According to IOM DTM, an estimated 6,622,565 million people have been displaced since the eruption of armed conflict between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April 2023. Twenty-five percent (25%) of the displaced (est.1,680,000 people) are hosted in sites and site-like settings in the 18 states in Sudan, i.e., 6% in camps, 13% in collective centers (schools, public buildings, etc.), and 6% in open area informal settlements. The Site Management Sector aims to target 1,588,735 internally displaced people within the 2024 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP), with a budget requirement of $14,765,058 to meet the Sector's strategic objectives of enhancing
(i) overall coordination and assistance monitoring,(ii) community engagement & participation, (iii) capacity sharing initiatives to facilitate self-management of sites and site-like settings, and (iv) enhancing site protective environment through small-scale site improvements to facilitate a safe and dignified living condition at the site-level.
Since October 2023, site management partners were able to map 1,334 collective centers in seven (7) of the 18 states in Sudan, i.e., White Nile (WN), Al-Jazirah, Gedaref, Northern states (NS), Red Sea (RS), Kassala, and Sennar, hosting more than 300,000 people.