Breaking the Silence - Chad

If you don’t read about it in the news, did it really happen? Every year, humanitarian crises affect millions of people around the world. From natural disasters to conflict and displacement, some crises make headlines, some don’t.
For this event series, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom teamed up with the aid organization CARE.
CARE’s annual report “Breaking the Silence” highlights the ten most underreported crises of the past year. Together we shine a spotlight on each crisis, giving room for discussion and hearing from experts about challenges, opportunities, and the resilience of affected communities in each country.

Chad is one of the poorest countries in the world. 6.1 million people are in need of humanitarian aid. Violence and insecurity dominate the lives of the population. The country has suffered from armed conflicts in the Sahel region for years. The region around Lake Chad is particularly affected by the activities of various armed groups.
We hereby invite you to examine the situation of the country from a humanitarian and political point of view together with international experts.

CARE was founded in 1945 to support post-war Europe with the famous CARE packages. Today, the independent aid organization works in over 100 countries to provide humanitarian aid and fight poverty with a focus on empowering women and girls.

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Huguette Sekpe Sossouhounto
... is the Acting Country Director Program Quality for CARE International in Chad. She has over 20 years of experience in development and emergencies with a focus on Food Security, Nutrition, Health, Gender, Governance, Water, Hygiene and Sanitation, as well as Marketing. She has worked in Benin, Togo, Chad and others African countries. She also has extensive experience in portfolio management of multiple donors from institutions and private foundations, in program design, compliance and team management. Huguette holds an Engineer degree in Agronomy with a specialization in Nutrition and Food Processing and a Masters’ Degree in Risk and Disaster Reduction Management.

Moderator
Britta Sophie Weck
… is an intercultural trainer with a focus on Islam and has worked with various institutions in the German education and government sector. Additionally, she advises professionals and executives as a communications trainer and moderates web talks and discussions on various international and interdisciplinary topics. She lived in Latin America and Southeast Asia, holds a degree in communication, and worked as a PR consultant in brand communication.