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 Malaysia Canada Australia RedR New Zealand India International Southern RedR-IHE East Africa Africa London RedR Value 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 .