As early as next month, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) may suspend their food aid distributions due to lack of funding. Nearly one million shelters and internally displaced persons are concerned

Chad, one of the main host countries in Africa, is receiving, in addition to its internally displaced persons, refugees from Sudan, Nigeria, Cameroon, and the Central African Republic, and the flow is increasing. Indeed, humanitarians now distribute only half rations to only a third of refugees and only half the year because of lack of funding. Laura Lo Castro, UNHCR representative in N'Djamena, announced that this may be the first time that we have had such a small target of beneficiaries. On the humanitarian front, Pierre Honnorat, WFP representative and country director in Chad, announces that WFP urgently needs 142 million dollars for the next 6 months. Add to this the drought, floods, and soaring food prices with the upcoming lean season Old Style