World Food Programme Logistics

JUNE 30, 2020

WFP is providing cash in Uganda’s capital Kampala to 80,000 refugees living in informal settlements who have been hard hit by the consequences of COVID-19. Photo: WFP/Hugh Rutherford Not far from one of the most affluent neighbourhoods in Uganda’s capital, Adela Dagadi struggles to raise ten children in what her sons call “a ghetto.”

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OCTOBER 16, 2020

the first UNICEF-WFP Innovation Project?—?is is set for field-testing in the Middle East and North Africa region Palestine is one of the countries where the nutrition-bowl design WFP and Unicef have developed will be tested. Complementary Feeding Bowl design?—?the For Alimatou, its mainly rice, water and sugar.

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World Food Programme Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Photo: WFP/Marwa Awad Less than one week before I flew to Burkina Faso in November, with the emergencies team at the World Food Programme (WFP), miners working for a Canadian-owned goldmine were on their way to work when militants ambushed and attacked them, killing 39 and injuring 60. A third of Burkina Faso is now a conflict zone.

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World Food Programme Logistics

MAY 1, 2019

Photo: WFP/photo library She has been working with WFP for more than ten years, facing some of the most challenging emergencies, all over Indonesia and even West Africa. She joined WFP in the aftermath of the historic Aceh tsunami?—?and As she moves from post to post in Indonesia, her radiating energy confidently follows.

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World Food Programme Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Photo: WFP/ Gabriela Vivacqua It never rains in South Sudan. But, this number might climb upwards following the latest flooding. “My A changing climate Some areas in East Africa have received a year’s worth of rains in a few weeks. Quite literally. But I can recover it all, if there is peace.”

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World Food Programme Logistics

JUNE 5, 2020

Photo: WFP/Max Wohlgemuth Kakonko, like neighbouring districts, has red soil that turns into heavy dust during the dry season. WFP buys the first two varieties which are cultivated commercially as part of the Enabel project. With support from Enabel?—?the the Belgian Development Agency?—?smallholders Conflict and hunger?—?Looking

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World Food Programme Logistics

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Photo: WFP/Badre Bahaji The figures are eye-watering: enough food to feed the world’s 7 billion people while one in nine people goes to bed hungry every night. The World Food Programme’s (WFP) # StopTheWaste campaign aims to shine a spotlight on this global issue and highlight simple solutions we can all take to prevent it.

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World Food Programme Logistics

JUNE 26, 2020

The 38-year old mother of three fled her native Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following an attack by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) on her village in the restive north-east region in 2010. She sold part of it to WFP and used the remainder to feed her family, expand her business, and buy clothes for her children.

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World Food Programme Logistics

MAY 1, 2019

Photo: WFP/Adam Marlatt For the first two weeks following the cyclone, some 100,000 people received World Food Programme (WFP) assistance from helicopters and boats only. Two WFP trucks set out for Buzi on 4 April, but the dirt road was so waterlogged that the first truck sank, unable to move forward. WFP has reached 1.3

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World Food Programme Logistics

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

How the World Food Programme (WFP)’s SCOPE technology is facilitating assistance It is bright and early. She is waiting on the hillside of the Youth Centre’s Sports Field for the Food Bank and WFP Namibia teams to finish setting up. WFP offered its SCOPE technology?—?the Over 6,000 people use the FOOD BANK SCOPECARD?—?the

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World Food Programme Logistics

JUNE 18, 2019

Despite rains failing again across Eastern Africa, some farmers in Turkana are still expecting a bountiful harvest A farmer carries her harvested sorghum on the Kolioro Irrigation Scheme in Turkana County. Photos: WFP/Alessandro Abbonizio Mary Akamais, 46, a mother of four, is one of these farmers. WFP is also one of their customers.

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World Food Programme Logistics

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

How a WFP initiative is changing lives Peter Bareya and his family pose for a picture in their farm in Beramaku One Village in Western part of Greater Equatoria. Photo: WFP/Gabriela Vivacqua A glance on his round face is met with a luminous and bright smile. His family is jovial and in high spirits.

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JUNE 8, 2020

Photo: WFP/Mauricio Martinez The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is testing governments’ abilities to manage risk as never before. El Salvador: WFP is assisting people in the wake of May’s tropical storm Amanda. Photo: WFP/David Fernandez These climate hazards keep reminding us that we do not live in a single-hazard world.

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World Food Programme Logistics

MAY 27, 2019

Always ready to go to the field The Head of Asset Creation and Livelihoods in Uganda discusses her career at the World Food Programme (WFP) and the impact of resilience-building activities in local communities. Following her volunteer work as a university student? Marta Ortiz sitting by a water pond in Karamoja region, Uganda.

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World Food Programme Logistics

JUNE 6, 2019

Photo: WFP/Alessandro Abbonizio In June 2018, the World Food Programme’s (WFP) school meals programme was officially handed over to the Kenyan government. Following a gradual transfer, feeding primary school children was now the full responsibility of the government.

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APRIL 23, 2019

Photo: WFP / Virgo Edgar NGARBAROUM Timbuktu on my mind. I’m here with colleagues from the World Food Programme (WFP) to visit a school. In its heyday this city was a cradle of learning in Africa. I am not in Timbuktu today to look for gold or salt. Manuscripts which date back several centuries. View of the school in Kabara.

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World Food Programme Logistics

JULY 28, 2020

Photo: WFP/Alessandro Abbonizio Story by Martin Karimi Huruma, which means pity, compassion or mercy, is one of the low-income estates east of the capital city, Nairobi. Photo: WFP/Alessandro Abbonizio Maria (not her real name) lives in Huruma with her two children, a boy aged 13 and a girl aged 11. million people. An estimated 2.5

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World Food Programme Logistics

MAY 7, 2019

Collaborating with Cargill, the WFP Innovation Accelerator introduces teams to innovation techniques such as human-centered design and lean startup methodologies, integrating WFP’s operational excellence. JUST hopes to expand this model using local solutions with WFP in Tanzania. meat, eggs, milk and fish).

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World Food Programme Logistics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

As schools reopen during COVID-19, governments must invest in essential school-based services By Mohamed Abdiweli Ahmed, WFP Advocacy Adviser Sareeyo is a Somali mother of three?—?including Photo: WFP/Damilola Onafuwa Human capital and growth Building human capital?—?the Sub-Saharan Africa’s score of 0.4

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World Food Programme Logistics

JANUARY 24, 2019

Training led by the World Food Programme (WFP) in the Southern Africa region expand the options for emergency response Aerial assessment of Mozambique floods using drones, January 2019. These new skills are the result of multiple training opportunities led by WFP on how to fly, map, and coordinate with UAS.

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World Food Programme Logistics

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Photo: WFP/Gabriela Vivacqua It is widely known as Africa’s largest refugee crisis, some 2.3 The camp is home to 4,000, all of whom the World Food Programme (WFP) provide food and nutrition support to. “To She followed the lead of her family moving southwards. To survive would be hard without food assistance.”

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World Food Programme Logistics

MAY 31, 2019

Flexible funding in 2018 In this context, government donors have generously stepped up their support to WFP, with over US$7.4 WFP appreciates the support of every partner contributing to its objective of building a world with Zero Hunger, the achievement of which depends on consistent and reliable partnerships.

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World Food Programme Logistics

MAY 23, 2019

Photo: WFP/Elizabeth Millership In less than 30 minutes, the group has been briefed on safety, given an overview of the training, divided into four groups. Peter’s group follows him on foot through the obstacle course so they can see which poles to fly through, and where their line of sight will be obstructed.

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