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Delivering Relief Aid at a Moment’s Notice

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Behind the scenes of the Aid & Relief sector, work is continuously underway to make sure when a crisis occurs, supplies and teams are ready. The primary objectives of humanitarian aid are to save lives, alleviate suffering, and to provide materials and assistance to people in need. Mr. Stuart Smith. Handling it All.

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Life-saving logistics in Ukraine

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However, with the onset of the war, there was an urgent need to determine how to deliver medicines to the country and patients. With the assistance of the European Union, special transit procedures for humanitarian aid were promptly established to facilitate the delivery of aid to Ukraine.

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‘Becoming a humanitarian was my way of saying no to what was happening in Syria’

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Photo: WFP/Hussam Al Saleh “I gained a huge amount of experience by joining this unit, I learnt how to negotiate humanitarian access, how to keep myself safe and handle radio communications,” he says. large convoy of trucks loaded with humanitarian aid moving from government- to opposition-held areas.

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IN PICTURES: Father’s at the forefront of fighting malnutrition

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The World Food Programme with Support from EU Humanitarian Aid (ECHO), is providing nutrition support to all Rohingya children under 5 years old along with pregnant and breastfeeding women. Photo: WFP/Saikat Mojumder Mohammad Elias “I’ve learned how to cook the porridge for my child and I have seen her become healthy.”

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I don’t want my children to be talking to WFP in 25 years

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In collaboration with Ethiopia’s Agency for Refugees and Returnees Affairs in Kebribayah, WFP distributes a combination of cash, salt, oil, pulses and corn-soya blend each month, all provided thanks to generous contributions from the European Union’s European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations department ( ECHO ).

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WFP scales up cash-based assistance in Mozambique during COVID-19 pandemic

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Photo: Rafael Campos/ WFP With support from donors, including the European Union Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid (ECHO)?—?a Madalena adds: “I decided to walk from house-to-house here in the resettlement centre, informing neighbours about the virus, sensitising them, and teaching how to wash hands.

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Are You Ready For Hurricane Season? Part 4

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This week’s blog will explore how to be helpful after a hurricane makes landfall and not inhibit the professionals who are handling and coordinating resources at the regional or national levels. And if you’d like to learn more about how your donations support our work, click here. Take ALAN’s work for example.