Our humanitarian action
Water and sanitation
Program to improve living standards for victims of conflict and instability
Location : zone around Adé, east Chad
Number of recipients : 16 500
- Access to drinking water : construction of 7 water points, distribution of 70 slow sand filters, cleaning of water supply systems in Adé, setting-up, creation, and training of water management committees.
- Access to drinking water : construction of 7 water points, distribution of 70 slow sand filters, cleaning of water supply systems in Adé, setting-up, creation, and training of water management committees.
- Sanitation : cleaning community latrines in Adé, creating awareness about their use.
- Hygiene : holding 250 sessions on hygiene awareness for 2000 families, (9200 people), distribution of 5200 bars of soap, screening of film on hygiene, hygiene “classes” for 1000 children.
Assistance for refugees from Central African Republic
Location : Between Daha and Haraze, in the Salamat region, south Chad, on the border with the C.A.R.
Number of recipients : 12 000 people
- Access to drinking water : construction of two wells, and rehabilitation of 7 wells
- Sanitation : construction and rehabilitation of 400 latrines, distribution of 1200 hygiene kits and "sakanes" (container used for hand-washing)
- Hygiene awareness activities
 Focus on : Slow Sand Filter
An innovative system for providing access to drinking water
In Chad, SOLIDARITÉS set up a simple, inexpensive and innovative system to provide drinking water: the slow sand filter.
The diagram opposite shows how the slow sand filter works. It's a very simple mechanism: a cement container one meter high, filled with layers of sand and gravel.
Each container holds up to 20 liters of water. The sand and grit, as well as the biofilm which forms on the surface of the water, act as a natural filter. Every minute, it filters ONE liter of water. Bacterial organisms are also filtered out, resulting in clean, drinkable water.
The system is very effective and can be installed directly in homes. It can supply a family of five with drinking water at a cost of only 40 euros. |
Population Monitoring
Identifying and monitoring displaced, returning or vulnerable people
 Location : Adé, Moudaina, Borota, east Chad, and Am Timan, south Chad.
Number of Recipients : 35,000
- Population Monitoring : census of displaced people and identification of vulnerable groups in the Adé, Borota, Moudaina and Am Timan regions, evaluation of the humanitarian situation, writing monthly (or more frequent reports, depending on the humanitarian situation) enumerating the needs of the population and making suggestions for the different humanitarian agencies in the region.
Update : june 2009
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