Below you can find recent news items on our partnership with the UN's World Food Programme (WFP), the latest news on projects and the new stories from volunteers, specialists, and other TNT employees.
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TNT Express airlifts 45 tons of food aid for Somalia
08 August 2011
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TNT Express today uplifted 45 tons of emergency food aid to Nairobi, Kenya, to help the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) feed thousands of children in neighboring Somalia.
Hunger in Horn of Africa
18 July 2011
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WFP is currently providing food assistance to around 6 million people in the Horn of Africa. As WFP has large offices in those countries which are used to dealing with crisis, they don’t expect a need for logistical support from TNT.
North Star Alliance and Fleet Forum partner for safer, healthier transport
21 April 2011
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“If you can’t get the driver to the classroom, you have to get the classroom to the driver,” said Paul Jansen, Director of Fleet Forum. “Road traffic accidents are expected to increase dramatically by 2030 to become the third leading cause of death globally. That increase will have a particularly significant impact in low- and middle-income countries, where road traffic accidents already pose an enormous health risk. Fleet Forum has developed an award-winning Fleet Safety Management Toolkit, which has been tested and used by several aid and development organisations in Africa and India.
Maersk joins TNT, UPS and Agility in disaster relief team
31 January 2011
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Maersk Press Release
Published 29 January
The Logistics Emergency Teams (LETs) consist of four of the world’s leading logistics and transport companies and supports the WFP and the humanitarian community during disaster relief efforts by providing access to a global network of transportation and logistics expertise. As the newest member of the LETs, Maersk joins Agility, UPS and TNT Express.
Peter Bakker appointed WFP Ambassador Against Hunger
28 January 2011
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In Davos WFP showed a video thanking Peter Bakker and TNT
WFP Statement
28 January 2011
LET provides surge capacity in Haiti
04 December 2010
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2 December / Logistics Cluster
He was right, but it became even worse. The first Cholera cases were reported for Port-au-Prince in the evening of the next day, and within three weeks the disease spread throughout the entire country.
Pakistan: 8 Hunger Facts
24 November 2010
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Published by WFP on 23 November
1. 20 million affected by the floods
The Pakistan floods this summer impacted the lives and livelihoods of some 20 million people, around 10 million of whom required emergency food assistance.
The Pakistan floods this summer impacted the lives and livelihoods of some 20 million people, around 10 million of whom required emergency food assistance.
2. Nearly one in two Pakistanis at risk
Pakistan suffered from widespread hunger even before the monsoon floods, with an estimated 82.6 million people – a little less than half the population – estimated to be food insecure.
Pakistan suffered from widespread hunger even before the monsoon floods, with an estimated 82.6 million people – a little less than half the population – estimated to be food insecure.
Joining Efforts in an Emergency
16 November 2010
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Story by WFP / 15 November 2010
WFP Story - Number of Hungry Dips, But Still ‘Unacceptably High’
15 September 2010
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By Martin Penner - WFP
The number of hungry people in the world has dropped to 925 million from the record 1.02 billion reached in 2009, mainly thanks to economic growth in developing countries and lower food prices, new figures show.
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