The United States has provided an additional $2.5 million in humanitarian aid through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as part of a response to the devastating flooding in Chad.
This additional funding adds to the $100,000 that USAID first provided in response to the flooding’s early effects. Recall that during the fiscal year 2022, USAID also gave the people of Chad $73.6 million in aid for food assistance, humanitarian supplies, and other assistance. Communities in Chad are supported by the United States as they work to recover from these terrible floods.
According to reports, Flooding in Chad, where 2.1 million people already experienced a food and nutrition crisis during the lean season this year, has aggravated the country’s humanitarian needs.
Since the start of the rainy season in June, severe downpours and consequent flooding have negatively impacted more than one million people in Chad, including almost 190,000 people who have been forced to from their homes in and around the capital city of N’Djamena.
Cropland and cattle have also been decimated by floodwaters, which have also seriously damaged homes, hospitals, schools, bridges, and highways.
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The $2.5 million in extra life-saving support from USAID comes at a crucial time when some communities are still without access to food aid, healthcare, shelter, and safe water sources.
The International Organization for Migration, UNICEF, and the UN World Food Program will offer multi-sector humanitarian assistance for tens of thousands of individuals in the worst-affected regions of the nation with the help of this additional funding.
This story was adapted from Reliefweb.
