2023-07-17 03:20:47
Like Daoud, Mariam, 45, relied on the kindness of community members and old family connections to find a place to stay in Midjiguita.
“The materials for this house are cheap; it’s just clay and water that’s easy to find and that others have helped me get, but that’s all I have,” she says, pointing to the house of one-piece clay that she built with her children.
A widow and mother of five, she traded cattle in Tendelti before violence knocked on her door, forcing her to “go home” to Chad. But today, she struggles to survive and worries regarding her family’s future.
“I have nothing to eat here; all I need is support to have a few heads of sheep so that I can provide for my family,” she adds.
Prior to the influx of displaced people into eastern Chad, the provinces of Ouaddaï, Sila and Wadi-Fira were already facing a displacement crisis and were among the most vulnerable provinces in the country to socio-economic shocks related to the effects combination of underdevelopment, extreme weather conditions and environmental degradation, which have affected local livelihoods.
With the Sudan crisis, commodity prices have increased significantly as trade between Chad and Sudan has been disrupted. As more and more people arrive in eastern Chad, local communities are beginning to feel the pressure of this sudden influx on their already limited resources.
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