WFP Sierra Leone Country Brief, May 2021 - Sierra Leone reliefweb.int - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reliefweb.int Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
WFP Iraq Country Brief, April 2021
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US$4.31 million distributed through cash-based transfers
US$36 million six months net funding requirements (June – November 2021)
Operational Updates
In April, WFP provided cash and food assistance to 192,443 IDPs and 70,083 refugees, and 17,448 returnees and people from vulnerable communities through resilience building initiatives. COVID-19 cases across Iraq continued to rise; WFP continued to ensure precautionary measures were in place to help keep people safe. Some additional measures such as curfews and movement restrictions were also introduced by authorities during the month of Ramadan.
A massive fire at Baghdad’s Ibn Khatib hospital occurred overnight between 24 and 25 April, resulting in over 80 fatalities and 110 injuries. The fire started when oxygen tanks exploded in a ward for COVID-19 patients. People assisted by WFP were not affected, however the incident highlighted the need for stronger control measures and better
Philippines Preparedness: Logistics Cluster Quarterly Update, October-December 2020
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During the last quarter of 2020, a series of typhoons made landfall on various islands of the Philippines. The Preparedness Officer contributed to numerous efforts by the national government and international agencies to conduct logistics assessments and identify the response plan. He also supported in coordinating requests by national and sub-national actors for prepositioning and transporting of relief items and logistics equipment as part of their typhoon preparedness and response activities.
Training materials and references to cover topics in Warehouse and Distribution Management, Transport Management, and Operating Emergency Hubs were prepared by the Preparedness Officer, with support from the Global Logistics Cluster Training Unit, for the Humanitarian Logistics Management Training for the Philippines Red Cross. However, the training was eventually postponed to February 20