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Hadjer-Lamis council rehabilitates three schools in Chad

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The Hadjer-Lamis Provincial Council handed over more than 500 dual desks, textbooks and school supplies to Chad’s Provincial Delegation for National Education. It also rehabilitated three schools in Djambalbarh, Chabakari and Massakory, in an operation its president, Ali Adoum Ali, described as a collective responsibility in support of education.

The Hadjer-Lamis Provincial Council handed over more than 500 dual desks and school supplies to Chad’s Provincial Delegation for National Education on Tuesday 20 October 2026. It also completed the rehabilitation of three schools, said the provincial council’s president, Ali Adoum Ali.

The work involved the primary schools in Djambalbarh and Chabakari, and Massakory modern secondary school. The donation also includes textbooks covering all levels of education, exercise books, pens and schoolbags.

The provincial delegate for National Education, Djidda Ramat Adoum, welcomed the assistance, which addresses the shortage of dual desks and teaching materials in the province’s schools. Ali Adoum Ali called for mobilisation to clean and maintain the schools and equip them.

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