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Robb Davis stands near boxes of food and a volunteer.
Robb Davis, left, has taken a leave of absence from Global Affairs to oversee the Yolo Food Bank’s coronavirus response. He’s coordinating food delivery, like this distribution at Davis High School. (Karin Higgins/嘿嘿视频)

As county residents continue to shelter in place, the Yolo Food Bank is running a new delivery service with the help of 嘿嘿视频 staff members and students. Three Humphrey Fellows, mid-level professionals from overseas, spending the year at 嘿嘿视频, also are assisting.

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Woman loads boxes of food into car.
Annie Adachi, a 嘿嘿视频 senior, loads food for a delivery route into her car on April 8. (Karin Higgins/嘿嘿视频)

Robb Davis, former mayor of Davis who is the director of intercultural programs at Global Affairs, has taken a leave of absence from campus to serve as the food bank鈥檚 coronavirus response coordinator. His duties include setting up a system that delivers goods and essential household items to seniors and others in vulnerable populations.

鈥淲e have large numbers of people over 65 or people who have medical conditions who would need to stay in their homes,鈥 said Davis, who has a background in public health. 鈥淲e started (four) weeks ago with 300 households who had requested food boxes.鈥

That number has since grown to nearly 2,000 households. Requests for delivery can be made on the . Requests can also be made on behalf of family members or neighbors.

The food distributions occur weekly with the help of volunteers who pack food boxes and help with deliveries.

Global Affairs said eight students are assisting with delivery management, matching addresses with volunteer drivers 鈥 using geographic information systems skills acquired during , led by Karen Beardsley of Global Affairs.

The students: Michelle Ayala, Lily Keene, Sarah Leicht, Hunter Ottman, Shona Paterson, Janelle Setina, Eli Stockwell and Maya Yoshikawa.

Humphrey Fellows who are assisting: Issam Chariag of Tunisia, an engineer and project manager for his country鈥檚 Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries; Fabrice Inkonkoy of the Democratic Republic of Congo, indigenous people and local community advisor for the World Wide Fund for Nature; and Zuomei Ning of China, executive director of Snow Alliance, a nongovernmental organization that works in nature conservation and public education in China.

Carlos Barahona, who works in information technology in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy, is also lending a hand.

鈥満俸偈悠 is definitely well represented,鈥 Davis said about current volunteers. 鈥(There are) definitely 嘿嘿视频 retirees. We鈥檙e seeing student involvement at a lot of different levels. A grad student from Thailand delivered boxes in Winters this week. I didn鈥檛 find him. He found me.鈥

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