Chad - neverthirst

Chad

Chad ranks 189 out of 193 countries in the UN’s Human Development Index.¹ Chad is located in Africa’s Sahel region and stands today as one of the most spiritually needy areas of the world. Within the Sahel, our strategic focus countries include Chad and Niger, home to 107 unreached people groups representing over 33 million people.² More than 20 million people in rural Chad and Niger lack access to clean water.

CHAD BY THE NUMBERS

20.5

million

population of Chad

7.56

million

people in rural Chad lack access to clean water within a 30-minute collection trip.³

12.8

million

people in rural Chad lack access to adequate sanitation facilities.

10.5

million

people in Chad are unreached by the gospel.⁴

Chad

The Crisis

Our program targets the highly water-stressed region in rural Chad. The greatest challenges in the region include:

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Chad

Serve an entire community or school with clean and living water. Projects range in cost depending on the region, project type, and amount of people served.

Co-Fund a Community Tap Stand

$5,000

As part of a larger system, provide a community tap stand connected directly to piped water. New boreholes are drilled (or existing boreholes rehabilitated) and equipped with a submersible pump powered by solar panels. A central reservoir tank is constructed followed by installation of underground pipelines to carry water to community tap stands. (serves 500 people)

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Community Tap Stand

$25,000

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OUR MISSION IN CHAD

Serving the Unreached

The Sahel region represents a large component of the western third of the 10/40 Window — one of the most spiritually needy areas of the world⁶. In both Chad and Niger the Christian Church is in the extreme minority. Christians are often persecuted for their faith. Local churches are marginalized and neglected by the wider community.

Our local partners invite pastors and churches to participate in providing clean water, helping them build credibility, trust, and meaningful relationships. We’ve seen attitudes change toward the Christian community and doors open for faith conversations.

Our programs in Chad and Niger provide evangelism training and support local pastors with evangelistic resources. Local believers are also empowered to lead evangelistic activities in their own communities.

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CLEAN & LIVING WATER IN CHAD

Our Plan

With your help, more than 210,000 people will be served with access to clean and living water across two target regions in Chad and Niger by the end of 2028. This will complete a task begun in 2021 to provide everyone in these regions with access to clean water. You can make it possible to see:

520

communities gain access to clean drinking water through mechanized boreholes and piped water systems connected to community tap stands

110

tap stands constructed in schools and connected to completed systems

Local

communities trained to operate and maintain water points

pastors, evangelists, and local believers mobilized to participate in WASH programs as an access point to share the gospel with unreached communities