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JRS has served refugees from<br />
Sudan’s Darfur region in the<br />
harsh environment <strong>of</strong> eastern<br />
Chad for the last decade, and<br />
<strong>of</strong>fers pre-school and primary<br />
education in eight refugee camps.<br />
A grant from the U.S. State Department’s<br />
Bureau <strong>of</strong> Population,<br />
<strong>Refugees</strong> and Migration enabled<br />
JRS to provide education to nearly<br />
1,000 refugees in secondary<br />
schools in five camps in eastern<br />
Chad, near the Darfur border.<br />
Schools in Milé and Kounoungou<br />
are now well<br />
equipped <strong>with</strong> computers,<br />
generators, and desks.<br />
Jean Guy Kwuimi<br />
JRS Chad Program Officer<br />
23<br />
(Top) Primary school students in the JRS program at Touloum<br />
refugee camp. (Above) A $19,690 grant from our partner iAct<br />
funds the Little Ripples preschool program in Goz Amer camp,<br />
and a $2,990 iAct grant helps to fund the Darfur United Academy<br />
at Djabal refugee camp. (Liana Tepperman — JRS)<br />
A gift from Tom &<br />
Audry Morrow through<br />
Goldman Sachs Gives <strong>of</strong><br />
$100,000 helped initiate<br />
a tertiary education<br />
program for refugees<br />
at Djabal camp, outside<br />
Goz Beida, and to promote<br />
global advocacy<br />
and outreach efforts in<br />
support <strong>of</strong> refugees in<br />
Chad. (Christian Fuchs —<br />
JRS/USA)
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