Deutsche Post World Net and UNICEF strengthen cooperation in the fight against child mortality
Deutsche Post World Net and UNICEF have drawn a positive assessment of their strategic partnership. DHL has been supporting the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, in the battle against childhood mortality for the past 12 months.
During the first year of the partnership, the cooperation focused on improving health care for children in Kenya. DHL helped UNICEF distribute around 3.5 million mosquito nets as part of one of the largest health campaigns in East Africa. Furthermore, measures to improve long-term health precautions such as optimizing equipment and the stocking and cataloging of drugs and vaccines in local health centers were also supported.
Deutsche Post World Net will continue its support in Kenya, for example by building a logistics center for medical purposes in the Kwale region. During 2008, the cooperation between Deutsche Post World Net and UNICEF will be expanded on a global scale. Beyond Africa, the corporation henceforth also wants to support joint projects that are part of the UNICEF-Topic “Young Child Survival and Development” in South America and Asia. This topic is part of UNICEF’s five worldwide strategic areas of focus.
The cooperation with UNICEF is part of a long-term partnership between Deutsche Post World Net and the United Nations. Deutsche Post World Net has been supporting the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as well as the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the area of disaster management since December 2005.
