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RedR helps to rebuild people’s lives by providing international aid workers with the skills they need to make a difference. We:

  • Build the skills of local people and communities in areas of disaster
  • Deliver expert training in the UK and in the field
  • Advise international relief and development organisations
  • Recruit humanitarian professionals who can respond to emergencies or take longer-term placements 
  • Provide online expertise to aid workers on assignment
  • Support a network of members who are vital to humanitarian work.  
Immediate response and specialist support

 

In recent times of disaster, RedR has responded immediately to the needs of the people affected. We have recruited frontline aid workers and set up training programmes in the field to help plan and manage relief programmes. In the event of any future emergency RedR will select and train engineers responsible for water, sanitation and hygiene promotion and brief aid workers before they travel to the region.

However, our expertise is not just needed when disaster strikes. We continue to build the skills of local people after the emergency has subsided and run security training directly in unstable regions. Our UK training courses are used year-round by relief and development professionals to improve their skills in a vast range of topics, including preparing for emergencies and camp management.

This combination of immediate response and specialist support for the international humanitarian community marks RedR out from other organisations and it is why we are so essential to disaster relief and rehabilitation.

It is clear to us that this role looks set to grow as, aside from any future emergencies, environmental change and political instability will only increase human suffering and sickness.

"It has become more important than ever to build the capacity of local people and organisations to respond to emergencies in the future." Aslam Saja, RedR Development and Resource Manager in Sri Lanka