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I’d started working at TNT for the Mail division to give operational support in a Christmas Cards campaign. Last week it seemed like going back 10 years where that first stamping job started for me.
Yesterday was the first day I could go to the Airport to see (on field) what I came for and... it was pretty good to see with my own eyes why many things were done from all TNT depots all around the World...
After participating in the School Feeding volunteer Programme in Nicaragua in 2007 I have a new possibility of being part in another project helping WFP. That’s why I'm in Santo Domingo Dominican Republic since 10 days in the Emergency Response Team from TNT. I'm working in the Logistics Team of WFP, assisting the people harmed by Haiti’s earthquake on 12 January.
I will always remember the idea of having our own T-shirt with: “No problem on one side and “Only Solutions” on the other side. The expression resumes perfectly the type of mentality heading people’s mind when facing challenges
The nature of the work here is starting to shift form emergency material to maintenance material. No more high energy biscuits and ready-to-eat meals but more things like tents, corn, rice, and flower. More and more material is coming in by ship. I have a control function here now; I’m checking the invoices of the subcontractors. This has not been done yet so there is lots to check.
At the moment we are using the ports of Santa Domingo for off loading the food and relief materials. We have two ports here, Caucedo and Haina. Yesterday we were off loading from an Italian Navy vessel.