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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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World Food Programme staff respond to coronavirus in Lebanon

World Food Programme Logistics

Ruba’s work involves the distribution of food e-cards, onsite project monitoring and liaising with various partners. “We We are organizing food e-card distributions so that a minimum number of people are present at the same time in the same place. Fatima Mouzahem and Rona Haddad?—?WFP

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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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Supply Chain & Logistics Education: Ask the Professors

The Logistics Academy

They not only have to present the models to demonstrate their understanding, but they also have to relate the models to real companies. In one logistics class, we turn the classroom into a distribution center for a period, and play a simulation game.