Tuesday, November 12, 2013

WFP Mounts Logistics Response For People Hit By Typhoon Haiyan | WFP | United Nations World Food Programme - Fighting Hunger Worldwide

WFP Mounts Logistics Response For People Hit By Typhoon Haiyan | WFP | United Nations World Food Programme - Fighting Hunger Worldwide: MANILA - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is mobilising food and logistics supplies and communications equipment to assist the Government-led emergency response to Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

Country Director and WFP Representative Praveen Agrawal, who returned today to Manila from the affected areas, said: “The main challenges right now are related to logistics. Roads are blocked, airports are destroyed. As the UN agency leading the humanitarian community’s Logistics Cluster, WFP is working with the government to set up operational hubs and organize airlifts of essential supplies.”

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