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Jay Bland

=The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR add parentheses= The UNHCR is a organizaionSP commitedSP to the aid of refugees. The office of the UNHCR was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. It has helped an estimated 50 million people in more than 110 countries. Over 6,300 people working to help 31,018,589 men women and children that fall under its mandate today. The definition of a refugee is someone owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside of his nationality, is unable to or owing to such fear is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country. Before the UNHCR there was the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. The UNHCR receives around $329,340,441 ROUND OFF THIS NUMBER a year from the U.S. alone. Eighty-five percent of that gets put directly into aid. Here is a video about the UNHCR courtesy of youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8u3_BM6l-g media type="youtube" key="X8u3_BM6l-g" height="344" width="425"

This wiki will be about the efforts of the UNHCR in the country of Chad. Photo courtesy of []

The country of Chad lies in the middle of Africa. It is also one of the poorest countries in the world. Here are some of the general facts about Chad Population size (2008) – round off the number DELETE: 10,111,337 ROUND OFF THE NUMBER Per capita GDP: $1,700 Main exports: oil, cattle, cotton, gum arabic Main imports: machinery and transportation equipment, industrial goods, foodstuffs, textiles Resources: oil Main ethnic groups and religions: Sara 27.7%, Arab 12.3%, Mayo-Kebbi 11.5%, Kanem-Bornou 9%, Ouaddai 8.7%, Hadjarai 6.7%, Tandjile 6.5%, Gorane 6.3%, Fitri-Batha 4.7%, other 6.4%, unknown 0.3% Muslim 53.1%, Catholic 20.1%, Protestant 14.2%, animist 7.3%, other 0.5%, unknown 1.7%, atheist 3.1% There are supposedly over 200 ethnic groups in Chad. Infant mortality rate: 100.36/1000 Life expectancy: 47.43 Literacy rate: 25.7% Human Development Index (HDI): .388 Chad is a landlocked country bordering war-torn reigons SP such as Sudan. Bordering countries like this makes it a strategic point for the UNHCR. Here the UNHCR is able to provide assitance SP to refugees and internally displaced people fleeing from Sudan. Chad itself has not been affected by conflict as much as some of its neighbors have been. Chad's HDI is extremely low X only .388 Xabout 170th out of 179 documented countries, making Chad have the tenth lowest HDI in the world. The UNHCR has done SPalot for this country. While Chad has many refugees fleeing from Sudan it also has a very high amountX of internally displaced people, or IDPs. The reason Chad has a high amount of IDPs is because many of the people living on the eastern border between Chad and Sudan have been forced from their homes because of the fighting. The UNHCR has poured in its funds into this country setting up more than 14 official refugee camps and helping around 2.5 million people in the reigon SPalone.

Storyboard 5.2 Click here to watch a voice thread on the UNHCR. []

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