Register, Training and Deployment Registered Engineers for Disaster Relief
Who we are Who we are RedR Australia is a humanitarian agency with a register of technical personnel who are trained and available to help frontline agencies in the aftermath of a disaster.
Key Principles Key Principles Impartiality Neutrality Independence Voluntary Service Unity
Patrons/Founding Bodies Patrons/Founding Bodies ❚ Engineers Australia M A (Tim) Besley AC ❚ The Association of Hon Tim Fischer Consulting Engineers A B (Bruce) Sinclair AM Australia ❚ The Institution of Public Works and Engineering Australia ❚ The Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers of Australia
Around the World Around the World • Established in UK in 1979 • Australia 1992 • New Zealand 1994 • RedR International, Geneva, 1996 • Canada 2002 • India 2003 • Initiatives in East Africa and Malaysia and Malaysia COMPENCY BASED RECRUITMENT & TRAINING COMPENCY BASED RECRUITMENT & TRAINING
RedR Activities RedR Activities • The Register – Selection of personnel – Maintenance of Register • Training • Deployments • Technical Advice Service • Needs Assessment • Support from members - networking, training, recruitment, fundraising
Annual Funding Annual Funding • Australian Government Contracts • Nippon Foundation • Corporate partners • Private donations
Corporate Partners Corporate Partners • Alstom • Areva • Arup • Engineers Australia • Golder Associates • Maunsell • Sinclair Knight Merz
Standby Arrangements Standby Arrangements • UNHCR • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees • AusAID funds RedR • WFP Australia to provide • World Food Programme Emergency Staff • UNOPS UN Office for Project Services Standby • • UNICEF Arrangements with • UN Children’s Agency UN agencies. • UN OCHA • United Nations Office for Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Context Context RedR members often work in dangerous situations where the local populations and people fleeing war and turmoil look to them to provide the basic necessities of life – shelter, food, clean water and sanitation.
Context Context Harsh climatic conditions in remote areas calls for ingenuity and appropriate solutions.
The Register The Register Who should apply? Experienced Technical Professionals who are available at short notice to assist front-line agencies in disaster relief. Areas of expertise • Civil/Shelter Construction • Logistics • Roads and Bridges • Transport • Water Supply • IT & Telecommunications • Sanitation • Financial Management • Electrical services • Programme Management • Site (urban) planning • Public Health • Architecture • Community Services • Environment • Mental Health
The Register The Register WFP delivers food, but it is also responsible for sophisticated communications for UN agencies on the front-line. Increasingly RedR is asked for people with trade certificates in electrical services, information technology and telecommunications.
Deployments Deployments • To UN agencies • To Non-Government Organisations • To Government agencies • Salaries are usually paid – many different levels depending on the agency • Daily living allowance • All travel expenses • Insurance –Travel, health, war risk policy • Professional Indemnity
Types of Humanitarian Types of Humanitarian Training Training � Introductory � Technical � Management � Training of Trainers
Introduction to Introduction to Humanitarian Practice Humanitarian Practice � Essentials of Humanitarian Practice � Personal Security & Communications
Technical Technical � Core Technical Sectors of Humanitarian Practice (SPHERE) � Wat/San Sector � Health Sector � Nutrition Sector � Food Aid Sector � Shelter & Site Planning
Technical Technical � Humanitarian Logistics
Management Management � Humanitarian Management � Humanitarian Media Management � Human Resources
Training of Trainers Training of Trainers
Working with UN Agencies Working with UN Agencies In the past 2 years RedR Australia members have worked with UN and NGO agencies in most of the world’s trouble spots. Syria Syria Jordan Iraq Jordan Iraq They have assisted Palestine Afghanistan Palestine Afghanistan refugees and internally Chad Sudan Somalia Myanmar displaced people in Chad Sudan Somalia Myanmar Ethiopia Ethiopia Cambodia Cambodia Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Jordan, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka The Maldives Malaysia Malaysia The Maldives Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Indonesia Indonesia Sudan, Chad, Namibia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Mozambique Mozambique Myanmar, Sri Lanka, The Namibia Namibia Maldives, Somalia, Indonesia and Cook Islands.
