Mia Farrow witnesses dire effects of conflict in eastern Chad

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The militia attacked the village of Djorla in eastern Chad before dawn. They torched the huts and ransacked the food stores. Unlike many villagers under similar attack in this area, the people of Djorla fought back, and paid a heavy price.

Some 38 residents are to be buried in three separate mass graves.

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow is visiting the area to witness the horror firsthand. Everywhere she goes the signs of the December attack remain vivid. Roofless huts and smashed pottery lay on the ground, while the storage vessels were left in ruins and the sorghum inside burnt.
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Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow surveys a burnt village in the eastern part of Chad.

Ms. Farrow is travelling through eastern Chad to highlight the growing humanitarian disaster of displacement, poverty and conflict. Since 2003, refugees have streamed into the region escaping attacks by armed militia in Darfur, Sudan. At last count, there are 235,000 refugees here scattered along Chad's eastern border with Sudan.

Rising ethnic tension and internal conflict have displaced an additional 100,000 Chadians, who have also sought refuge in crowded camps.

"I don't think you can know what is happening here and not feel a personal responsibility to do something," said Ms. Farrow.

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