Africa: Why I Gave Up My Job As a Major Company Boss to Volunteer for WFP

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Lydia Wamala — What motivated the Managing Director of one of the Southern Hemisphere's largest logistics and agricultural organizations to give up his job and volunteer for WFP? As he completes a three-and-a-half year assignment with WFP, based mostly in Uganda, Simon Costa explains why he made such a drastic change, which involved being away from his family for three-and-a-half years, and how his work helped to produce unprecedented results in tackling food losses in Uganda.

What was your motivation for taking such a radical step in your life?

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