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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
Registered Engineers for Disaster Relief
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.
❚ Engineers Australia ❚ The Association of Consulting Engineers Australia ❚ The Institution of Public Works and Engineering Australia ❚ The Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers
M A (Tim) Besley AC Hon Tim Fischer A B (Bruce) Sinclair AM
and Malaysia COMPENCY BASED RECRUITMENT & TRAINING COMPENCY BASED RECRUITMENT & TRAINING
– Selection of personnel – Maintenance of Register
recruitment, fundraising
Australia to provide Emergency Staff Standby Arrangements with UN agencies.
for Refugees
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.
Harsh climatic conditions in remote areas calls for ingenuity and appropriate solutions.
Areas of expertise
Who should apply? Experienced Technical Professionals who are available at short notice to assist front-line agencies in disaster relief.
WFP delivers food, but it is also responsible for sophisticated communications for UN agencies
Increasingly RedR is asked for people with trade certificates in electrical services, information technology and telecommunications.
levels depending on the agency
Introductory Technical Management Training of Trainers
Essentials of Humanitarian Practice Personal Security & Communications
Core Technical Sectors
Practice (SPHERE)
Wat/San Sector Health Sector Nutrition Sector Food Aid Sector Shelter & Site Planning
Humanitarian Logistics
Humanitarian Management Humanitarian Media Management Human Resources
In the past 2 years RedR Australia members have worked with UN and NGO agencies in most of the world’s trouble spots. They have assisted refugees and internally displaced people in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Sudan, Chad, Namibia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, The Maldives, Somalia, Indonesia and Cook Islands.
Syria Syria
Jordan Iraq
Jordan Iraq
Palestine Afghanistan
Palestine Afghanistan
Chad Sudan
Chad Sudan
Somalia
Somalia
Myanmar
Myanmar
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Cambodia
Cambodia
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
The Maldives The Maldives Malaysia
Malaysia
Indonesia
Indonesia
Mozambique
Mozambique Namibia Namibia
Afghan refugee response Afghan refugee response
Food and hospitality are an important part of Afghan life. Afghan children gather outside a nearly completed new home.
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.
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
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
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
across the border to
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 worked with the UN Joint Logistics Centre in Banda Aceh and Medan providing support for air
RedR – Tsunami Response RedR – Tsunami Response
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 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 – Tsunami Response RedR – Tsunami Response
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.
RedR – Nias Earthquake RedR – Nias Earthquake
Field visit Field visit Nr Jalalabad, Nr Jalalabad, Afghanistan Afghanistan
UNHCR UNHCR project project Cambodia Cambodia
Girls back Girls back at school, at school, Afghanistan Afghanistan