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Add to Preferred SourcesTarig Adam, stationed in West Darfur, plays a key role in ensuring aid organizations can identify and support people in need across Darfur.
Tarig works as an assistant with the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) of the International Organization of Migration (IOM), and leads teams to register people, who require humanitarian aid. The DTM is IOM’s key tool for tracking and registering people who need assistance. DTM activities in Sudan are funded by the Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SHF), which supports emergency relief response by channelling contributions from donors into a pooled fund. As of October 2017, the SHF has allocated US$22 million for various humanitarian projects in Sudan. The DTM team conducts registration exercises on behalf of the Area Humanitarian Country Team and jointly with Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC). IOM, the UN’s migration agency, has been operating in Sudan since 2000.
Earlier this year, when Tarig’s team registered people in need in Golo, Central Darfur, it proved to be a breakthrough for humanitarian aid in Sudan. This part of the conflict-affected mountainous Jebel Marra region had remained inaccessible for many years. Tarig is based in El Geneina, West Darfur and spends much of his time out of the office and in the field. He was in the field for several months at a stretch earlier this year, as he and his team travelled from one remote location to another to register people.
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Posted on 30 October 2017