By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS – The International Organization for Migration and the International Humanitarian Partnership on Wednesday have completed the expansion of a key aid hub in Chad, in a move that will enable aid teams to reach up to 220,000 more in need, it said in a press release issued in New York.
IOM said that the expanded operational capacity at the hub in Farchana will strengthen cross-border interagency humanitarian operations for Sudan the world’s worst displacement crisis.
Over 11.5 million people have been displaced within Sudan and an additional 3.5 million have fled across borders, including an estimated 930,000 who have crossed from Sudan into Chad.
According to recent figures, 9 million people in the Darfur region alone require immediate assistance.
Pascal Reyntjens, IOM Chief of Mission in Chad said “With the strengthened cross-border operations, IOM has already reached over 82,000 people in Darfur with critical humanitarian aid, and with the expansion of the Farchana hub, we are poised to provide life-saving assistance to an additional 220,000 people in the coming months” .
“The hub also enables greater collaboration between humanitarian actors, development agencies and the government, which is essential for a comprehensive and sustainable response,” he said.
The expansion includes office space, living quarters and other infrastructure that will help improve the effectiveness of aid work in hard-to-reach field locations in Sudan.
The agency added that these enhancements will enable international and national NGOs and UN agencies to further scale up cross-border operations from Chad into Darfur, where humanitarian needs are rapidly escalating.
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