Why WFP Has Recruited A Weather Forecaster

For WFP, working in numerous places where the weather can be a challenge, having accurate information about the what to expect means  staff can plan operations better. It can save time, money and even lives. That’s why WFP has just recruited Emily Niebuhr, an expert in “extreme weather”. Read more

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Photo Gallery: WFP and Renault Trucks Together on a Road Trip

WFP and Renault Trucks have teamed up to enhance WFP’s fleet capacities in Eastern Africa. WFP mechanics in various countries will learn about advanced truck repair and maintenance from Renault Truck experts. Maintaining WFP’s own fleet of heavy duty and all-terrain trucks helps us deliver life-saving food to the most remote and inaccessible places.

South Sudan: Reaching the Unreachable

 WFP has to mobilise the country's road, river and air networks to reach the most remote places in the world's newest country.

Responding to an 'Emergency' at the Logistics Response Team Training

The water is out again. No showers! Who knows if this a coincidence, or perhaps a part of the simulation? We can’t be sure; the scenario has to be realistic as possible... In the fictitious country of Brindland, a natural disaster has devastated the population, damaged infrastructure, and in some cases, has cut off the humanitarian community from getting aid to the most remote and hard-to-reach populations.

Rain, Rap, Resilience - Emergency Telecoms In South Sudan

The WFP-led Emergency Telecommunications Cluster has set up satellite communications services for the humanitarian community assisting tens of thousands of refugees in Yida, South Sudan. It's one of the most challenging places in the world for aid workers to live and work.

WFP Hosts Event On Managing Climate Risk at COP18

As the Philippines reeled from the deadly effects of Typhoon Pablo, WFP hosted an event at the COP18 summit which discussed how an increasingly unpredictable climate is a growing risk for the world’s poor and vulnerable

UPS Supports WFP Emergency Response in DRC

On December 3rd, WFP air support staff in Entebbe, Uganda, welcomed a UPS-donated flight carrying 92mt of High Energy Biscuits (HEBs). These will go to assist vulnerable populations uprooted by conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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