Remove Humanitarian aid Remove Meeting Remove Training
article thumbnail

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

World Food Programme Logistics

Meet the women in Cox’s Bazar utilizing their skills to protect their community from COVID-19. 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.

article thumbnail

Logistics industry delivers HGV simulator to Zambia

Logistics Business Magazine

Four big names from the transport and logistics sector have come together to supply an HGV driver training simulator for the Industrial Training Centre (ITC) in Zambia, which Transaid has partnered with since 2008 to help meet the country’s growing demand for professional driver training.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How Djenabou’s life changed in a refugee camp in Cameroon

World Food Programme Logistics

Most of the refugees depend on humanitarian assistance for their basic needs including food. Cash empowers vulnerable people with the means and choice to meet their essential needs according to their household priorities “When we first heard of cash transfers, my family and I were very happy.

article thumbnail

To see Ethiopia truly prosper, malnutrition needs to be defeated

World Food Programme Logistics

WFP trains mothers to train others in their community. Life-saving assistance at risk Due to a funding shortfall, WFP cannot meet all the nutrition needs in the country and has had to focus only on the worst affected districts. They will simply never achieve their full potential,” explains Pauline.

article thumbnail

Let’s fly with the wings that save lives in Mali

World Food Programme Logistics

He was in Bamako to attend his organization’s annual performance planning meeting, which helps them adjust their programmes to serve people better. We chat about the challenges people living in Gao have been experiencing since crisis erupted in 2012; the services provided by aid groups but also the difficulties of humanitarian access?

article thumbnail

This Week in Logistics News (March 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

As the war rages on in Ukraine, more and more companies and countries are looking at ways they can help with massive humanitarian aid. I have no choice but to pay it to meet my target crop yields.” According to Richard Guebert, from the Illinois Farm Bureau, the cost of fertilizer is surging.

article thumbnail

Supply Chain & Logistics Education: Ask the Professors

The Logistics Academy

Peter Lukszys, University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison): In terms of different logistics applications, we see a lot of interest in humanitarian aid logistics and the impact of logistics strategies on climate change. We invite industry leaders as guest speakers in our classes and student club meetings.