Afghan refugee response Afghan refugee response In the north-east RedR engineers ran the re-integration programme for over 450,000 refugees who had returned to the four provinces around Jalalabad. Food and hospitality are an important part of Afghan life. Afghan children gather outside a nearly completed new home.
Afghan refugee response Afghan refugee response Travelling out to villages is no easy ride. The craggy outcrops provide shelter for roving militia awaiting an easy target. Children play in the poppy fields. The abolition of the opium trade is a challenge to the new authorities.
Afghan refugee response Afghan refugee response In remote areas of Afghanistan an emergency trip to a health centre could take over seven hours. RedR engineers built bridges and improved roads to allow villagers quicker access to health services for the first time in their lives.
RedR in Iraq RedR in Iraq RedR deployed 8 people into Iraq. Three logisticians worked with WFP to help deliver food to 23 million people. In the month of June 2003, 750,000 tonnes of food was delivered – the largest food delivery in history
RedR in Iraq RedR in Iraq In northern Iraq, four RedR members supported UNOPS who provided public and mental health programmes and field co-ordination for displaced people recovering from years of war . Eight people share this room in a camp for internally displaced people
RedR in Iraq RedR in Iraq Immediately after the bombing of the UN HQ, a RedR member flew to Baghdad with WFP to repair the electrical system and keep vitally needed communications operating.
RedR in Palestine RedR in Palestine The restriction of movement around the Occupied Palestinian Territories compelled UNICEF to establish 5 zonal offices in the West Bank and Gaza. Four RedR members worked as Advisors to their Palestinian counterparts maintaining UNICEF’s program for children and families in Jenin and Hebron.
RedR in Chad/Sudan RedR in Chad/Sudan More than 1.8 million people are displaced in Sudan due to internal conflict. 200,000 fled across the border to Chad. The conditions are harsh and the people have suffered terrible abuse.
RedR in Chad/Sudan RedR in Chad/Sudan RedR is working with UNICEF, WFP and UNCHR to provide engineering, transport and logistics support. We are sourcing potable water.
RedR in Chad/Sudan RedR in Chad/Sudan Providing education infrastructure
RedR in Chad/Sudan RedR in Chad/Sudan Organising food drops in remote regions
RedR in Chad/Sudan RedR in Chad/Sudan Using all means available to keep the cold chain viable
RedR – Tsunami Response RedR – Tsunami Response RedR worked with the UN Joint Logistics Centre in Banda Aceh and Medan providing support for air operations.
RedR in Aceh, Indonesia RedR in Aceh, Indonesia With limited resources and much needed assistance from the ADF, RedR logisticians helped WFP receive and distribute 250 mt of food every day for the first 25 days. 350,000 people were fed.
RedR working with UNHCR RedR working with UNHCR RedR is working with UNHCR to deliver a shelter programme to assist 35,000 families rebuild their homes. This is an enormous challenge with the hope that 1,000 homes will be built within the next 12 months. A programme of resconstruction will also be delivered in the earthquake devastated areas of Nias.
RedR – Tsunami Response RedR – Tsunami Response RedR Australia provided 30 personnel to assist in the tsunami response. In Indonesia: Jakarta, Banda Aceh, Medan, Meulaboh and Calang. In Somalia and Sri Lanka. We worked with UN agencies, AusAID, International Red Cross, MSF, Caritas, Care Australia and World Vision.
RedR – Nias Earthquake RedR – Nias Earthquake Two RedR logisticians deployed immediately to Nias to establish the supply chain for WFP food delivery. Four structural engineers joined AusAID health teams to assess the safety of vital hospitals and infrastructure. Their movement around the island was provided by the Indonesian-based agency, Surf Aid.
Why should you Why should you join the RedR join the RedR Register? Register?
To fix WATSAN problems To fix WATSAN problems
Water supply Water supply
Do Structural Assessment Do Structural Assessment
Infrastructure Assessment Infrastructure Assessment
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