Provision of Emergency Shelter and WASH supplies to the crisis-affected population in the Malakal Protection of Civilians site and surrounding areas, due to the Tonga conflict. The humanitarian situation in South Sudan remains dire with about 6.8 million of the most vulnerable people needing urgent life-saving assistance and protection in 2022, as the country continues to experience the cumulative effects of years of conflict, a surge in sub-national violence, unprecedented flooding and hyperinflation. Thousands of people have been displaced across many areas of Upper Nile, Jonglei, and Unity states since mid-August following heavy fighting between armed factions in Tonga town and neighbouring areas in Panyikang County, Upper Nile State. The impact of these violent clashes has triggered large-scale displacement and exacerbated an already dire humanitarian situation. An estimated 15,000 people within Upper Nile and 18,000 people in Northern Jonglei state have been displaced since the conflict in Tonga broke out in August 2022. As of 17 September, the PoC camp management reported the arrival of 12,365 people at the Malakal PoC since the beginning of the conflict, including 8,908 IDPs displaced by the 7 September Adidiang fighting.  There is an urgent need to provide much-needed life-saving support to 36,000 vulnerable people with shelter, water, sanitation and hygiene, protection, health, food, and nutrition services. 
Through this project, the International Organization of Migration (IOM), as the emergency Shelter/Non-Food Items (S/NFIs) and Wash, Sanitation and Hygiene WASH pipeline agency, will strengthen and complement the S-NFI cluster and WASH partner’s responses through the procurement, transportation and release of key emergency shelter and WASH humanitarian relief items to support the immediate provision of in-kind shelter and WASH support to S-NFI and WASH  responses at the Malak PoC and outside area of (town, Comboni and Fire brigade etc) in Upper Nile State.  A total of 800 shelter kits are targeted to benefit approximately 3,200 households and 19,200 individuals while 21,000 people affected because of displacement due to the Tonga conflict will benefit from WASH support through the IOM Core Pipeline. Items to be released for the partner’s integrated response include a combination of plastic sheets, rubber ropes, wooden poles and bamboo, targeting the newly displaced or populations with new vulnerabilities. WASH priority items will include Calcium hypochlorite, HTH, Aluminum sulfate, Emergency SWAT, Bladder Kit, Chlorine/pH, Pool Tester Kit, DPD1, Rapid dissolve tablets (Box of 250), Phenol Red, Rapid dissolvable, latrine slabs(w/cover),nagmagic, Latrine digging kit, Tarpaulin, Soap and MHM Kits. Rapid monitoring will be carried out at all stages of the project implementation and key recommendations will be applied to improve the project quality and impact of interventions. IOM will coordinate and take a holistic approach by ensuring complementary activities are conducted with the other Clusters (sectors) to maximize the effect of the interventions. Protection mainstreaming is the centre of this project so that project teams and partners adhere to the principle of doing no harm. Affected communities will participate through meetings with representatives of all social groups and through focused group discussions (FGDs). Furthermore, the project will establish a complaint Feedback Mechanism to address complaints, challenges, and gaps. These interventions are in line with the SSHF Reserve allocation strategy of upgrading the living conditions within the Malak POC and ensuring the relocation of services, in line with the transfer plan of PoC humanitarian facilities to Sector 5.