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A young refugee contemplates the southern part of Farchana's camp from a hill that cut the refugee's site in two. His week follow a sudanese pace. School from sunday to thursday, friday and saturday being the week-end. Farchana camp sheltered 22 887

Early morning at a well, refugees pour water in their jerricans to bring back home. The wells are accessible during specific time in the morning and afternoon. Following water collection, some refugees will go to their field located tens of kilomete

Early morning at a well, refugees pour water in their jerricans to bring back home. The wells are accessible during specific time in the morning and afternoon. There are fifteen wells in Djabal. Following water collection, the refugees will go to th

In the courtyard of the family's compound, a refugee is resting, listening to the radio. It is market day in Goz Beida, the big chadian city located 4 kilometers away from the camp of Djabal which sheltered 17.766 persons and 4.681 families in decem

A women carries her niece to the health center of the camp because of a foot swollen with pus. Days ago, the girl walked on a thorn during wood collection. Neither the mother or the grand mother who are living with her brought her there, afraid of h

In a street of Djabal camp, a refugee is riding around on his horse, his most precious belonging. The main tribes in the camp are the Massalite and the Dadjo. The minority are Fur, Taman and Zaghawa.

Gymnastic course on the playground  before the Ali Dinnar primary school. The teacher in white djallabia (tunic) watches the pupils lined up in a big circle, passing the ball one to each other. 690 pupils attend the school where 19 teachers are

Pupils during a morning course in Ali Dinnar primary school that 690 pupils attend. 19 teachers are teaching. There are 11 classes for 7 classrooms. The buildings are not numerous enough. So, the first degree class are held outside, in the middle of

Morning lesson, in Ali Dinnar primary school. Class are mixed, but boys and girls sit in different rows. The curriculum is the sudanese one. 690 pupils attend the school where 19 teachers are working. There are 11 classes for 7 classrooms. There are

Pupils during a morning course in Ali Dinnar primary school that 690 pupils attend. 19 teachers are teaching. There are 11 classes for 7 classrooms. The buildings are not numerous enough. So, the first degree class are held outside, in the middle of

During the morning break, some of the 19 school teachers are relaxing in the courtyard of Ali Dinnar primary school that 690 pupils attend. There are not numerous enough buildings. 11 classes for 7 classrooms. No teachers room aswell. There are 6 pr

106 female students, during a Literature class, Grade 8 (from 14 to 16 years old), in Oure Cassoni. In secondary school, the classes are not mixed. No desks, no chairs. Everyone is sitting on mates.  Oure Cassoni camp (31 800 refugees in decemb

The class is over in Ali Dinnar primary school. To avoid any robbery, pupils carry a blackboard to the school store which has an iron door that can be locked. The curriculum in darfurian refugees schools is the same than in Sudan. 690 pupils attend

Few hundred meters from Djabal's camp is located the refugees' cemetery. The graves can hardly be seen. Two gravestones mark their position. One for the head, one for the feet. With time, only remain a tiny ballast while vegetation irreparably regai

Following the deceased of the spouse of a fellow refugee, friends and relatives gather in a mosk to pray.

Refugees collect non food items NFI (soap and a piece of material) given by an ngo.   Bredjing camp (35 615 refugees, 30 september 2011), 20 kilometers south from Farchana, 120 kilometers east from Abeche, 900 kilometers east from N'Djamena the

A women passes along the wall of a family plot in Oure Cassoni refugees' camp, the futher north. The immense majority of the refugees living in the camp are Zaghawa who composes the JEM (Justice and Egality Movement), the main and more assertive dar

The filling station situated in the camp on the verge of the market. The petrol comes all the way from Abeche, 361 kms from there, on sandy and bumpy tracks. Uneasy to know if the sellers are sudanese refugees or chadian citizens... Oure Cassoni is

In Oure Cassoni camp, a French language price winner in a school examination waits to get her diploma and a gift during the awards ceremony. The immense majority of the refugees living in the camp belong to the Zaghawa tribe which composes the JEM (

In the market of Oure Cassoni, few kilometers from Darfur, a shop keeper and his children close their shop to go to the mosk for the Friday prayer. Despite being in Chad, the currency used in the market is sudanese pound and not CFA Francs although

Abakar Adam Israel, a tailor whose shop is located on the main street of Djabal camp. "I arrived here with the first bunch of people. Considering all the problem in Darfur, I came to Chad looking for safety. I was a tailor in Sudan aswell but it is

Ahmed Mahamat Khamis, 8 years old on his way back home from the grocery where he bartered millet for sugar and oignons. He carries in a bucket a bag of sugar, some oignons (in plastic pocket) and the "change": some millet. The barter economy is comm

In the market of Gaga camp, a refugee passes by a clothes shop.  Gaga camp (21 276 refugees on 30 september 2011). The camp located 71 kilometers from the sudanese border was opened in may 2005.

