1.3 Million Sudanese Refugees in Chad as Aid Collapses
UN agencies warn that funding shortages are putting access to water, food, shelter and education at risk for more than one million Sudanese refugees in Chad amid a prolonged regional humanitarian crisis.
More than 1.3 million Sudanese refugees now live in Chad, the vast majority having fled the war that began in Sudan in April 2023. This already highly vulnerable population now faces a drastic reduction in humanitarian assistance because of funding shortages.
Essential needs are already being rationed
The consequences of underfunding are immediate and concrete. In Ennedi-Est province, some families survive on less than half the recommended minimum daily quantity of water. Some classrooms have more than one hundred pupils for each teacher.
Food, shelter, healthcare and education are all being affected at the same time.
A chain of crises
Behind the figures is a cascade affecting the region: armed conflict, mass displacement, food insecurity, pressure on local resources and weakened basic services in host areas. Many families arriving from Darfur have endured extreme violence, including massacres and famine.
When funding contracts, the most fragile systems are the first to break.
A humanitarian crisis is never limited to the immediate emergency. It has lasting effects on access to water, sanitation, schooling and the resilience of entire regions.
- Chad hosts 1.3 million Sudanese refugees, most of whom arrived after April 2023.
- A $428 million funding gap means only 4 refugees in 10 receive assistance.
- Water, food and schools are all being rationed simultaneously.