Hundreds of Sudanese families at the Kariari refugee camp in eastern Chad are facing severe humanitarian conditions amid a shortage of shelter and worsening weather conditions, while newly displaced families continue to arrive at the camp as a result of the ongoing displacement crisis.
According to recent statistics, around 740 families are living in the open, with nothing more than pieces of cloth that provide inadequate protection from the heat, cold, and rain, exposing them to increasing health and humanitarian risks.
The camp has recently received approximately 230 new families, with expectations that the number of arrivals will continue to increase. Assessment operations also found that 370 homes were partially damaged and 432 were completely destroyed, further increasing shelter and protection needs.
Osman Ishaq, an employee of a voluntary organization in eastern Chad, told Mashaweer that they had managed to provide shelter materials, including tarpaulins, mosquito nets, mattresses, and buckets, as part of a partial response that benefited 85 families through a grant from the Emergency Response Rooms, with support from the North Darfur Emergency Response Rooms Coordination Council.
He added that “despite its importance, the intervention remains limited compared with the scale of the needs,” noting that “hundreds of families are still in urgent need of shelter materials and basic necessities.”
Meanwhile, Suleiman Al-Douma, a member of the Kariari Emergency Response Room, appealed to humanitarian organizations, donors, and partners, in comments to Mashaweer, to intervene urgently to provide shelter materials and essential supplies to families living in the open, as well as those affected and newly arrived.
He stressed that “the humanitarian situation in the camp cannot withstand any further delay,” emphasizing that urgent intervention has become essential to protect affected families and provide safe shelter that preserves their dignity.
