Kuwait charity distributes aid to Sudanese refugees in Chad

The Kuwaiti Charitable Society, Tanmeia, announced on Monday that it has distributed $120,000 worth of food and health aid to 1,000 Sudanese refugees in Chad, Anadolu agency has reported, citing the official Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).

KUNA quoted Tanmeia’s director of humanitarian work, Mohammed Al-Rashidi, as saying that the distribution of aid came in cooperation with local partners in Chad. He said that the association’s work there is, “A continuation of the humanitarian relief efforts for afflicted peoples around the world.”

In June, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said that the war in Sudan had forced more than 600,000 people, most of them women and children, to flee to Chad.

The UNHCR said at the time that the humanitarian crisis in eastern Chad had reached a “critical point”, and called for “urgent” international support for Sudanese refugees on the border with its neighbour.

Since mid-April 2023, the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces militia have been waging a war that has killed around 18,800 people and left nearly 10 million internally displaced and refugees, according to the UN.

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