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Image Roger Kalimira, in front of a water bladder he helped install. Photo: LWF/ M. Idjawo Water in the desert Responding to the Sudan crisis in Chad I work with LWF in the department of Assoungha specifically in the refugee and returnee sites of Adré, Ourang, Ambilia, Dize-…
Image LWF staff member Charlotte, in Masisi, DRC. Photo: LWF/ S. Muis Combating gender-based violence in the DRC LWF program officer for DRC and Chad, Susan Muis, speaks to women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the path to recovery from rape. “Every week I have 10 cases of sexual and gender based violence here in…
Image A group of refugees in Dosseye camp in southern Chad who are benefitting from LWFâs project for improved livelihood and access to land. (Photos taken before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic). All photos: LWF/Ophélie Schnoebelen Welcoming strangers, finding friendship Conversations with host communities, returnees, refugees in Chad “We have understood that we have to live in peace with one another. The little we have, we share”, says the village chief. We are sitting under a tree in Mbikou…
