Case studies

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The numbers below come from contracts, registry filings and certified case-study documentation — not from forecasts. Each engagement on this page can be verified through the Office of the General Manager under appropriate confidentiality arrangements.

Cumulative track record

The platform behind the case studies.

Twenty-plus years of operating work, across nine countries, into the conditions where peace has failed and continuity is what people need most.

USD 300M+
UN goods & services
9
Operating countries
20+ years
Operating history
8 years
UNISFA Abyei mission
5,200+
Continuous bakery days
100,000+
Refugees fed daily, peak
62,500+ t
Bread baked cumulatively
15,358 t
Food into Gaza, post-Oct 2023
Ibrahim AlSafadi at the UNISFA mission in Abyei Ibrahim AlSafadi meeting employees at the Abyei camp IMDAD employees at the UNISFA Abyei camp Ibrahim AlSafadi in the field with IMDAD employees in Abyei IMDAD employees at the Abyei camp field
Case 01 · UN Peacekeeping · Sudan / South Sudan

UNISFA Abyei — Camp management & total site services.

Full mission camp operations on the disputed Sudan–South Sudan border, eight consecutive years.

From 2017 to 2025, Safad's operating company IMDAD Total Site Services held the camp management and total site services contract for the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei. Across 24 amendments to a single base contract — a not-to-exceed value of USD 63.74 million — the team carried full responsibility for the day-to-day continuity of a UN peacekeeping mission camp in a high-risk conflict zone, routinely overseeing more than one thousand staff at peak.

Counterpart
United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), on the disputed Sudan–South Sudan border.
Contract reference
UNISFACON18-02, with 24 amendments to NTE value.
Total NTE value
USD 63.74 million.
Period
2017 – April 2025 (eight consecutive years).
Operational scope
Power generation, water, WASH, HVAC, construction, fleet, accommodation, and other security-critical services. Routinely overseeing 1,000+ staff in a high-risk conflict zone.
Operating identity
IMDAD Total Site Services (IMDAD for Equipment & Infrastructure LLC, Jordan) — now consolidated under Safad Investment.
What it shows

That Safad can be the single accountable counterpart for the operational continuity of a UN peacekeeping mission camp, in a security-critical environment, across two presidencies and eight consecutive contract years.

Documentation available on request: contract and 24 amendments, performance reports, completion documents, and references from UN counterparts (subject to confidentiality).

Camp Management Total Site Services UN Peacekeeping Multi-year
Case 02 · Emergency Response · Egypt → Gaza

WFP Gaza Emergency Response — 15,358 tonnes through the Arish–Rafah corridor.

Cross-border food commodities into Gaza under WFP's regional emergency response after October 2023.

After October 2023, Safad delivered USD 25.54 million in food commodities — 15,357.937 metric tons of fortified wheat flour, ready-to-eat rations, tuna, beans, sugar, yeast and related items — sourced and consolidated in Egypt and Jordan and moved into Gaza through the Arish–Rafah corridor under the World Food Programme's Regional Bureau Cairo emergency response. The work proceeded under severe access constraints and required close coordination with WFP and Egyptian authorities.

Counterpart
World Food Programme (WFP), Regional Bureau Cairo (RBC), Gaza Emergency Response.
Total value
USD 25,543,000.95 (≈ USD 25.54 million).
Tonnage
15,357.937 metric tons of food commodities.
Commodities
Ready-to-eat rations, fortified wheat flour, tuna, beans, sugar, yeast and related items.
Period
From October 2023 onwards (post-October 2023 emergency response).
Operational scope
Sourcing and consolidation in Egypt and Jordan; cross-border movement into Gaza via the Arish–Rafah axis; coordination with WFP and Egyptian authorities under severe access constraints.
Operating identity
IMDAD Total Site Services — now consolidated under Safad Investment.
What it shows

That Safad can deliver scale food-commodity pipelines into one of the most operationally constrained corridors in the world — with the documentation, coordination and quality discipline that UN procurement and donor reporting require.

Documentation available on request: purchase orders, delivery notes, WFP performance reports, payment records.

Humanitarian Logistics Commodity Supply Cross-border Emergency Response
Case 03 · Refugee Food Systems · Jordan

Zaatari & Azraq fresh-bread retail — 5,200+ consecutive days.

Long-term WFP partnership for in-camp industrial bakery operations and retail distribution.

