WFP partnership with UNF & Vodafone Group Foundation
03:17, 2 January 2007
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The United Nations World Food Programme announced a partnership Thursday with The Vodafone Group Foundation and the United Nations Foundation that will help expand the efficiency and speed with which WFP -- and other humanitarian agencies -- respond to global emergencies. A joint donation from VGF and UN Foundation is being used to train ICT team leaders and technicians, develop new WFP information and communications technology and best practices protocol, and update WFP ICT deployment technologies and technical standards. This funding will support UN emergency response teams across the planet and will significantly affect the way the entire humanitarian community copes with disasters. Read more.
