Provision of Emergency Shelter and Non-Food Item (NFI) Assistance to conflict-affected communities in South Sudan IOM aims to continue providing Shelter and Non-Food Items (S-NFI) assistance to vulnerable people displaced by conflict, new IDPs, returnees and vulnerable host communities in prioritized counties. The project will support IOM to strengthen its capacity by providing continuous humanitarian assistance to conflict affected displaced populations through S-NFI response, Cluster coordination and information management. The project key interventions include: 
1. IOM aims to provide in-kind S-NFI assistance to 16,000 individuals through maintaining a mobile frontline team based in Juba and static team in Wau with emergency preparedness and response based capacity. beneficiaries will be trained in the correct use of the items prior to distribution
2. IOM to maintain and support partners in prepositioning and transportation of S-NFI supplies to frontline locations and
3. Providing co-ordination, information management and support services through leading the national S-NFI Cluster and as S-NFI SFP in Western Bahr El Ghazal (WBeG). 
IOM will ensure AAP and cross cutting thematic mainstreaming in all programme. IOM will mainstream gender, protection, gender-based violence (GBV), HLP, environment and AAP in all activities. IOM has already modified all data collection tools to take into account the need of different population groups. IOM will undertake rapid monitoring during the distribution to collect community feedback and identify means to improve the intervention with specific focus on AAP. The gender specific needs will be taken into consideration in the provision of ES-NFI supplies to IDP in camps, returnees and host communities. IOM will prioritize households headed by women for ES-NFI supplies through in-kind Interventions.

IOM will deploy mobile team based in Juba for rapid response to any unpredictable emergency. The mobile team will conduct joint missions with local static partners following Cluster guidelines. IOM static team in Wau will continue to lead and coordinate S-NFI responses in Western Bahr El Ghazal. With South Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SSHF) funding, IOM will upgrade shelters for protracted IDPs living in Wau PoC and Collective Centres on case to case basis, as identified by Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) Cluster. The support will include provision of S-NFI emergency supplies and shelter solutions through in-kind using Core Pipeline supplies. IOM S-NFI response team will be available to respond to all prioritized locations, particularly in all areas of Wau, Raga, Jur River, Koch, and other locations as identified by Cluster. 

IOM will provide prepositioning and transportation assistance to 14 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) partners in the country. IOM has the logistical capacity to mobilize S-NFI supplies from main warehouse in Juba to logistics hubs and prioritized field locations across the country at short notice. 

To avoid duplication, the State Focal Points (SFP) and Cluster coordinators will be involved in the planning, coordination and reporting of the interventions.

The project activities are consistent with Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) life-saving criteria as it promotes timely response and strengthening core element of humanitarian response. The project complement allocation strategy considerations through joint missions with national non-governmental organizations (NNGOs) and immediately implementable activities through rapid and adaptable response. 

Through the project, IOM will ensure that the needs of men, women, boys and girls are taken into account throughout the project cycle. IOM will mainstream protection principles into all activities by prioritizing safety and dignity, as well as ensuring meaningful access, participation and empowerment. IOM will conduct detailed needs analysis before each response, conduct rapid monitoring for distribution and at least one post distribution monitoring (PDM) every quarter for in-ki