Humans of South Chad
“We walked during the night and hid during the day so that the armed groups wouldn’t spot us. It took us several days to reach the border. I crossed with five relatives who helped me carry my young children as we fled.”
In late 2017 and early 2018, as violence escalated in the Central African Republic, close to 30 000 new refugees crossed the border into Southern Chad, seeking safety. Bertine, a 24-year-old widow and mother of 4 children, is one of them. As part of the assistance provided to the newly arrived, to which EU Humanitarian Aid contributes, she has been receiving food every month. At the distribution point, she gets to choose between different products.
“Today I took more millet, rice, oil and salt. Pasta, sardines and other similar goods are a luxury I cannot afford. But rice and millet are more economical, and I can make porridge or white rice with them all month long.”
© 2018 European Union (photo by Dominique Catton)
Humans of South Chad
“We walked during the night and hid during the day so that the armed groups wouldn’t spot us. It took us several days to reach the border. I crossed with five relatives who helped me carry my young children as we fled.”
In late 2017 and early 2018, as violence escalated in the Central African Republic, close to 30 000 new refugees crossed the border into Southern Chad, seeking safety. Bertine, a 24-year-old widow and mother of 4 children, is one of them. As part of the assistance provided to the newly arrived, to which EU Humanitarian Aid contributes, she has been receiving food every month. At the distribution point, she gets to choose between different products.
“Today I took more millet, rice, oil and salt. Pasta, sardines and other similar goods are a luxury I cannot afford. But rice and millet are more economical, and I can make porridge or white rice with them all month long.”
© 2018 European Union (photo by Dominique Catton)