Reconstruction in Myanmar following cyclone Nargis_credit UNHCR/G.M.B Akash
Annual Review
In 2008/09 RedR continued to make a difference - training, supporting and providing aid workers to ensure more effective disaster relief worldwide, saving and rebuilding more lives.
Across all of RedR's programmes in the UK and overseas, thousands of relief workers attended training courses, RedR members continued to make a lasting contribution to relief efforts, and RedR placed a number of skilled professionals overseas.
Read about our work in 2008/09.
Download our accounts for 2008/09.
Previous Annual Reviews
Read about our work in 2007/8
Download our accounts from 2007/8
Read about our work in 2006/7
Read about our work in 2005/6
"Last year, RedR made its mark across the world through the expertise of RedR Members deployed in disaster situations, in the quality of the training programmes we delivered and through the practical and technical support given to relief workers worldwide."
Robert Hodgson, RedR Chair and Martin McCann, RedR CEO
Achievements 2008/09
- Trained 1,128 relief workers in 22 countries, running 75 courses
- In Sri Lanka and Sudan, we ran 150 courses, delivering training to 2,236 participants
- Increased the number of Bespoke training events by 100%, from 07-08 to 50 in 08-09, delivering training to 638 people
- Mobilised a medical team to fly out to China withing 48 hours of the request
- Improved the knowledge and skills of 246 potential new relief workers through our introductory training courses such as Essentials of Humanitarian Practice and So You Think You Want to be a Relief Worker?
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