TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

Through this letter I like to recommend Mr. Aart van der Heide in general for consultancy services

and in particular as a specialist in food security, food aid and nutrition adviser.

I have known Mr. Aart van der Heide in 1999 when I was an employee of the World Food Program in

Angola. He was that time in charge to work with the VAM unit to set up the Food Security Bulletin

WFP published regularly with other international and national agencies.

WFP used his services again in 2006 when I was the Deputy Country Representative of WFP in

Burkina Faso. Mr. Aart van der Heide was in charge of the practical mainstreaming of nutrition in our

general food assistance programs. He was mainly making an inventory of potential partners within a

great number of non-governmental agencies. He also was for WFP the facilitator of a three days

conference making an inventory of possible ways of cooperation.

The third time we used his services in 2011 when I was deputy representative of WFP in

Madagascar. Mr. Aart van der Heide did the revision of the southern Madagascar Early warning

system that was managed by WFP.

My experience with Mr. Aart van der Heide is that he is an independent working who has proven

capacity for the services we hired him. He is also a good consultant to work out realistic revision and

formulation of programs.

I would like to recommend his services.

Sincerely Yours

Mrs. Olga Keita

Retired WFP staff

Montpellier, February 28, 2014.

Phone: +33 635355932,

e-mail: olgakeyta@hotmail.com.