Many countries regularly face emergencies which require rapid humanitarian assistance.
These emergencies include natural disasters such as earthquakes, cyclones, droughts and floods, man-made disasters such as civil unrest, armed conflict, and environmental and technological disasters.
Such disasters leave behind populations whose daily basic needs must be met.
“For humanitarian response to be effective, coordinated, dependable and timely emergency preparedness is a prerequisite” (UN Inter-Agency Contingency Planning Guidelines). One part of emergency preparedness is to keep stocks of emergency food in strategic locations.
BP-5™ emergency food
Understanding the importance of delivering food aid within hours of a disaster, GC Rieber Compact developed the emergency food ration, BP-5™.
BP-5™ has both the nutritional and logistical qualities required to be an invaluable relief food item.
BP-5™ has a 5-year shelf-life, which is an essential quality for preparedness stocks. In addition to our own stocks in strategic locations, Non-Governmental Organizations, UN agencies, and other parties involved in emergency relief have for several years kept BP-5™ in their own disaster preparedness stocks.
