The supply of the right materials to the right place at the right time and within budget is essential to the smooth running of humanitarian programmes. Without skilled and knowledgeable logistics professionals, humanitarian programmes can easily fail to get the aid to the people who need it most. It is vital to have an adaptable approach to problem-solving – very often, conditions on the ground following a disaster are extremely challenging with extensive damage to local infrastructure and a lack of resources.

Logistics professionals in Pakistan following the earthquake faced many challenges, including getting supplies into a mountainous region where roads had been blocked by landslides and finding enough tents before the onset of the Himalayan winter. The only way to access many remote settlements was by helicopter. [Reuters Alertnet]

RedR has a number of members with logistics expertise and experience who we can place with humanitarian programmes.
 

Humanitarian logistics training

Logistics courses teach the skills of planning, budgeting, sourcing, transporting and distributing materials. RedR logistics courses provide this overview of logistics systems within the specific context of relief and rehabilitation programmes.

We take a practical, participatory approach to our training courses that allows participants to put the theory they learn into practice. We also teach the importance of safe transport and security management. Our logistics courses are run in the UK and occasionally from some of our in-country offices.  

RedR's Field Logistics in Emergencies course has been approved by the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (CILT). RedR facilitators with a range of training and humanitarian logistics experience conduct the course, alongside instructors from HELP; CILT’s Humanitarian & Emergency Logistics Professionals.

We have recently delivered training to the private sector Logistics Emergency Team, who are working together with the humanitarian sector as part of a new initiative towards greater collaboration between the private and humanitarian sectors to help those affected by disaster.

 

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