Logistical practicalities for a non-governmental organization : Case study: Empowerment of African Women Organization ry (EOAW)

Abstract

This thesis is about discovering the practicalities of exporting used items to Africa. The organization involved in this is the Empowerment of African women Organization ry which wants to send humanitarian aid to Africa. The organization has sent some monetary help to Nigeria and DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) as well as minor amounts of items by transporting them themselves by travelling to the country. That was becoming too time-consuming and they wanted to know the practicalities it took to send bigger amounts of items at once.

The objective of this thesis was to find the stages of transportation process that they needed to undertake to get the items to Nigeria. Although they also have an office in DRC, Nigeria is the easiest way to enter the African continent and therefore the logical choice. Also the fact that not many companies from Europe transport to DRC due to the instability of the country, made Nigeria an obvious choice. The study was conducted as a basic qualitative study where the aim was to increase the knowledge of this topic and the practicalities. The information was collected through internet sources, literature re-views and interviews. After studying the collected data and information gained, I was able to get a better understanding of the overall process of getting goods from central Finland (Pirkanmaa area) to Nigeria.