RedR Southern Africa Register of Engineers for Disaster Relief

Paul Hodge BSc Eng, FICE, CE. Tony Murray BSc Eng, Pr. Eng, B.Com, FSAICE, FIMESA.

RedR Vision & Mission

Vision : Mission: A in which human We strive to relieve poverty, suffering is alleviated, basic sickness and suffering by training, needs are met and rights are providing and supporting respected. competent and committed people to humanitarian programmes. RedR - The Current International Family

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 International network  25 years quality service  Respected organisation  High profile brand  RedR support structure  Focuses on sector needs  Key resources – people & expertise

RedR

 Relief, recovery and development  High quality expertise  Quality control  Area specialisation  Integrated across disciplines  Partnerships, global & local

RedR Core Activities

Disaster Management Co-ordination Training & Teaching Empowerment Recruitment of the right people in the right place Accreditation RedR Core Clients

Humanitarian Agencies Local government (NGO’s) Commercial Government Bodies Organisations

RedR Core Funding

Humanitarian Agencies (NGO’s) Government Agencies Private Sector RedR Delivery

4,500 trained in last year 20,000 on database 1600 registered operatives in 30 countries Field support units in Afghanistan, , ,

Africa

 315 million in extreme poverty  184 million suffer malnutrition  300 million no access to safe water RedR Southern Africa

 South African Perspective  Clients  Membership  Resources  Activities RedR Southern Africa Organisational Structure

RedR Southern Africa Members

RedR Southern Africa Board of Trustees

Executive & Staff RedR Southern Africa - Perspective

 Work with Governments  Use local expertise to tackle local problems.  Support relief for natural disasters  Support relief for man - made disasters  Support relief on disasters in the making

RedR Southern Africa - Resources

Qualified Engineers Other built environment professionals Persons already on the RedR data base Professional Bodies Universities Technical Colleges

RedR Southern Africa - Activities

Place trained and qualified personnel with clients in disaster relief Ensure the quality of the expertise available to clients. Trains future operatives and clients in practical humanitarian areas, safety and security. Provides technical & administrative back up to operatives and clients in the field.

RedR Southern Africa - Activities

Assesses the availability of resources in Africa for disaster relief Promotes local solutions to practical problems exposed during humanitarian relief. Encourages participation in humanitarian disaster relief at an early age by promoting participation at Universities and Technical Colleges.

RedR Southern Africa - Activities

Commence projects in South Africa before rolling out into Southern Africa

RedR Southern Africa - Activities

Core Activities:  Training  Placement  Rapid response Additional Projects:  Agricultural – food security  HIV/AIDS – Rural waste management  Alternative technologies – Curriculum & text books  Information – Publication of RedR literature

RedR Southern Africa – South African Rapid Response

Objective:  To provide private sector rapid response assistance to Government & Municipal disaster relief Funding:  Private Sector – Disaster Relief Fund.

RedR Southern Africa

African Humanitarian Expertise for Relief & Development