WFP has been present in Chad since 1968. The UN agency has implemented four main operations in Chad:

• Protracted relief and recovery operation: WFP is targeting 2.2 million people for assistance under this program, including vulnerable Chadian populations, C.A.R. returnees and long-term refugees from C.A.R and Sudan. WFP expects to provide food assistance for 1.4 million people in 2015. In addition, blanket supplementary feeding is being provided to local populations through seasonal interventions as well as to conflict-affected populations in the Lac region for a duration of 120 days. The program assists IDPs, refugees and pastoral populations affected by the livelihoods crisis. Targeted supplementary feeding, through health centers and mobile clinics, is also being provided.
• School meals program: This program aims to improve the enrollment, attendance and primary school retention rates of children from vulnerable rural households. The project has a special focus on gender. In addition to daily hot meals served at school to all primary schoolchildren, WFP provides families of girls in grades five and six with a monthly take-home ration of oil to encourage parents to send girls to school. The school meals program targets 265,000 primary schoolchildren.
• Emergency operation: Following an appeal to the international community by the Chadian Government in January 2014, WFP Chad launched an emergency operation to respond to the needs of people who fled violence in C.A.R. WFP provides food vouchers and e-cards, as well as general food distributions for people taking refuge in sites in southern Chad, as well as nutrition support for children and mothers.

In support of the humanitarian community in Chad, WFP manages the U.N. Humanitarian Air Service, with four aircraft providing a link to 17 destinations throughout the country for both personnel and light cargo. Aircraft operations have bases in various locations in the country, including N’Djamena, Abéché and Goz Beida.