Lesotho
Overview
The country of Lesotho is completely landlocked by the Republic of South Africa and occupies a land area of 30,000 square km. WFP Logistics faces particular challenges here. The weather is extremely variable, ranging from drought to heavy rainfall, frosts, heavy snow and hailstorms and mountains cover 75% of the land.
Team
The Lesotho Logistics office has 12 staff consisting of Logistics officers and assistants.
Activities
Port operations
WFP Lesotho uses Durban Port in the Republic of South Africa to receive commodities from overseas. From Durban, commodities come through Maseru Bridge (border post) either by rail or road.
Storage
The Government of Lesotho has provided 10 extended delivery point (EDP) warehouses managed by the Food Management Unit (FMU) department in the 10 districts of the country.
Surface transport
Food supplies are often disrupted as most roads in the mountains are either covered by snow in snowy winters or gravel roads washed away during heavy rain falls. Some FDPs are inaccessible by roads, and donkeys and horses are used to transport food to such FDPs.
WFP has a transshipment Warehouse to receive food commodities from suppliers. WFP Lesotho uses Durban Port in the Republic of South Africa to receive commodities from overseas, from Durban commodities come through Maseru Bridge (border post) either by rail or road. The Government of Lesotho has provided 10 EDP Warehouses managed by Food Management Unit (FMU) department in the 10 districts of the country.
Rail
There are no rail services in Lesotho.
Aviation
There are no aviation services in Lesotho.
