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The UPS Foundation Links Advanced Tracking Technology with Global Humanitarian Relief Efforts
2015-03-26 20:34:26| Air Courier - Topix.net
The UPS Foundation , the philanthropic arm of UPS , today announced the launch of the UPS Relief Link program to help improve the lives of displaced refugees around the world through optimized distribution and tracking of critical supplies in crisis-affected areas. UPS Relief Link combines the use of a hand-held scanning tool and durable identification cards to deliver superior efficiency by eliminating paper records in the refugee camps.
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The UPS Foundation Links Advanced Tracking Technology with Global Humanitarian Relief Efforts
2015-03-26 20:15:15| Trucking - Topix.net
The UPS Foundation , the philanthropic arm of UPS , today announced the launch of the UPS Relief Link program to help improve the lives of displaced refugees around the world through optimized distribution and tracking of critical supplies in crisis-affected areas. UPS Relief Link combines the use of a hand-held scanning tool and durable identification cards to deliver superior efficiency by eliminating paper records in the refugee camps.
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Indian Navy completes humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercise
2015-02-13 01:00:00| Naval Technology
The Indian Navy has successfully completed a large-scale humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) exercise in the Lakshadweep Islands
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Drought Triggers Insurance Payout in Sahel Ahead of Humanitarian Aid
2015-01-30 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
SOUTH AFRICA - ARC Insurance Company Limited (ARC Ltd) is to pay $25 million in drought insurance claims to three countries in the Sahel this month.
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'Creeping humanitarian crisis' in Central America? Droughts lead crop loss
2014-12-17 07:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: On Friday, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned that 2.5 million people in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador had been forced into conditions of food insecurity. The drought in the three countries is turning into a creeping humanitarian crisis, Jens Laerke, spokesman for the UNs humanitarian agency, told reporters in Geneva. Subsistence farmers, farm labourers and low-income families were especially at risk, with young children and pregnant...
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