Crouching, with his baseball cap pulled firmly down, Francis' arm goes back and forth, as he tries to cut a thick plank of wood. The sawn-off part drops to the ground with a thud and Francis leans over to check that he hasn't made a mistake in the cutting.
Insecurity in eastern Chad has forced almost 120,000 people to flee their homes. This has resulted in massive pressure on water resources in a famously arid part of the world. ICRC has been working to provide clean drinking water for those displaced by the conflict.
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The IRC is keeping relief programs up and running for 28,000 refugees from Darfur at a camp in northeastern Chad in the wake of a weeklong rebellion by rebels that has threatened the Chadian government.
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