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Emergency Appeal: Covid-19. Misinformation kills. Training helps save lives.

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Knowledge and skills are vital. In these challenging times, we need your support more than ever to prepare communities and protect lives. Each day counts. Together we can save lives.

Covid-19 poses an unprecedented challenge to communities and health care systems across the world. Up until 24th March 2020, almost 17,000 people have died from Covid-19 and 378,041 cases have been reported in 177 countries, with numbers increasing significantly every day.

The outlook is bleak but RedR UK is taking steps to support the global response to help bring down the rate of infection. These early interventions save lives, especially in developing countries where healthcare systems may be too weak to cope. Providing accurate information and reducing uncertainty encourages people to take appropriate action to protect themselves and their communities.

Jo de Serrano

RedR UK CEO

Jo de Serrano

40 years of experience

RedR UK has 40 years of experience building the skills and knowledge of humanitarian workers and affected communities to respond to crises such as cyclones, conflict and disease outbreaks, including designing and delivering pre-departure training to over 350 personnel deployed as part of the international response to the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone.

40 years of experience

RedR UK Responds

With your support, RedR UK will increase communities’ capacity to respond to Covid-19 by developing learning programmes for both UK and international audiences that aim to:

  • build skills and knowledge to spread accurate hygiene promotion and disease prevention messages
  • combat myths about prevention and treatment of Covid-19
  • promote positive mental health coping strategies
  • create and maintain a community of practice around Covid-19 prevention and response for responders

Online trainings in multiple languages for free

RedR UK will deliver a variety of e-learning modules available as both facilitated (live and interactive) and self-paced e-learning:

  • Hygiene promotion
  • Community engagement with at-risk and affected populations
  • Covid-19 myth-busting
  • Mental health and psychosocial support
  • Training of trainers

Please donate. Your contribution is vital.

Knowledge and skills are vital. Last year, we delivered life-saving training in 35 countries. In these challenging times, we need your support more than ever to prepare communities and protect lives.

Each day counts. Together we can save lives.

Please donate. Your contribution is vital.

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