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 world 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, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
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