Pakistan programme

Internally displaced persons camp

Internally displaced persons' camp in Pakistan © Tim Hayward

Pakistan programme

RedR has set up a new training programme in Islamabad in Pakistan. This follows a previous programme in Pakistan set up in response to the 2005 earthquake, which ran until June 2006.

There has been a large humanitarian presence in the North-West Frontier Province (NFWP) of Pakistan and neighbouring areas, ever since the earthquake in 2005, which left 80,000 dead and affected over 8 million people. Recovery from the earthquake has been protracted, in part due to a further earthquake in 2008 and widespread flooding in August 2009.

Security in Pakistan is fragile, with a spate of recent bombings and direct attacks on the humanitarian community. It is predicted that in 2010, tens of thousands more Pakistanis will be forced to flee their homes, as internal conflict between the Pakistani military and the Taliban’s influence and support in the NFWP continues.

There is an urgent need for training to develop local skills and capacity to respond to this current crisis and future disasters.

RedR’s Programme in Pakistan

In March 2010, RedR set up a new programme in Islamabad in Pakistan to provide vital support to the humanitarian community across the country. We are currently delivering training in security management, coordination of humanitarian activities (cluster coordination) and humanitarian practice and principles.

Over the next 12 months, we aim to run over 50 training courses and workshops, training approximately 860 aid workers.

Security management training

RedR’s Certificate in Security Management, a course credit-rated by Oxford Brookes University, develops management level skills in security. We also deliver Guard Training and training in Travel Safety, Dealing with Kidnap and Abduction, and First Aid in Pakistan.

Humanitarian training (Cluster training)

To improve the effectiveness of coordination of humanitarian activity, RedR is working with the cluster system of coordination, providing workshops for lead humanitarian staff working in the across the country.

Humanitarian practice and principles

Training in Essentials of Humanitarian Practice and Do No Harm, is targeted at local, skilled technical staff that would benefit from gaining extra awareness of humanitarian principles.

Contact RedR's Pakistan Office

You can contact RedR's Pakistan team on email address pakistan@redr.org.uk

For any media enquiries relating to our Pakistan programme, please contact the London media team on +44 (0) 020 7840 6000

“I think it is an excellent idea that RedR re-establish an office in Pakistan...I think that their contribution through training will be invaluable to the current/future humanitarian crisis’ and to the broader humanitarian community.”

Staff member working for Oxfam GB in Pakistan

Key Programme facts

Programme name: Building NGO Capacity in Programme Coordination and Management

Achievements of 2005-2006 Pakistan Programme

Following the earthquake in 2005, in seven months RedR:

• Trained 2,000 local aid workers areas such as camp management, safety and security and water and sanitation.

• Set up local recruitment services to provide skilled personnel to help with the disaster response in Islamabad, The State of Azad, Jammu and Kashmir and the North-West Frontier Province.