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Title:

Multi-Country United Nations Humanitarian Air Service - World Food Programme 2021

Agreement Number:

7429063 P010176001

Agreement Value:

$5,650,000.00

Agreement Date:

Mar 23, 2021 - Mar 31, 2022

Description:

January 2021 - The WFP-managed United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) provides essential air services for the humanitarian community to very remote and very challenging locations. In doing so, it facilitates the implementation and monitoring of humanitarian interventions in numerous life-saving thematic areas. In most countries requiring humanitarian assistance, challenging security situations, long distances and poor road conditions impede surface travel. Also, adequate commercial air operators do not serve most of the destinations the humanitarian community needs to reach. As such, aid workers rely on UNHAS to provide access in situations where reaching isolated communities is not otherwise feasible. This project operates in Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Yemen. With GAC’s support, UNHAS is helping to facilitate access to isolated communities. Project activities include: (1) providing air transport to passengers undertaking humanitarian work; and (2) delivering light cargo for humanitarian agencies and conducting emergency medical and security evacuations.

Organization:

Global Affairs Canada

Expected Results:

The expected outcome for this project is the increased access for humanitarian actors to provide assistance to crisis-affected populations.

The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved, suffering alleviated, and human dignity maintained in countries experiencing humanitarian crises.

Location:

Rome, IT

Reference Number:

064-2020-2021-Q4-00409

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

WFP - World Food Programme

Program:

International Development Assistance Program

Program Purpose:

The main purpose on the International Development Assistance Program is to reduce poverty for those living in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in international development.