the border from Sudan into Chad since last weekend. IRC is seeing that the refugees arriving over the border are traumatized and are arriving with very few provisions. There are relief organizations that are providing support to new arrivals and as of, the greatest need is for health services as well as water, sanitation, hygiene, and protection services, particularly for women and girls.
In the coming days, IRC will respond to critical needs of water with water trucking services and the organization will continue preparation to respond to the health, nutrition, sanitation, and protection needs of the incoming population from Sudan
The IRC has delivered vital humanitarian programming in Chad since 2004 in response to the refugee crisis from neighboring Darfur. The IRC works across the country to deliver integrated interventions in health, including reproductive health, nutrition, and water and sanitation; women’s protection and empowerment, with a focus on fighting against gender-based violence; and economic recovery, with an emphasis on cash transfer and income-generating activities.
The IRC has a main office in Khartoum with three field offices in El-Gadarif, Blue Nile, and South Kordofan states. Currently, all operations are suspended except for IRC operations in El-Gadarif. In Sudan, the IRC supports people impacted by conflict and crisis, including women, children, the elderly, persons with disabilities, refugees, mixed populations, and host communities.
IRC provides an integrated health, nutrition and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) program and also provides child protection services and comprehensive women and girls’ protection and empowerment services including gender-based violence (GBV) survivors.
