I recently had an opportunity to attend a Humanitarian Logistics Conference, here in the US.
Just as I had envisaged, it was an amazing experience. With more than 10 presentations by biggies like Red Cross, US-AID, C.A.R.E., W.F.P.(World Food Programme), Waffles....it had to be great !
It was good to see so many people gathered at one place for a "good" reason ... surprisingly, not just for themselves... but for the entire world. For the needy. For the poor. For the victims of disasters. For improving preparedness towards disasters. For a better future.
It was great to hear people talk about the global factors...right from the developed countries to the far ends of Zambia, Ethiopia and the Asian subcontinent.
For me the most eye-opening quote from the conference was.... And I quote,
"Every 5 seconds that we spend here.... a child is loosing its life somewhere in this world due to hunger. Whats frustrating is that there's enough food in this world. But its not reaching the right place at the right time. Thats why we should work ....work harder ...and be quick!"
....this was said by someone from the W.F.P..
Some Interesting Videos:
1) A Time for Action?
2) Another very good take-away from the Conference was this splendid video (again from the W.F.P.)
3) Info about the W.F.P
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