{"id":61017,"date":"2019-11-26T19:09:38","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T11:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/garmin-supplies-satcom-devices-to-world-central-kitchen-2\/"},"modified":"2019-11-26T19:09:38","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T11:09:38","slug":"garmin-supplies-satcom-devices-to-world-central-kitchen-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/garmin-supplies-satcom-devices-to-world-central-kitchen-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Garmin Supplies Satcom Devices to World Central Kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><strong>Garmin International<\/strong> is supporting <strong>World Central Kitchen<\/strong>, a nonprofit organization that works to create solutions to hunger and poverty around the world. WCK team members are equipped with inReach Mini and GPSMAP 66i handheld satellite communication devices, helping relief teams stay connected and informed while providing meals to communities affected by natural disasters and other emergencies.<\/p>\n<p>When a WCK team is deployed to a location to deliver or distribute food, staff back at an operations center need to know that the team has arrived safely in order to begin to distribute resources. WCK uses inReach devices to track their teams in the field, and staff at the command center can monitor their progress. Teams in the field can also provide status reports using two-way messaging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen power is out and network infrastructure takes a hit, communication is essential. The reliability of inReach technology helps WCK\u2019s relief teams stay in touch while navigating dangerous situations all over the globe,\u201d said Erich Broksas, WCK\u2019s chief strategy officer. \u201cWCK teams often face treacherous weather and travel on roads that may be cluttered with debris and downed power lines. Knowing they have SOS and communications capabilities helps us manage risk.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garmin International is supporting World Central Kitchen, a nonprofit organization that works to create solutions to hunger and poverty around the world. WCK team members are equipped with inReach Mini and GPSMAP 66i handheld satellite communication devices, helping relief teams stay connected and informed while providing meals to communities affected by natural disasters and other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61017"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}