Doctors Without Borders scales-up distribution of essential supplies to refugees in Eastern Chad

As the rainy season begins in Chad, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is significantly scaling up its activities in eastern Chad for refugees who fled the war in Sudan. Our teams have launched a mass distribution of essential life-saving items such as plastic sheeting, mosquito nets, and bars of soap to support hundreds of thousands of refugees in Aboutengué camp and Adré transit camp. This response fills a critical gap left by UN mandated agencies, as countless families in these camps have been living without proper shelter for over a year.
On June 14, our team has been distributing these non-food items in the Aboutengué camp, providing around 5,000 families with plastic sheeting. In May, MSF also provided 11,370 mosquito nets in camp, and has been distributing soap bars per month since March. We have extended this soap distribution to provide an average of 47,000 bars monthly for a further three months until August.