The World Food Programme already has in place a system of responding to emergencies and offering long-term solutions.
- As soon as the local government has requested for help, food supplies will be organised for delivery. Emergency Assessment teams quantify exactly how much food assistance is needed and consider the best means of delivery.
- WFP will then launch an appeal to international communities for funds and food aid. They rely entirely on voluntary contributions.
- To transport food to crisis zones, WFP uses ships, planes, helicopters, trucks. Sometimes donkeys, yaks etc. are required depending on the accessibility.
- Sometimes, before the aid can reach its destination, logistic experts need to upgrade ports and secure warehouses
- When the food reaches designated distribution sites - camps, feeding centres and emergency shelters - WFP teams up with governments and NGOs to deliver food
- The food is first rationed to the people who need to most - mothers, pregnant women, children and the elderly.
Programmes
- Provision of school meals
- Food for assets - paying workers with food. Projects include building new schools, set up home gardening businesses etc.
- Cash and vouchers - new ways to provide aid
- Purchase for progress - connecting farmers to markets
- Fight against HIV/AIDS
It is ideal for our proposal to be incorporated and supported by this existing system. If possible, the mobile architecture can eliminate some of the processes.
