Life Skills and Peer Education for Chadian Youth

The local context that shaped the project in the first quarter of 2018 is the strike triggered by the union platform after the government took the austerity measures to deal with the situation and its social consequences. Lengthy discussions helped to ease the situation by signing a moratorium signed by the various parties on March 14, 2018.    

The forty-four days strike of the union platform in February and March have completely stalled the education operations in Chad and much of the public administration. As a consequence the school year was extended until July to organize the final year exams with a newer school calendar with a much longer course day. This limited the extracurricular activities of many schools. The participating schools in Chad have no school cafeteria, after class students go home and it is difficult for them to return to school. That affected the number of Life Skills Sessions held. In the municipality of the 9th arrondissement, the council has deposed the mayor and elected a new one.

The difficult context did not allow the planning of the training of staff of Blue Cross of Chad and the revision of the statutes of the CBT until June 2018. Yet, local Blue Cross Staff and school operators have done their best to catch up with the missed project activities and were successful. Despites these difficulties the project is now, in July, well on track again. Youth now continue to attend Life Skills Sessions regularly – and this is possible thanks to our donors – YOU! Thank you for your support.