Its amazing how fast time went by during the last 6 months. From arriving in an African country that was totally new to me, to leaving a city that has been my temporary home and where I worked and lived.
Robert van Bemmelen
First name:
Robert
Last name:
van Bemmelen
Biography:
From September 2009 until March 2010 I will be working as an intern for the World Food Program, in the Logistics field. Living in Dar es Salaam, this is an unique opportunity to experience the work of the UN WFP and to be active in the fight against hunger. Through this platform, I will communicate my day-to-day experiences with you, sharing my insights with the world.
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Precious Food
01 March 2010
Robert van Bemmelen
Its 6 o’clock in the morning when my alarm goes off in Kigoma, western Tanzania, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. Today I’m leaving for Kasulu, the hub for several UN agencies that are working in the refugee camps that are located along the Burundi border.
An impression: WFP logistics in Tanzania - port operations
07 January 2010
Robert van Bemmelen
From the pictures I made during the discharge of one of the ships with a USAID shipment here in the Dar es Salaam port, I compiled a short video which gives an impression of what we do here.
It can be found on Youtube, under the following URL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOYP_WWfBvQ
Enjoy.
Food For Work around Dodoma
06 January 2010
Robert van Bemmelen
The landscape around Dodoma during these months is an unbelievable barren one. The colors brown, red and grey have taken over during the dry season, leaving nothing else then dry scrub wood and dust as far as the eye can see. The landscape sleeps, waiting for the rain that’s long to come and which is already for weeks said to be on its way.In the past years, the rains have been delayed time after time, extending the period of draught during which it is hardly possible to grow crops the traditional way.
Logistics in Dodoma
16 November 2009
Robert van Bemmelen
As mentioned in my last blog entry, I spent the last couple of weeks in Tanzania’s capital city Dodoma, some 500 km’s west of Dar es Salaam. The first days, we had a meeting with all logistics people from the different sub offices who gathered in Dodoma, discussing challenges faced at each location, as well sharing experiences. Again, the accountability was an important topic in the meeting, emphasizing the need for clear and clean commodities management.
