Darfurians refugees in Eastern Chad
Chad / Darfurian refugees from Sudan / Djabal camp (17 766 refugees, 4681 families), 4 kilometers west from Goz Beida UNHCR sub-office located 217 km south from Abeche, located 900 kilometer east from N'Djamena the chadian capital. The camp, created on 4/6/2004, is located 80 km from the sudanese border. In a ward of the maternity of the Health Center of Djabal camp (supported by UNHCR and run by CSSI ngo i.e. Centre de Support en Santé internationale - Center of Support in International Helath), a young mother who delivered fews hours ago breast feeds her child. The UNHCR prevision in term of births in Djabal is 80 per week. In fact, the figures are going from 86 to almost 100 per week. 60% of the camp's population is under 18 years old and 62% are women. / UNHCR / F. Noy / December 2011