Micah Albert | D.C. - California

Reportage: Chad and Africa In Crisis

Iriba, Chad – Makeshift towns like this one in eastern Chad have sprung up along its boarder with Sudan. International aid groups working among the refugee camps have set up shop in an otherwise arid very inhospitable location. With the promise of work, people from all over Chad try to make their way to these newly sprung up towns to be the next driver, guard, or cook for one of the many NGO’s. “It’s making our long-term exit strategy even more difficult,” says a worker for UNHCR “we are providing these little mini-economies to a region that wouldn’t otherwise have people.”
Iriba, Chad – Makeshift towns like this one in eastern Chad have sprung up along its boarder with Sudan. International aid groups working among the refugee camps have set up shop in an otherwise arid very inhospitable location. With the promise of work, people from all over Chad try to make their way to these newly sprung up towns to be the next driver, guard, or cook for one of the many NGO’s. “It’s making our long-term exit strategy even more difficult,” says a worker for UNHCR “we are providing these little mini-economies to a region that wouldn’t otherwise have people.”