The need is unimaginably great. SWISSAID is on the ground and is fighting tirelessly for the survival of every single person. Please support our important work with a donation. You will be helping refugee families and saving lives. Thank you very much!
How you can help
With 50 francs
you provide a family with essential food for three months.
With 75 francs
you give a family permanent access to wells with clean drinking water.
With 150 francs
you provide three families with essential food for three months.
How critical is the situation on the ground?
It is the largest and fastest growing displacement crisis of our time: the terrible civil war in Sudan has already claimed thousands of civilian lives and forced over 12 million people to flee their homes.
1 million people – mainly women and children – have found shelter in Farchana, one of the largest refugee camps in eastern Chad.
Chad, one of the poorest countries in the world, can hardly cope with this refugee crisis. This year alone, another 200,000 people have fled to Chad. The great need for basic foodstuffs and clean water far exceeds the available resources.
The humanitarian situation on the ground is catastrophic: there is a lack of food, water and medical care. Not only the refugees, but also the local population is suffering from hunger.
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Hadje, 55, had to flee Darfur with her family
“My husband and I struggled through the desert for days with our five children and hardly had any water. We made it to Farchana with the last of our strength.”
Support Farchana Emergency Relief Efforts
How does SWISSAID help on the ground?
The influx of people is so great that resources in Farchana are becoming scarcer with each passing day. Unaccompanied children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with disabilities and the elderly are particularly at risk. They are dependent on our emergency aid.
- We are providing 3,000 families with essential staple foods for nine months.
- To ensure a sustainable water supply, we are rehabilitating five existing water points and constructing five new wells. This will give 5,000 people access to clean drinking water and prevent the spread of deadly diseases such as typhoid and cholera.
Thanks to many years of crisis experience and a strong network of local partners, SWISSAID can help quickly. For this to succeed, we urgently need your support.
Emergency aid campaign for 750,000 francs
Emergency aid is running outside the planned budget. We therefore need to raise 750,000 Swiss francs for the people of Farchana by the end of the year. All donations received are shown in the donation barometer: whether from institutions, foundations, Swiss Solidarity – or from you, dear donor. Every donation saves lives!
Copyright header image and images in the donation form: Peter Caton
