MISSION REPORT: SVO- 17 JUNE- 21 JULY 2024 TCHAD

Organization:

SVO has been 8 years from constituted, 9.e June 2016 up to today 2024 has activities in several camps in eastern Tchad. SVO has over 11,000 active members in refugee camps as a result of our project #RFR. and over 23,000 Volunteers in all refugee camps in eastern Tchad. SVO has its main office of delegation in the republic of Tchad, N’Djamena sub-offices, and activities in refugee camps in eastern Tchad, with over 13 projects in the whole of Tchad. SVO has Established activities in Sweden, the UK, Sudan, Tchad, France, and Uganda. SVO now has over Members and a board within 8 refugee camps.

Result of the Mission:

-Activities:

1. Launched Qurban in Goz-beada.

2. Launched our project of Data collection about (E.M.D)

3. Launched peace marathon in Tchad.

4. Established new SVO offices in the following camps: Farchana, Aboutangue, and Metche.

On the 16th of June, the delegation arrived Kounougou camp, and supervised the Qurban project. 11 sheep were distributed to individuals with vulnerabilities in the camp as food aids. UNHCR and CNARR were in attendance, and our organization developer Abdelrahim Moussa Hassan helped the team in refugee camps to accomplish the. As follows, the Qurban project was accomplished in Goz-beada, Touloum, and Iridimi with a total of 32 sheep. With this aid, we could be able to feed over 23,000 people in refugee camps.

With Abdelrahim's attendance in Tchad, we could reactivate our organization 8 refugee camps: Iridimi, Touloum, Kounougou, Mile, Am-nabok, Farchana, Aboutangue, and Metche. SVO now has 8 SVO associations and 7 Women groups established fully as a refugee-for-refugee model of community administration democratically (SVO-Board of direction). SVO launched the project of (the National Food Security Plan Project), a project of Redesigning our idea for entrepreneurship. A Forum to empower women of small businesses but also young people with vulnerability.

SVO has research ongoing to have a bigger picture about the elderly people, people with mental illness, and people with disabilities in camps (E.M.D). This data project is about having a statistical system for these target groups to know their needs and find appropriate services for these target groups as well, as upcoming individuals with vulnerabilities as target groups in the refugee community. Our data showed that still now there are 34 individuals with mental illness under critical condition, and it is estimated that the number can be increased by researching all refugee camps. The report is ready about their needs and the plan is ready and we involved the whole community to actively share all parts of the project and data collection. We trained our members and volunteers through training tools such as workshops to accomplish data addressing the cause and prepare the project steps. SVO has prepared a bigger plan to protect, support, and develop the target group and find activities and income-based programs that empower the targets.

We trained at least 2 TTT-trauma tapping technique consultants in 8 camps we visited. The trauma tapping technic is one of our very important projects in Tchad for healing people from trauma and other mental and psychological illnesses. With our project TTT we reached over 16 0000 people last year. Due to this result, we are going to increase TTT to exist in all camps in Tchad and the local community as well.

4th Sep we sent a medical aid convoy to the Adré zone in eastern Tchad. With. Initiative of Sudanese Doctors in Chad to provide medical aid to people displaced from Al-Ginena state in western Darfur. This quick aid has shown effects on 90,000 people who have different kinds of medical aid needs. We have started leading the team to develop access to healthcare in eastern Tchad, focusing on increasing accessibility and organizing the resources as effectively as possible. Our goal is to continue supporting healthcare in refugee camps as long as it’s needed.

We want you to know that we have started the very first school for children with disabilities in Chad, it’s located in Kouloungou refugee camp, where 263 students attend our daily activities. The school needs so much support to be equal to normal schools in refugee camps. We had dialogue with all leaders in the refugee camps we visited and planned to open more schools for people with disabilities.

We also started a special team to identify a lack of mental illness knowledge and support in eastern Tchad, the team has provided comprehensive rapport about the issue and how our organization will protect individuals with mental illness in refugee camps but also put a plan about what kinds of reforms needed and facilities work professions and community support.

work with food security and dialogue and sharing refugee and hosted community to have further dialogue for finding solutions to produce food locally and increase sources of food by our proposal academy of food.

Now SVO planning a peace marathon to be launched in N,Djamena, then between Adré -Abeché, Iridimi to Iriba -Touloum. Ori-kashoni to Am.Djers or Tina and so on. But will come with a final plan with an implementation timetable.

Result:

SVO has 13 projects in eastern Tchad and exists in 8 different refugee camps. Our organization existed in 8 refugee camps as refugees for refugee method. SVO started the data collection project and the project activities are ongoing and finished follow refugee camps: Iridimi, Touloum, Mile, Farchana, Aboutangue, and Metche the result of the data is under technical analysis which is the final step before SVO goes out with information to authorities, NGOs and community. All these camps SVO created independent SVO associations driven by their board of direction. There are 16 TTT consultants in 8 camps SVO has activities and SVO planning to reach out to all camps with TTT knowledge and train more TTT consultants. We have reached out 34 individuals in critical condition due to mental illness. The evidence is below in the picture. SVO prepared a report about the situation of people with mental illness in camps. SVO women groups are created in 7 camps and this unique step to empowering women to have their role in the community independently. Lastly, as follows, we want to have a meeting with UNHCR and CNARR to share our views and discover our common points for further goals.