More than 4 million Non-Food Items (NFIs) were delivered to conflict and disaster affected populations in the three states of Darfur over the past year by IOM Sudan, in its role as sole Transportation Partner supporting the NFI Common Pipeline for Darfur and the rest of Northern Sudan. Following the March 2009 expulsion of 13 international and local NGOs from Sudan, IOM stepped in to help fill the humanitarian gap by providing transportation services to re-establish the life-saving NFI Common Pipeline (CP). More than 1.3 million blankets, 700,000 plastic sheets, 800,000 jerry cans and 1 million sleeping mats, as well as cooking sets and mosquito nets were distributed by IOM and NFI CP partners, to 300 plus locations throughout Darfur, benefiting more than 3 million people, including displaced populations and those returned to their places of origin. As the sole transportation partner for the NFI CP, IOM is responsible for all transport and delivery of Non-Food Items from CP warehouses to cooperating partners’ final distribution locations in the region. The NFI CP programme is currently managed by the United Nations Joint Logistics Centre (UNJLC) and relies on the support of UNICEF and more than 30 international organizations and NGOs to procure and deliver NFIs.  The NFI Common Pipeline was established in 2004 and is the main provider of non-food and emergency shelter items in the North of Sudan to families who have lost their household possessions as a result of conflict or natural disaster. For more information, please contact: Raluca Raduta IOM Khartoum Tel: +249 (0) 922 406 671 E-mail: "mailto:rraduta@iom.int">rraduta@iom.int or Nasir Alatrakhchi Tel: +249 (0) 922 406 645 E-mail: "mailto:nalatrakhchi@iom.int">nalatrakhchi@iom.int