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1 United Nations World Food Programme Fighting Hunger

2 Multinational Planning Augmentation Team, Tempest 8. 22-29 July 2005 What is the World Food Programme ? Personnel: Over 10,000 staff worldwide Operations: at any point in time, 40 vessels on sea, 20 planes in the air and 5,000 trucks on roads. WFP accounts for over 95% of all multilateral targeted food aid shipments around the world Established 1963 WFP is the largest humanitarian agency in the world.

3 Multinational Planning Augmentation Team, Tempest 8. 22-29 July 2005 What does WFP do ? In 2003, WFP provided food to over 104 million people in 82 countries, worldwide. Delivered 8 million tons of food; valued at 3 billion US dollars. Food distributions to vulnerable populations (refugees, IDPs) Mother and Child Health Feeding; School Feeding; Food for Work; and Food for Training.

4 Multinational Planning Augmentation Team, Tempest 8. 22-29 July 2005 WFP Bureau for Asia (Bangkok,Thailand) 12 Country Offices 2005 Plan 22 million people to be assisted Tsunami operations 1.1 million metric tons of food to be delivered Early Warning of flood and drought Emergency Preparedness

5 Multinational Planning Augmentation Team, Tempest 8. 22-29 July 2005 Asia’s “silent emergency” Chronically Food Insecure people 500 million Underweight Children 100 million

6 Multinational Planning Augmentation Team, Tempest 8. 22-29 July 2005 Long-term Programmes: School Feeding “There are few things that are so unnecessary as child hunger or so wasteful as unexplored intelligence. School feeding programmes address both problems at once. If we can find the resolve and the resources, we can eliminate these features from the human landscape in a single generation.” - James Morris, Executive Director, UN World Food Programme

7 Multinational Planning Augmentation Team, Tempest 8. 22-29 July 2005 Other Long Term Programmes Mother and Child Health Food for Work

8 Multinational Planning Augmentation Team, Tempest 8. 22-29 July 2005 Total Beneficiaries Reached: 1.88 million (as of April 11) 915,000 31,000 720,000 133,000 15,000 42,000 26,000

9 Multinational Planning Augmentation Team, Tempest 8. 22-29 July 2005 WFP Tsunami Emergency Operations Logistics Assets: 4 sea vessels, - 2 cargo vessels (floating warehouses) - 2 landing craft 3 fixed-wing aircraft 7 helicopters 32 warehouses, (permanent or temporary) 200+ trucks 60 light vehicles

10 Multinational Planning Augmentation Team, Tempest 8. 22-29 July 2005 WFP Tsunami Emergency Operations Personnel UN International Staff deployed to the region on TDY; International consultants (hired for short-term); UN National Staff redeployed within country; National consultants (hired for short-term);

11 Multinational Planning Augmentation Team, Tempest 8. 22-29 July 2005 UN Joint Logistics Centre (UNJLC) Air and Surface Movement Coordination Managing cargo airlift out of Subang airbase (Malaysia). Prioritizing cargo transport for airlifts (Indonesia) Infrastructure Assessments Road Assessments (Indonesia and Sri Lanka) Planned Logistics Capacity Assessment (Maldives) Logistics Augmentation Clearing airport bottlenecks (Sri Lanka) Opening sea ports (Indonesia) Logistic Information Management Civil/Military Coordination (Indonesia and Thailand) Build Host Government capacity in logistic and tracking information (Indonesia)

12 Multinational Planning Augmentation Team, Tempest 8. 22-29 July 2005 UN Humanitarian Air Service (UN HAS) 7 Helicopters and 3 planes now operating, transporting humanitarian workers and cargo. As of 15 February 2005 More than 30 trip per day, average Nearly 4,000 passengers from 130 UN agencies and NGOs; More than 300 MT of cargo transported on WFP or chartered cargo aircraft.

13 Multinational Planning Augmentation Team, Tempest 8. 22-29 July 2005 WFP Logistics Support to UN agencies  5 Temporary Office Units;  28 Temporary Accommodation Units;  70 mobile warehouses and equipment;  40 water purification units;  3 fuel storage tanks;  11 trucks and 8 light vehicles;  150 emergency deployment and first aid kits; and  20 stand-by logistic personnel

14 Multinational Planning Augmentation Team, Tempest 8. 22-29 July 2005 WFP Asia Emergency Response Facility (AERF). Storage and maintenance facility located outside of Phnom Penh, Cambodia Deployments from the AERF in response to the tsunami included: Temporary Office and Housing Units Transportable Warehouses (Wiikhalls) Water Purification Units Fuel Storage Tanks Trucks and Light Vehicles

15 Multinational Planning Augmentation Team, Tempest 8. 22-29 July 2005 WFP’s Top Donors in 2004 (millions of USD) United States of America (USA) $ 1,043 European Commission (EC) $ 201 Japan $ 136 United Kingdom (UK) $ 116 Canada $ 89 Netherlands $ 78 Germany $ 65 Norway $ 55 Italy $ 48 Sweden $ 45 Denmark $ 43 Australia $ 41 Switzerland $ 33 France $ 30 Republic of Korea $ 24 India $ 24 Spain $ 18 Finland $ 18 Private Sector donors $ 18 Malawi $ 14


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