Delivering The Goods (NAPSA)—The efforts to win the hearts and minds of the people of South Asia took a practical turn when a thousand tons of donated American wheat went to provide food—and hope—for the widows and orphaned children of Afghanistan. The wheat was loaded into containers in North Dakota to begin their journey to the warravaged nation. The filled containers traveled by trucks, then shipped to Pakistan. There, the international relief organization CARE arranges land transport to Kabul. All told, 53 20foot containers will provide needy families with a year’s supply of food. The shipments are part of a public/private sector project supported by the collaborative efforts of the North Dakota Farmers Union—which raised $150,000 to buy 53,000 bushels of wheat— CARE, and Deutsche Post World Net, which donated the services of its logistics Business Unit, Danzas. “A world-class logistics system is at its best when it is deployed to help people in desperate need,” said Dr. Klaus Zumwinkel, chairman of Deutsche Post World Net. “I am proud that together with the North Dakota Farmers Union, the people of North Dakota and CARE, Deutsche Post and Danzas could play a role in delivering od @ A world-class crisis, the need for food in Afghanistan, is met with help from the world’s largest shipper and the world-renown generosity of Americans. urgently needed aid to the suffering people of Afghanistan.” Deutsche Post World Net is one of the largest logistics companies in the world, with 300,000 em- ployees worldwide, including 16,000 in the U.S. The group includes DHL, Deutsche Post, Danzas and Postbank and provides international mail, parcel, express, finance andlogistics services. Explains Uwe Doerken, CEO of DHL, “DHLis the first interna- tional company to offer express services in Afghanistan. By providing urgently needed relief goods, DHL can makeits own contribution toward international humanitarian aid.” You can learn more about the company at www.dpwn.com. To learn how to help or be helped by CARE, see www.care.org.