An assistant of Ahbab Moustapha, one out of the ten bakers of Djabal camp, takes out of the brick oven covered with clay, one of the last bake of the day while two others prepare the bread. They start there day work at 1.30 a.m and finish around 8.3

A baker in Oure Cassoni sits nearby his oven after having completed the last bake of the day. His work site is situated on the verge of the market. Oure Cassoni is the biggest market of the region. People comes from Bahai, the closest chadian city t

In search of a good deal, a female refugee enters the tents where groups of women are selling the products they manufacture to get extra money.  The immense majority of the refugees living in the camp Oure Cassoni belong to the Zaghawa tribe wh

Daoud Abderassoul, one of the three Umda (traditionnal leader) of Djabal's camp in his compound home. Before the camp was established in june 2004, some refugees came for a reconnaissance visit on the site . They went back to the border to reassure

Sunset time in Djabal's camp. While adults are coming back from their distant fields, teenagers are playing football before total darkness. Created on 4 june 2004, Djabal camp sheltered 17.766 persons and 4.681 families in december 2011. It is locat

In a corner of a playground, in Djabal camp, a young refugee carries rubbish to a garbage dump that has been digged. All day long, refugees bring their waste in bucket or wheelbarrow and get rid of them in the hole. In the evening, a refugee trained

Daoud Abderassoul, an Umda (a traditionnal leader) of the refugees leads the maghrib  (sunset prayer) in a mosk in the camp, a delimited compound. The worshipers are praying on mats under a tree. The main tribes in the camp are the Massalite an

In Djabal, refugees watch TV in a television playground create and run by the three Umda (traditionnal leaders) on the camp. In the evening, people come to watch programs: sports, songs, movies, news...  There are 5 televisions set to offer a c

In a street of the Djabal camp, a woman and her son watch an heap of garbages burning. All day long, refugees get rid of their waste in a hole. When evening comes, a refugee trained by an ngo, set fire to it and wathc over to avoid any propagation o

7.30 a.m. in the vicinity of Oure Cassoni camp. A couple of sheperds are pushing a herd of sheeps to go to a wadi (dry river), several kilometers from there, where water and grass are still available even during dry season. To be able to go on with

In the main bussiness street of Djabal where the vast majority of shops are built, a refugee mason builds a shop and a store for a client both farmer and bussinessman. In the store, the farmer will store his harvest of millet and groundnut to avoid

In the family compound, in Djabal camp, an old refugee carrying her grand-son on her back is preparing the traditionnal sorghum bier. After having soak the red millet to get a dough, she dries and smashes it on a white canvas. Looking for cash money

Hawa Ahmat Abakar, a 18 years old pregnant woman waits for her first child. She is the second wife of her husband. The first lives in the neighbourhood in a different compound. She arrived in Djabal camp with the first convoy, in 2003. "Although I a

In Nour Al Islam coranic school, one of the madrassa of Djabal refugees' camp, the marabout, Juma Ibrahim Abdallah, chants verses that he reads from the small wooden board (alluha) where pupils write down sura, using black ink and a wooden pen (cala

In Oure Cassoni camp, a group of majorette sings and dances.  The vast majority of the refugees living in the camp belong to the Zaghawa tribe which composes the JEM (Justice and Egality Movement), the main and more assertive darfurian rebel gr

The class is over in the secondary school. Students are getting out of the class and tyding their shech (long scarf curling up the head) up, because of the cold and strong wind that sweeps across the camp. The vast majority of the refugees living in

A woman prepares tea, in her kitchen, a separate hut in the family compound. Created on 4 june 2004, Djabal camp sheltered 17.766 persons and 4.681 families in december 2011. It is located 4 kilometers west from Goz Beida, 217 kilometers south from

Sunset in a street of Djabal camp. A young boy goes back home carrying home bamboos to make seko wall in his family compound. A seko is a makeshift wall (like the one behind him) that usually marked the boundary of an household compound. Created on

Sitting under the shade of a tree, in his compound, a refugee makes straw panel used for roof. He sell it for 2000 CFA (4.18 USD). "Two days are necessary to make a panel. One day to collect the straw out of the bush and one day to make it." Looking

In Treguine Health Center, a mid-wife is ausculting a pregnant refugee. Treguine camp  (18 746 refugees on 30 september 2011), 23 kilometers south from Farchana, 120 kilometers east from Abeche, 72 kilometers from the sudanese border, was opene

In the delivery room of the maternity of the Health Center of Djabal camp, Magon, a male nurse, helps a 30 years old mother to deliver her seventh child. The previous one is born two years ago. Since early morning, the nurse assisted 5 deliveries. T

In a ward of the maternity of the Health Center of Djabal camp, a young mother who delivered fews hours ago breast feeds her child. The UNHCR prevision in term of births in Djabal is 80 per week. In fact, the figures are going from 86 to almost 100.

