Community Development:
CHAD

Country Profile

CRWRC is providing a food, seed, and tools to families in Chad as a response to the prolonged refugee crisis in that country.  However, Chad is not part of a CRWRC Ministry Team and there are no CRWRC staff if this country.

Fast Facts

Population: 10,329,208 (July 2009 est.)
Area Comparative: slightly more than three times the size of California
Literacy rate: 25.7%
Life expectancy: 47.7 years
Population below poverty line: 80% (2001 est.)
Gross Domestic Product per capita: $1,600 (2008 est.)
Religions: Muslim 53.1%, Catholic 20.1%, Protestant 14.2%, animist 7.3%, other 0.5%, unknown 1.7%, atheist 3.1% (1993 census)
Languages:  French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects

(From the World Factbook. Click here for more information on Chad)

Relief Projects

CRWRC Assists Conflict-Affected Families in Chad

As the relationship between Sudan and Chad continues to deteriorate and internal conflicts cause even greater insecurity, CRWRC continues to intervene on the behalf of thousands of internally displace people (IDPs).

Having gained relevant experience in Darfur, Sudan over the past three years and Chad in the last year, CRWRC recently established a project in Eastern Chad. Focusing on three of the largest refugee camps in Eastern Chad– Gouroukoun, Gassire and Ganashour –CRWRC will provide aid to 18, 000 individuals (3, 600 households). The project began in June 2008 and will run through December 2008.  >>more