Turkey has delivered 30,000 family tents to the International Organization for Migration, marking the agency’s largest in-kind shelter donation for Sudan.
The IOM said the aid arrives as conflict continues to uproot communities across the country, leaving millions without basic protection.
IOM Director General Amy Pope called the donation timely, stressing that many families are living without even minimal shelter and urgently need safe places to stay.
She said the contribution would allow IOM and partners to expand their response and offer security to people who have lost nearly everything.
Sudan is facing one of the world’s gravest humanitarian emergencies, with 11.6 million people in need of shelter and less than 10% of required funding secured.
Millions displaced by the conflict are trapped in overcrowded or makeshift sites, exposed to brutal weather, disease and persistent insecurity.
Pope recently described an “almost empty warehouse” during her visit to Sudan, highlighting the severe shortage of shelter supplies on the ground.
Her trip accelerated coordination between the IOM and Turkey’s disaster agency AFAD, enabling the rapid mobilisation of the tents.
Despite restricted access in Darfur and Kordofan, the IOM said the donation will help reach families in some of the most hard-to-serve regions.
The agency warned that sustained international backing remains essential to protect displaced people and meet urgent humanitarian needs.
