2015-16 ANNUALREPORT AboutUs RedR-IndiaisapartoftheRedRInternationalnetwork,ahumanitarian,non-profit organization which maintains a register of experienced humanitarian professionals who are available to assist governments and external support agencies that work in the humanitarian sector. The RedRs have a global reputationforthedevelopmentandpresentationofhighqualitytrainingand technicalsupportservicesforthehumanitarianaidanddisasterriskreduction sectors.RedRhasofficesinAustralia,India,Indonesia,Malaysia,SriLankaandthe UnitedKingdom. Mission: Aworldinwhichsufficient,competentandcommittedpersonnelareavailable andrespondingtohumanitarianneeds. FormoredetailsonRedRIndia,pleasedovisitwww.redr.org.in RedRIndia LaxmiKrupa,S.No.77/2,ChandaniChowk,Kothrud, Pune-411038 +912025280454/8055912532 [email protected] www.redr.org.in 2015-16 ANNUALREPORT RedRIndiaStrategyFramework2014-2019 InOctober2014,RedRIndiaadoptedtostrategicframeworkwithfollowingfour programmaticpillars: 1. RedRIndiaRosterandDeployments:Strengtheningrosterofhumanitarian professionalsanddeploymentofrostermembersinemergenciesaswellasin riskreductionrelatedwork. 2. TrainingandCapacityBuilding:Capacitybuildingofmultiplestakeholders involvedinhumanitarianactionincludingdisasterresponse,recoveryandrisk reduction. 3. Technical Support and Projects: Collaborating with partner organisations andnetworksthroughtechnicalsupportprojectswithdiverseprogrammatic themesandmodalitiesforstrengtheningtheirDRRandresponsecapacities. 4. LearningandDevelopment:Creatingandsustainingconstructivespacesfor knowledge building and sharing through symbiotic relationship with humanitariansector. Alltheprogrammepillarsareinter-relatedandshareclosefunctionaltiestofulfill RedRIndiaʼsmandatetoproactivelyengageinacquiringandinformingthesector onbestpracticesandpracticablesolutionsforimprovedhumanitarianandDRM action. Since 2015, RedR Indiaʼs engagement in sector is guided by Sendai FrameworkofDisasterRiskReduction(SFDRR)andinthebeginningof2016,RedR IndiaevolvedaframeworkinformingRedRIndiaʼsfutureactionsinthelightof SFDRR.Samehasbeenpresentedinmatrixformforfurtheractionanddiscussion amongRedRIndiamembersandkeypartners. 2015-16 ANNUALREPORT Content YearataGlance 4 Deployments 5 CapacityBuilding 7 TechnicalSupportProjects 9 ShelterCapacityBuilding 14 Testimonials 16 FundsandFinances 18 2015-16 ANNUALREPORT YearataGlance RedRIndia TechnicalHuboffice inNepal Partnerships RedRRoster 4UNBodies 9newlyadded 10INGOs memberswithtotal 5LocalNGOs of183members 2Corporates Memberoftwo international Training networks 43trainingcourses ofCSOstofoster reachingoutto881 advocacyand participants Deployments humanitarian 73deploymentsof action 10Technical which28were SupportProjects emergency deployments 2015-16 ANNUALREPORT Deployments Highlights 28 8 21 45 26 73 4036 Emergency Deployment Locationsof DRRandCCA International Total Total Deployments Agencies Deployments Deployments Deployments Deployments DeploymentDays 14 13 11 6 10 5 Programme DisasterRisk WASHand Research, Emergency Implementation Reduction&Climate PublicHealth Studiesand Assessments Shelter andManagement ChangeAdaptations Emergencies Reports NatureofDeployment2015‒2016 6 4 Logistics Ÿ 26DeploymentsforEarthquakeresponseinNepal Communications Ÿ OneEmergencydeploymentwithGovernmentofNepaland19withNGOs Ÿ FourTechnicalSupportDeploymentsinOdishaandChennaiFloods2015 4 3 Ÿ 36DeploymentswithUNICEFIndiaforDRRCCA Capacity Monitoringand Ÿ SixDeploymentsforWASHandShelterEngineering Building Evaluation 2015-16 ANNUALREPORT Deployments 2015-16 ANNUALREPORT CapacityBuilding OverviewofTrainingCourses TotalTraining Agencies Locationsof In-house TotalParticipants TotalTraining International Customized Courses TrainingCourses TrainingCourses Days TrainingCourses TrainingCourses 43 15 23 10 875 143 22 33 Types&CategoriesofTrainingCourses 12 9 6 6 3 2 2 1 1 1 Planning& Humanitarian Essentialsof Personal& Managing Logistics Community Humanitarian TeamSecurity Humanitarian LessonsLearnt SupplyChain Shelterin WASHin DisasterRisk BasedDisaster PublicHealth Practice inEmergency Response Workshop Management Emergencies Emergencies Reduction RiskReduction inEmergencies Participants 256 26 142 30 9 185 123 49 45 10 Foundational Operational Technical 2015-16 ANNUALREPORT TrainingsCourses 2015-16 ANNUALREPORT TechnicalSupportProjects RedR Indiaʼs Technical Support Projects provide specialized support to partner agencies on 1) Capacity Building 2) Research & Studies 3) Assessments & Evaluations 4) Technical Advisory and Project Support OverviewoftheTechnicalSupportProjects NatureofProjectWork TotalTechnical Projects International RedR Indiaʼs technical support projects cater to multiple Agencies SupportProjects Locations Projects functions. 