Webclip - Statement from Director of Operation - ENGLISH

Webclip - Kenneth Lavelle, MSF Director of operations, in Adré, eastern Chad

MSB167320

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB167320

Date taken / Date Recorded 31/08/2023 2:41 PM

Country Chad

Commissioning section MSF-SWITZERLAND

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Additional Information / Shotlist Kenneth-Lavelle, MSF Director of operations

I'm Kenneth Lavelle, director of operations for MSF.

I'm here in eastern Chad in Adré, where hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border over the last couple of months.

Today, there must be more than 150,000 in this informal refugee settlement.
The conditions are disastrous, despite the best efforts of the local communities of organisations to scale up the response.
So much more needs to be done in terms of shelter, in terms of food, in terms of the provision of water.

Medical care is being provided by MSF teams in the hospital in the camp itself,
but thousands more people cross the border every day. And unless there's a massive mobilisation, we are looking at a humanitarian disaster here.

So I call on all actors, but I especially call on governments.
They need the support.
They need funding to be able to scale up this response in all areas. If that doesn't happen and it doesn't happen quickly, we are looking at a catastrophic situation here.
So I ask you all for your support, the mobilisation to support the organisations that are doing their best here to provide assistance to the refugee population.