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Life-saving logistics in Ukraine

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

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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Mask making in Cox’s Bazar leading a way to handle the pandemic

World Food Programme Logistics

Roksana received training from WFP on how to make the masks and now is making 30 masks per day Photo: WFP/Nalifa Mehelin Roksana and Moyuna have never met and they likely never will. Though she receives food assistance and other humanitarian aid she is unable to buy other necessities we take for granted.

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Delivering Relief Aid at a Moment’s Notice

Airfreight Logistics

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

World Food Programme Logistics

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

World Food Programme Logistics

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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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.

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To see Ethiopia truly prosper, malnutrition needs to be defeated

World Food Programme Logistics

Aster Tesfaye the community teacher, showing the women how to prepare the nutrient-dense porridge and administer the ready-to-use, peanut-based paste that she distributes. Aster also teaches mothers the nutritious value of locally available foods and shows them how to prepare diverse meals.