World Food Programme Fighting Hunger Worldwide

Gripped by drought and racked by conflict for 20 years, Somalia is perhaps the most challenging environment in the world for humanitarian operations. Violence and insecurity continued to affect Somalia in 2011. The core objective of this special operation is to facilitate the delivery of life-saving humanitarian assistance and movement of humanitarian workers in Somalia, through the provision of critical and safe passenger air services at a subsidized cost, while ensuring adequate levels of safety and security, supporting WFP Strategic Objective 1. Specific services provided by UNHAS include air transport of humanitarian staff within Somalia, medical and security evacuation permanently available for relocations of staff, airlift of essential relief cargos i.e.medical supplies, to locations inaccessible by road. For more information, please contact: Mr. Geoffrey Mwangi Chief Air Transport Officer - Somalia; Tel: +254 73 2902 36