Coronavirus pandemic anniversary: South Sudan and why vaccines are needed fast
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A WFP vehicle responds during the devastating floods in Jonglei in November. © WFP/Musa Mahadi
One year after the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic, the World Food Programme is working around the clock to respond in a country where more than 6 million people are on the brink
It’s 10:00 when Brian Langdon, deputy Logistics Cluster coordinator in charge of the COVID-19 response plan in South Sudan, gets his first call of the day. A newly arrived World Food Programme (WFP) humanitarian kicking off two weeks quarantine in Juba is checking in. So far so good.
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Choosing to challenge: Women of the World Food Programme Meet five trailblazers excelling in roles traditionally occupied by men
8 March 2021, By Alicia Stafford
They come from a variety of backgrounds and have overcome a variety of obstacles, but the five voices below share a message: Yes we can.
‘Three decades ago, when I would go into a meeting, I was the only woman’ Konjit Kidane, Chief of Procurement
Konjit Kidane, WFP Chief of Procurement. Photo: WFP
At the beginning of the 1990s, I was working for an NGO in my home country of Ethiopia. The World Food Programme (WFP) was expanding its logistics operations in the country at the time, so I went for an interview and was given a temporary assignment and that’s how my journey with WFP started. Since then I’ve worked everywhere from Iraq to Tanzania, Afghanistan, Uganda, Sudan, Pakistan, South Sudan, Kenya, and now Rome.