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WFP Chad Country Brief, July 2017

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Highlights

  • From 4 to 10 July, a new influx of Central African Republic refugees was reported in Southern Chad. A total of 756 people were registered as refugees by UNHCR and transferred to the site of Diba. On 21 July, WFP provided them with monthly voucher assistance at full ration level.

  • On 23 July, the arrival of some 6,600 people in Chad’s Lake region from the Diffa region (Niger) was confirmed. By the end of the month, WFP Chad launched emergency food distributions, complemented by nutritional products to prevent malnutrition among most at-risk groups (women and young children).

  • WFP and UNHCR finalized the data collection stage of the updated socio-economic categorization of refugees. Overall, close to 85,000 questionnaires were distributed including to refugee households who settled in host villages in the south.
    This profiling will inform the delivery of needs-tailored assistance, including the provision of livelihoods solutions.

Operational Updates

Context and Vulnerability Analysis
The February 2017 Joint Market Analysis reported that the closure of borders with Libya and the ongoing crisis in the Lake Chad continue affecting the flow of cattle resulting in a continuous decrease in the price of livestock. Similarly, the price of other agricultural products dropped due to the good harvest year. On 13 June, the Government of Chad declared a pastoral crisis affecting eight out of 23 regions.

The March 2017 Market Study noted a slight decrease in the demand for food products compared to last year's level – due to the reduced purchasing power of Chadians against the backdrop of the economic crisis and the austerity measures.

C.A.R. returnees
Around 13,515 C.A.R. returnees living in the Salamat region will now be assisted under PRRO 200713 as the Chadian component of the regional EMOP 200799 expired on 30 June.
Since May 2017, they are receiving half-rations of monthly cash-based assistance due to limited funding. Returnees benefiting from assistance under the PRRO receive halfrations since the later part of 2016.

Sahelian belt
WFP Chad started providing comprehensive food or cashbased assistance and preventive nutritional assistance to meet the needs of the most vulnerable during the lean season.