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We are excited to let you know that we have accepted a placement with MAF to serve in N’Djamena, Chad. A fascinating country and yet its troubles have largely gone unnoticed. News headlines around the world seem reserved for Chad’s neighbors while crisis, civil war and famine have ravaged the country and the people. For the most part, Chad is divided into North and South, sandy desert and thick bush; between Chadians of Arab and African descent and between Islam and Christianity. MAF supports the work of the local church in Southern Chad while in the North, we work with frontier and linguistic organizations to reach the vast number of isolated people groups – the most unreached groups of any African country. Working in Chad will have its hardships – average high temperatures are a stifling 40°C in the capital city where power outages are common and a layer of dust covers everything. In Chad you don’t have to watch out for thunder showers – it’s the dust storms that keep us on the ground.
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Christian 38%
Muslim 53%
Other 9%
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Languages French, Arabic and 131 additional tribal languages throughout Chad. There are more unreached peoples in Chad than any other African country.
In the 70’s and 80’s Libya invaded Northern Chad. The Libyan army constructed several mile-long, beautifully smooth, interlocking steelplated runways. Times have changed. The Libyan jets are long gone and now MAF enjoys their use.
Sources: Operation World, CIA Factbook, Wikipedia.com, ethnologue.com
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