With other crisis taking precedence, Shelter and NFI Cluster in Sudan remains only 6.6% funded. Even though it appears 24% of targeted households were reached, it’s important to note that as much as 69% of households reached were not supported with the full/standard assistance package due to funding limitations. There are limited stocks available for responding to new and sudden displacements which is impacting cluster preparedness efforts. Further, there is also limited partner presence in certain states such as Sennar, Al Jazeera, River Nile, Red Sea as well as Abyei PCE, which is affecting cluster’s capacity to respond to emergencies in a timely manner.

Access to some areas, particularly those affected by conflict and flooding during the rainy season, remains a challenge and is limiting clusters ability to conduct assessments, respond to needs and monitor the response. Local natural materials, which are the most cost effective and climate/cultural appropriate emergency shelter solution are not available year-round and are bulky to store. Hence there is a challenge to provide climate suitable shelter materials, especially during the rains. While certainly more environmentally friendly than plastic sheeting, local natural shelter materials do pose a risk to already stressed environments in some states, due to poor harvesting practices. HLP issues which are the key driver of conflict in Sudan, pose the biggest impediment to pursuing more sustainable and durable shelter solutions for IDPs.