Informes

Rome, February 25 2008 - 'The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Directorate General for Cooperation and Development has contributed with two emergency humanitarian flights in Chadin response to urgent humanitarian assistance for the families are facing health problems…

Funds sent to: Eglise Fraternelle Luthérienne du Cameroun (EFLC) Amount Sent:        US$ 50,000 Details of Response Date of Emergency: 4 February 2008 Implementing Member: Eglise Fraternelle Luthérienne du Cameroun (EFLC) in collaboration with the National Council of Churches in Kousseri and support…

Headlines - UNHCR starts offering transport from Kousséri to newly equipped Maltam camp.  1,500 travelled to date. - Seven MT of food aid already delivered in Maltam to first arrivals, while 118 MT of rice is pre-positioned. - Vaccinations against measles…

This Emergency Appeal seeks CHF 2,600,000 (USD 2,363,636 or EUR 1,626,169) in cash, kind, or services to support the Cameroon Red Cross Society (CRCS) to provide relief assistance to 10,000 beneficiaries for 6 months, and carry out early recovery…

Oxfam warned today that its aid effort in eastern Chad is three weeks away from total shut down when it will be forced to turn off the water for more than 100,000 people. Fighting in the capital N'djamena over…

Faute d'une action urgente des Nations Unies et des donateurs, Oxfam a averti aujourd'hui que son effort d'aide dans l'Est du Tchad pourrait s'arrêter dans trois semaines. Elle sera alors obligée de suspendre la fourniture de l'eau à plus…

Cáritas. 8 de febrero de 2008.-  Cáritas Camerún ha movilizado a 400 voluntarios y 40 técnicos para apoyar el plan de respuesta humanitaria que ha puesto en marcha para atender a los más de 50.000 refugiados chadianos que han…

By Jean-Jacques Kouoh in Kousseri, Cameroon They arrived in their thousands, fleeing from the fighting in the capital of their country, Chad, to seek refuge in neighbouring Cameroon. In a matter of hours, N'Djamena was abandoned by some 30,000 particularly…

By Chris Niles NEW YORK, USA, 8 February 2008 - UNICEF has begun distributing emergency supplies to the thousands of Chadian refugees who have fled to Cameroon to escape violence in their own country. Tens of thousands of doses of measles, meningitis…

For information on the humanitarian situation in Chad, please see separate information bulletins "Humanitarian Needs and Response in Chad". Headlines - Inflow stabilised. Estimate at least 30,000, but clear figures not available. Planning figure remains 50,000. - Twelve tons of relief items…