For 10 years, TNT Express – the exclusive logistics partner of the World Food Programme – has been delivering UN aid to every corner of the globe.
Since 2002, the courier company TNT Express has been cooperating with the World Food Programme, helping to save the lives and health of hundreds of thousands of victims of hunger, malnutrition, and natural disasters. This long-term cooperation takes many diverse forms: from local fundraising to global solidarity marches with the hungry; from logistics consulting to the actions of emergency response teams during humanitarian disasters. One of the most well-known is the school feeding program, conducted by TNT in countries including The Gambia, Cambodia, Nicaragua, and Tanzania. Within its framework, TNT employees have donated 22 million USD, and thanks to the program, 88 million meals have been provided to children. Another initiative is Walk the World. The solidarity march with victims of hunger, organized on all continents, including Warsaw, has gathered 2 million participants since 2003. The funds raised through this initiative have allowed for the provision of meals for 200,000 students.
The tsunami in the Indian Ocean region and Japan, the hurricane in Haiti, the earthquake in Pakistan – these are some of the more than 30 cataclysms in which TNT’s emergency response teams provided aid. Within 48 hours, through special air bridges, essential support reached the victims: water, food, blankets.
– The WFP partnership with TNT was a pioneering form of cooperation between a UN agency and a private sector partner and has become an inspiration for further actions. As a result, humanitarian aid is delivered faster and better today – says Anne Kohli, Partnership Manager, World Food Programme.