Beginning in 2003, a flood of 200,000 displaced Sudanese fled to Chad when violence and genocide erupted at home. As one of the world's five poorest countries, Chad seemed the unlikely host for so many needy people. NGOs provided for the basic needs of the refugees, but with their lives and livelihoods left behind, there's little else they could do but wait for conditions at home to improve. Now, more than two years later, they're still waiting.
