Disaster personnel in Antigua and Barbuda are engaged in a workshop designed to
sharpen their logistics skills with the hurricane season now underway.
Representatives from the National Office of Disaster Services (NODS) and some
of its local partners are taking part in an ‘Emergency Humanitarian Logistics
Workshop at the Antigua Air Station, in Coolidge.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Caribbean Disaster
Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) are delivering the four-day training
workshop jointly, intending to enhance the national and regional capacity in
disaster preparedness and response.
During the workshop, participants will be exposed to essential training,
around logistics in emergency response operations.
They will also develop an understanding of how logistics fit into the larger
CDEMA humanitarian aid framework, to maximize its effectiveness in the region.
The workshop complements logistics training, which was done in several islands
last year, including Antigua and Barbuda.
Other countries in the region will benefit from these emergency humanitarian
logistics workshops.
The World Food Programme works with regional and national partners in the
Caribbean to facilitate rapid, effective, and coordinated responses to shocks.
