The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is responding to the humanitarian needs of thousands of Chadians who have fled to Kousseri, Cameroon, after rebels laid siege to the Chadian capital N’Djamena earlier this month.

At the request of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), ADRA is providing 100 pit latrines, 25 showers, and four waste disposal pits to serve as many as 8,000 refugees who may move into the newly established Maltam 1 Refugee Camp, 22 miles from the border town of Kousseri. UN news agency IRIN reports that an estimated 2,400 individuals have already been registered there. ADRA is also providing psychosocial counseling for refugees and camp staff, the only provider of such services in Maltam 1.(more)