TNT's Emergency Response Team (ERT) was created after the realisation that logistics support is of great importance when it comes to providing assistance during major disasters like earthquakes, floods and the 2005 tsunami in Bandar Aceh, Indonesia.
LRT Training & Simulations
19 April 2012
Jen Janice
The first morning when the actual simulation for the participants were to take place, we experienced a thunderstorm which was hammering the walls of our sleeping quarters from 0300hrs. Very heavy rain and ground had started to become muddy.
As the bed was less than comfortable, I couldn't sleep much and woke up at 0530hrs to shower. That was definitely a good idea as the shower ran out of hot water later on and the ladies had to shower in cold water, that's a certainly good wake up call.
The base of operations called "Brinland" - quite an experience!!!
15 April 2012
Jen Janice
Day 2 begins with waking up at 0600hrs and getting ready to move from the hotel to our base of operations in Punta della Contessa.
I was still in a daze as I do not know what to expect today and the coming days. We traveled for over half an hour to the base and it was actually a base where a tower sits in the middle of the area. This tower was used for monitoring incoming commercial ships and also battleships belonging to the navi in the area.
An evening with facilitators from the humanitarian world
15 April 2012
Jen Janice
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The first evening in Brindisi was a very interesting one as more than 30 facilitators sat down to have dinner. It was raining heavily and we were all walking in the rain to the restaurant.
LET to facilitate in UN Global Logistics Cluster's LRT Training
11 April 2012
Jen Janice
I am truly very excited and looking forward to be part of the above training. Most importantly, to be nominted by Agility, UPS and Maersk to represent the entire LET for the first time as the facilitator for this training. The training begins on 15 April and ends on 21 April 2012.
The Philippines: TNT assists storm victims
13 February 2012
Administrator
Wide-sweeping disaster
Relief operations are well under way across the southern Philippines in areas hit by flash floods and landslides following the tropical storm Washi, which killed 1,249 people during December 2011. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council of the Philippines, some 720,860 people are affected in 13 provinces. Of these, 54,473 remain in 53 evacuation centres concentrated mostly in the urban areas of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan in the nation’s South. These areas are the focus of the relief effort.
Observation mission in Mali - A training before an emergency assignements
30 October 2011
Karen Monier
Last week, I joined the TNT Express France team for an observation mission to Mali.
During a week, we visited several WFP's operations : warehouses in Bamako and Mopti, P4P - Purchase for Progress and SFP - School Feeding Programm in Dogon's country at Logo and Tougoume. We had a good welcome everywhere we went. Three staff from WFP Mali (Bamako) prepared the trip and accompagnied us. Two more, from WFP Mopti, joined us in Mopti and Dogon's country.
Dadaab, trip and first day...another planet!
19 September 2011
rcecconi
The field. The real field. To spend over a week in Amsterdam and Nairobi can’t be considered being in the field, even though they were hard working days, very stressful and full of difficulties. It wasn’t until I was looking at the baobabs, at the wild goats and the small dusty villages sliding outside the window roadside during our final trip to Dadaab camp, when I really felt on the field.
Kenya days 4 and 5...chilling out
19 September 2011
rcecconi
“Work in joy”, general Yamashi used to say. Ok, Yamashi San, at least, we agree on this! The fourth day was a light one: we just had to go to the UN Kenya headquarter to interview Challisse McDonough, senior WFP spokeswoman, and Baptiste Burgaud from the Logistic Cluster. Both interviews were supposed to take place in the late afternoon, so we could finally wake up late, take our time, write a little and enjoy the view from the hotel.
Kenya day three
19 August 2011
rcecconi
Take it easy! Where WFP can't reach, there TNT comes!
Manage your expectations… yes, that’s definitely a good suggestion. It’s a basic skill, always useful, especially when all you’ve been planning for the past three weeks twists into a new plan, unexpected and disappointing.
My final blog ......... what we left in Dadab.
19 August 2011
Jen Janice
The ride home in our vehicle was the hardest for me. As I recollected the entire journey I made from the time Riccardo came to Amsterdam, then we took the train to Liege, the early mornings to catch the B767 to Nairobi and the ride all the way to Dadab, then the challenges of being thrown all over the place and arriving in Dadab but yet not knowing if we could even come close to the refugee camp was beginning to catch up on me and my feelings.
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