Safad's operating company Luminus Catering is a long-term partner to the World Food Programme for the supply and selling of fresh bread inside Zaatari — the largest Syrian-refugee camp in the world — and inside Azraq. The model has supplied up to 12 metric tons of fresh bread daily and reached more than 100,000 Syrian refugees daily at peak. As of the most recent extension, the bakeries had run for more than 5,200 consecutive operating days and cumulatively baked more than 62,500 metric tons of bread.

Counterpart
World Food Programme (WFP).
Contract reference
WFP Retail Agreement JOR18CT023, supply and selling of fresh bread in Zaatari and Azraq camps.
First signed
December 2018.
Most recent extension
Amendment No. 10, extending the agreement to 31 May 2025.
Operational scope
Industrial-scale in-camp bakery operation and retail distribution. Up to 12 metric tons of fresh bread daily; bread for 100,000+ Syrian refugees daily at peak.
Cumulative figures
62,500+ metric tons of bread baked and distributed across both camps; 5,200+ consecutive operating days.
Operating identity
Luminus Catering (Luminus, Jordan; company no. 315; registered 23 April 2007; founded by Ibrahim AlSafadi).
What it shows

Endurance. One of the most distinctive bread models in the global refugee system has not stopped operating for more than five thousand consecutive days — through every operational, security and supply disruption that the Syria response has produced.

Documentation available on request: retail agreement, all amendments through Amendment No. 10, purchase orders, payment records, daily distribution records.

Food Systems Bakery In-camp retail Refugee response
Ibrahim AlSafadi during the IMDAD mission at UNISFA Abyei Ibrahim AlSafadi during the Abyei mission, second view IMDAD employee at the Abyei camp construction project The Abyei camp field — UN peacekeeping mission infrastructure
Case 04 · Engineering & Construction · Abyei

Dokura Smart Camp — A complete camp build under live mission conditions.

Battalion Sector Centre HQ, designed and delivered for UNISFA over twenty-six months.

Between May 2021 and July 2023, Safad's operating company IMDAD Total Site Services delivered a complete camp build — the Battalion Sector Centre HQ — under live mission conditions in Abyei, at a project value of USD 4.245 million. The scope covered everything required to put a UN battalion-sized facility into operation: earthworks, road and drainage upgrades, perimeter protection, prefab accommodation and office modules, kitchen and laundry facilities, ablution units, electrical networks, generators, fuel infrastructure, water and sanitation systems, wastewater elements, runoff management, a dedicated waste-management yard, and smart monitoring features for camp utilities.

Counterpart
United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), Battalion Sector Centre HQ.
Project value
USD 4.245 million.
Period
Commencement May 2021, handover July 2023.
Operational scope
Earthworks, road and drainage upgrades, perimeter protection, prefab accommodation and office modules, kitchen and laundry, ablution units, electrical networks, generators, fuel infrastructure, water and sanitation systems, wastewater elements, runoff management, dedicated waste-management yard, and smart monitoring features.
Operating identity
IMDAD Total Site Services — now consolidated under Safad Investment.
What it shows

That Safad can take responsibility for design, build, commission and handover of mission infrastructure in austere environments — and deliver a camp that works the day it is handed over to the operating team.

Documentation available on request: project completion documentation, technical drawings, photographs, and references.

Engineering & Construction Camp build Mission infrastructure Smart utilities
Additional engagements

Two further references from the operating record.

Beyond the four featured cases, Safad's operating companies have multi-year engagements with WFP across the wider Syria response and a long-term arrangement with UNICEF in Amman.

Reference 05 · Multi-year food pipelines

WFP Syria response — food pipelines since 2011–2012.

Approximately USD 45 million in WFP food programmes delivered through Luminus Catering Services and IMDAD jointly.

Multi-year fresh-bread supply for Zaatari and Azraq, plus large-scale food pipelines for the Syria regional operation — wheat flour, bulgur, rice, pulses, oil, sugar and pre-packed rations — running continuously since 2011–2012. Now consolidated under the Humanitarian Logistics, Food Systems, and Commodity Supply lines of Safad Investment.

USD 45MWFP programmes
Since 2011Continuous
Syria responseRegional
Reference 06 · Institutional catering

UNICEF Jordan — cafeteria & event catering LTA.

Long-Term Arrangement (non-exclusive) for in-house cafeteria services and event catering in Amman.

Cafeteria services for UNICEF staff at the agency's Amman premises and event catering for meetings, workshops and conferences. Delivered through Luminus Catering, the same operating company that runs the Zaatari and Azraq bakeries — so the same food-safety regime, supply chain and quality discipline.

UNICEF JordanCounterpart
LTANon-exclusive
AmmanLocation
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