10 10 8 2 In 2015 ‒ 16, 10n technical support projects catered to the needsofpartnersinemergencyresponsesaswellasforDisaster RiskReduction. InemergencieslikeDroughtinMaharashtraandEarthquakein 4 Nepal,RedRIndiaʼsprojectsperformedthefollowingfunctions: 1. Surge deployments, for managing emergency response 3 operations. 2. RapidNeedsAssessments 3. RealTimeCapacityBuildings 2 4. RealTimeEvaluation ForDRR,RedRIndiaʼsprojectsprovidedtechnicalsupporttothe 1 partnersfor 1. Deployments for DRR technical experts ensuring mainstreamingofDRRindevelopmentplanning 2. CapacityBuilding 3. ContingencyPlanning Technical Assessmentand Studiesand Capacity 4. StudiesandResearch Advisoryand Evaluation Research Buliding ProjectSupport 2015-16 ANNUALREPORT TechnicalSupportProjects GlimpsesofProjects2015‒2016 MercyCorps MercyCorpshasbeenworkinginconflictaffectedareasofAssamwithits Assam implementingpartnerAjagarSocialCircle(ASC)andKarbiAnglongArea Upliftment Society (KAAUS). RedR India facilitated the development of contingencyplansforthesepartnersinthreedistrictsofAssamwiththeaim ofstrengtheningtheemergencypreparednessandresponsecapacities.The contingencyplansweredevelopedthroughaconsultativeprocessofkey staffmemberswhodevelopedscenariobasedresponseplanswithclearrole clarity for quality and timely response. The plans also provided recommendationsforcapacityaugmentationtostrengthenhumanitarian responsecapacityoftheseorganisations. SwissAid 2015wasthe3rdconsecutivedroughtyearinMarathwada.Consecutive Maharashtra droughtshaveaggravatedthesocio-economicvulnerabilitiesofwomen, children,landlessandthefarmers.RedRIndiaprovidedtechnicalsupportto SwissAidfortheRapidDroughtNeedsAssessmentinBeedandOsmanabad districtsofMarathwadaregion.Theassessmentwasconductedthrougha consultativeprocesswiththegovernmentstakeholders,PRIsandmeetings withaffectedmen,womenandchildren.Alongwiththeidentificationof criticalneeds,theassessmentidentifiedinterventionsforimmediaterelief andlong-termactionstoreducevulnerabilitiesarisingoutoferraticweather conditionsintheareasofFoodSecurity,Nutrition,WaterScarcity,Livelihood andGender. 2015-16 ANNUALREPORT TechnicalSupportProjects GlimpsesofProjects2015‒2016 BMGF, TheBill&MelindaGatesFoundation(BMGF)intheyear2014commissioned UttarPradesh RedR India to conduct a detailed study on the ʻDisaster Management CapacitiesintheStateofUttarPradeshʼ.Inkeepingwiththeexpanseand vastness of the State of Uttar Pradesh ‒ as regards size, population, topography and the long standing hazard profile, a study to assess and evaluate the disaster management capacities of the State became of proportionalrelevance.AsonMarch2016,RedRIndiahasfinishedthefield workforthestudyin16districtsofUttarPradeshandisfinalizingthestudy findingswhichwillprovideconcreterecommendationsforfurtherworkin theState. TataSustainability RedRIndiaiscollaboratingwithTataSustainabilityGroup(TSG)forcontinual Group, humanitariancapacitybuildingsince2013.TheTataGroup,throughTata Relief Committee (TRC), was one of the earliest responders to the Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Floods of 2013 disaster through a dedicated rehabilitation program.AbriefneedsassessmentstudywasconductedbyRedRIndiain RudraprayagandPithoragarhdistrictsinJuly2015togatherabroadandyet holisticviewofthecurrentcapacities,resources,ongoingactions,theDRR andpreparednesssituationinUttarakhandatthetime.Theoutcomewasa summaryneeds-gapanalysisbasedonwhichspecificinterventionsandan indicativeplan/mechanismforcapacitybuildingwereproposed. 2015-16 ANNUALREPORT TechnicalSupportProjects JointRedRMission RedRInternational, A7.9magnitudeearthquakestruckNepalonApril25,2015at11.56local Nepal time followed by strong aftershocks, including 6.7 and 7.3 magnitude quakesonApril26andMay12,2015,resultinginlargescaledamageto buildingsandinfrastructure,andmanycasualties.AspartofajointRedR mission with RedR UK and Australia, RedR India led the federationʼs earthquakeresponseworkinNepal.Themissionwasactivelyengagedin providing humanitarian capacity building support to communities, local organisations,INGOs,GovernmentandtheUN.Thecapacitybuildingwork involveddistrictlevelcoursesonWASH,SPHERE,CommunityBasedDisaster Preparedness,EssentialsofHumanitarianPractices,HumanitarianLogistics, MainstreamingDisasterRiskReduction,LivelihoodsandSchoolSafetyand extensive Sheltering training response to recovery to rehabilitation. The directworkofthejointmissionspannedacross6worstaffecteddistricts. 2015-16 ANNUALREPORT TechnicalSupportProjects ProgrammeCooperationAgreement India RedRIndiaandUNICEFICOcontinuedtheirProgrammeCooperationAgreement(PCA)initiatedin2007.This partnershipwasagainbeenfruitfulintermsofstrengtheningUNICEFʼseffortsinhumanitarianandDRRactions acrossIndia.2015sawasignificantaccelerationinanddiversityofdemandsforprovisionoftechnicalservicesfrom thePCA.ThediversityofoutputsfromthePCA2015includedthreestudiesonDRR,JammuandKashmirpostflood