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A key humanitarian logistics network delivering shelter and other non-food aid across war-torn Sudan could collapse within weeks without immediate funding, the International Organization for Migration warned Monday.
“The entire humanitarian system could collapse within weeks if we don’t act now,” IOM Director General Amy Pope said. “Without new funding, we won’t be able to get help where it’s needed most.”
The Common Humanitarian Pipeline, run by the IOM, supports more than 100 national and international NGOs delivering shelter and other emergency supplies across Sudan.
Since the war began in April 2023, the system has reached 2.84 million people.
The conflict between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, has killed more than 200,000 people, according to aid workers, and created the world’s largest hunger and displacement crisis.
The IOM said the pipeline reached more than 1 million people in 2024, but only about 330,000 people have received shelter and emergency support kits through the system so far in 2026.
“Without immediate donor support, current shelter, sanitation and emergency household relief items are expected to be depleted by the end of September,” the agency said.
The IOM added that warehousing and operational capacity keeping the pipeline functioning can only be sustained until December 2026.
The agency said it needs $15 million to maintain the pipeline at its minimum 2026 capacity for the next 12 months.
It would require $42 million to restore operations to the level reached in 2024.
The IOM warned that losing access to shelter assistance could expose displaced people to weather, disease and insecurity while increasing risks of gender-based violence, family separation and eviction from overcrowded sites.
“Shelter is the foundation from which protection, health and recovery can begin,” Pope said.
“When the pipeline stops, it is not simply warehouses that become empty. The entire humanitarian response becomes harder to deliver.”
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