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Disaster Response Team end Cyclone Idai mission

247 Customs Broker

Deutsche Post DHL Group (DPDHL)’s Disaster Response Team have ended their first deployment in Africa having handled nearly 800 tonnes of Cyclone Idai aid. The last team members left Beira, Mozambique on 12 April having processed the humanitarian aid from approximately 50 aircraft for distribution to those affected by the disaster.

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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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ALAN Assists in Humanitarian Relief

3PL Insights

Overall, ALAN combines the efforts of volunteer groups, business capabilities, and disaster relief support, helping to pair not-for-profit establishments with both public and private sectors, saving money by reducing waste, and communicating needs to possible partners.

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Saving Lives with Humanitarian Access Project

World Food Programme Logistics

This is no different in Bangladesh where COVID-19 has forced drastic changes to the way we deliver life-saving humanitarian aid to Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals in Cox’s Bazar, home to the world’s largest refugee camp. The Humanitarian Access Project is designed only to let authorized vehicles through.

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

World Food Programme Logistics

To make this happen, an entire team of staff must come together to plan, pack, drive and distribute food to families who have lived through a humanitarian crisis. Bashir’s friends came across a group of Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) volunteers who were supporting families displaced by the conflict. million people across Syria.

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Logistics industry delivers HGV simulator to Zambia

Logistics Business Magazine

The donation followed a visit to ITC in 2018 by representatives of Big Change, Clipper Logistics, Malcolm Group and XPO. Daly explains: “This is a wonderful example of a group of companies, including competitors, coming together to support Transaid and ITC.

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Lunch is served

World Food Programme Logistics

A major reprieve A group of girls share lunch at a school in Dadaab refugees camps. immediately after the food distributions. Towards the end of each month, they are forced to cut down to one in order to stretch the food stocks to the next monthly food distribution. “I He lives in Hagadera working as a casual labourer.