Jewish groups launched an initiative to help Sudanese refugees living in the African country of Chad. The initiative launched by the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society and the Israel Forum for Humanitarian Aid, or IsraAid, seeks to help an estimated 200,000 refugees who fled to Chad to avoid government-sponsored violence in their home region of Darfur, Sudan.
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