Highlights
UNICEF and its partners are providing multi-sectoral assistance in 32 internally displaced peoples’ sites and in 70 host villages of the Lake region.
As of 29 February 2016, 19,526 children have been admitted for treatment for severe acute malnutrition across the country.
32,500 displaced persons now have access to safe drinking water in the Lake Region thanks to UNICEF interventions.
Mobile clinics funded by UNICEF and implemented by the Lake’s Regional Health Delegation conducted 2,988 medical consultations and 164 antenatal consultations in 7 IDP sites in March.
Only 10% of UNICEF’s HAC for 2016 is funded, including carry over from 2015. The lack of funding has a negative impact on the humanitarian response, particularly in the returnee sites to southern Chad.
SITUATION IN NUMBERS
31 March 2016
2,200,000 Children affected (UNICEF HAC 2016)
176,900 Children under 5 with Severe Acute Malnutrition to be reached in 2016 (Nutrition Cluster 2016)
90,000 Returnees from Central African Republic (DTM, November 2015)
111,437 IDPs, returnees and refugees in the Lake Region (OCHA, 6 Apr 2016)
UNICEF Humanitarian funding needs in 2016 US$ 62.4 million
Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs
Impact of violence in the Lake region
The state of emergency in the Lake region which was to end on 22 March 2016, was extended for another six months with curfew still in place. Several incidents have been reported in the recent weeks although overall there seems to be some stability. On 2 March, some 60 civilians were reportedly abducted by armed groups who crossed the Nigerian border, according to security sources. On March 7, an armed attack on Bikaram island killed two civilians and wounded three. According to local security sources, Kaiga Kinjiria village, located 170 km northwest of Bagasola was attacked by two suspected Boko Haram elements on March 19.
According to most recent reports, there are 111,437 people affected by displacement in the Lac Region including 94,389 IDPs (of which 49,209 have been registered), 10,223 Chadian returnees and 605 third-country nationals in the Lake region.In addition, UNHCR reports over 6,220 refugees from Nigeria in Chad. Despite the security context, the delivery of humanitarian assistance is addressing the priority needs of refugees, returnees and IDPs. UNICEF and its partners are currently providing multiple assistance in 32 IDP sites (out of 40 IDPs sites in total) and in 70 host villages of the Lake region.
UNICEF and the humanitarian community continue to expand its multisector response for newly accessible displaced people (including both IDPs and Chadian returnees) in Liwa and Daboua sub-prefectures. According to the screening exercise conducted by WFP, malnutrition rates are at alarming levels in eight IDP sites of Liwa and Daboua subprefectures, with 437 children (18.9%) suffering from global acute malnutrition (GAM), including 229 children (6.5%) from severe acute malnutrition.
A rapid assessment conducted by the Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) cluster in Kangalam subprefecture this past month has identified additional humanitarian needs for approximately 10,510 people (2,040 households) in sites around the village Bibi of (Dar Al Amné and Barage). These households have not benefited from shelter, food, NFIs and other humanitarian assistance. In addition, 2,471 other IDPs scattered in Koulfoua sites (504 people), Blarigui (562 people), Kangalam (508 people), Koleron (665 people) Alkalia (106 people) and Tetewa (126 people) are also in need of humanitarian aid.