World Food Programme

WFP helps install new communications system for Nauru National Taskforce

The new system donated by WFP will help the National Emergency Services communicate with other relevant agencies during times of an emergency.

Nauru Media News reports Moaied Omar, a Senior Telecommunication Specialist with (WFP) is currently on the island working on installing infrastructure which includes VHF repeaters and solar panels for backup power purposes.

Omar will also be conducting training for the multiple users on how to safely use the hand held and office-based communication system.

WFP assist National Taskforce with installing new communications system

Moaied Omar, a Senior Telecommunication Specialist with (WFP) is currently on island working on installing infrastructure which includes VHF repeaters and solar panels for backup power purposes.

Omar will also be conducting training for the multiple users on safely using the hand held and office based communication system. He has also tested the signal of the system and the signal is quite strong with the whole island covered.

UN World Food Programme wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

     

The Rome-based organisation says it helps some 97 million people in about 88 countries each year and that one in nine people worldwide still does not have enough to eat.

"The need for international solidarity and multilateral cooperation is more conspicuous than ever," Chairwoman Berit Reiss-Andersen of the Norwegian Nobel Committee told a news conference.

The prize is worth 10 million Swedish crowns (approx $NZ1.7m) and will be presented in Oslo on 10 December.

This year, there were 318 contenders - 211 individuals and 107 organisations.

WFP humanitarian Air Service supports Covid-19 response in Pacific

The flight departed Brisbane, Australia, with a stop in Nadi, Fiji, then Kiribati and Nauru. Cargo on-board included personal protective equipment such as face shields, masks, surgical gowns, as well as ventilators and testing cartridges, transported on behalf of the Government of Kiribati, the World Health Organisation (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Australian Government.