Treguine Health Center. First step of the monitoring process to determine the medical status of a child and particularly his growth, accurate criteria to monitor malnutrition, medical assistants measure a young refugee.  Treguine camp  (18

In a foyer, men, most of them old and vulnerable (some almost blind) unravel bags bought in the market to get fibers in order to make ropes. Sold it provide extra cash for their families.  Gaga camp (21 276 refugees on 30 september 2011), 40 ki

Children play at a playground equiped with some iron swings and frames. Farchana camp  (22 887 refugees on 30 september 2011), located 120 kilometers east from Abeche, 1020 kilometers east from N'Djamena the capital, 56 kilometers from the suda

Food distribution day in Treguine. In the WFP food reserve shed in Treguine camp, working in a dusty cloud, singing in rythm to keep the pace, local WFP staff carry bags of wheat to donkeys carts. The carts will bring the bags to the distribution po

Food distribution day in Treguine. A local staff from Chadian Red Cross is distributing wheat to a refugee. The refugees get Corn Soya Blend (CSB) i.e. enriched flour with oil and soya, cereal (sorghum, wheat), oil, sugar, salt and soap. The quantit

Food distribution day in Treguine. The refugees get Corn Soya Blend (CSB) i.e. enriched flour with oil and soya, cereal (sorghum, wheat), oil, sugar, salt and soap. The quantity depends on the size of the family. For instance, each person gets 12,75

Two young girls fetch water in an opened watercourse, in order to water their plots in the market gardening site in Wadi Kariari close to Oure Cassoni camp. 113 wadi (river) flow into Wadi Kariari from April to September. During and following that p

At sunset, two refugees coming back from their field, located several hours walking from the camp are talking. They bring back straw to build wall, roof or to feed animals.  Created on 4 june 2004, Djabal camp sheltered 17.766 persons and 4.681

Sunset time near Farchana refugee site. A couple of friends rest while listening to the radio after a day spent cultivating in their fields, few hours walk from the camp. Farchana camp (22 887 refugees on 30 september 2011), 120 kilometers east from

Hidden behind a low hill, two brothers dig the earth to mix it with water, on their brickworks site. Then They pour the mud in a brick wooden mussel.  For security reason, the refugees are advised to make their bricks in a distance from the cam

A young refugee watches the water entering her plot of market gardening. An ngo targets 600 potential beneficiairies identified as vulnerables (women alone or widow with children, ...) and help volunteer to get a plot and the support of agricultural

A woman cuts in pieces a small trunk to share with her neighbours. Wood is bought in the region of Adre by UNHCR (close to the border with Sudan) and given to refugees depending of the size of their family, every month : 5 kg of wood for 20 persons.

Refugees on their way back home, carrying household wood collected for their from, in Bredjing camp. UNHCR buys it in the region of Adre (close to the border with Sudan) and distributes it depending on the size of the family, on a monthly base. 5 kg

In her family compound, a refugee cleans millet by getting rid of the dust and herbs. She lets the millet fall from a calabash into a bucket. The light wind blows away the impurity. Farchana camp (22 887 refugees on 30 september 2011), 120 kilometer

A couple in the courtyard of their home. Saleh Hamid Abdul 80 years old and his wife, Foko Abakar Ahmed 35. No house but a tent. The woman: "We arrive 7 years ago, my husband, five children and I. Then we got another child in Chad. We came from Fash

Mariam Issac Hassan poses with her six children in the compound of her home. Safia Ahbab Abdulaye, 16 years old (girl on the right), Nusur Ahbab Abdulaye, 14 years old (boy in blue tee-shirt), Tahir Ahmat Ali, 12 years old (left with shirt), Gisima

A young woman in her family's compound where she keeps her sheeps. Farchana camp shelter 22 887 persons on 30 september 2011. It is located 56 km away from Sudan and was opened in january 2004.

Sunset time in Farchana camp. Children come back from distant fields, riding donkeys. They bring back home straw to feed the animals or to make seko (straw panel used for roof or compound boundaries). Farchana camp (22 887 refugees on 30 september 2