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Fifth birthday for disaster aid scheme

Deutsche Post DHL and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are celebrating the fifth anniversary of their Get Airports Ready for Disaster (GARD) programme. The joint scheme to provide training and other meaures has now worked with 25 airports to help them cope with the logistical challenge of a humanitarian crisis. When natural disasters strike, airports become vital hubs and important gateways for aid supplies that are meant to reach disaster ... [+]