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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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Fritz inducted into Logistics Hall of Fame

Logistics Business Magazine

The entrepreneur also pushed for initiatives to systematically train logistics personnel and evaluate humanitarian missions with the help of key figures. Fritz also founded the first association for humanitarian aid workers in the USA and established a consortium of companies that provide logistics experts and donate money when needed.

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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 project is helping to save time while reducing the risk of infections.

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

World Food Programme Logistics

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?—?one Here, a quick turnaround is necessary because the city is regularly targeted by non-state armed groups.

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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. Second, we study the flow of goods and services that are the ever-present relays of intermodalism.