Our work
We work across three thematic areas
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Humanitarian Services
As humanitarian crisis is compounding worldwide, we’re strengthening capacity to respond to disaster at individual, organisational, and sectoral level.
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Engineering in Emergencies
Engineering skills are vital in disasters. We strengthen the capacity of engineers for greater preparedness, resilience, and response capabilities.
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Climate Change
We’re working to help humanitarian responders address the climate emergency within their field of work.
Bespoke projects
From off-the-shelf learning programmes, at a time and modality of your choice, to a fully bespoke solution tailored to your context, we will help you meet your learning needs.
Our approach
Localisation
Local responders have vital expertise and contextual know-how. They are the first responders to any crisis, and can reach areas that international actors cannot access. Local organisations remain in place after the immediate crisis has subsided, retaining knowledge and building resilience for future events far more effectively than international organisations.
Localisation is at the heart of our approach. RedR seeks to provide space for local and national actors to drive their own learning through learning needs assessments, strategic discussions on learning in the sector, and encouraging peer exchange and knowledge sharing.
We are working to maximise the number of national organisations represented in our training, making deliberate effort to reach new and non-traditional local actors. Local and contextual knowledge is a critical part of our Associate Trainer recruitment, and all of our training is contextualised to the location that it is delivered in.
Cross-cutting issues
Our learning and development doesn’t only equip learners with technical skills. We empower participants to think critically, integrating into their work an effective understanding of crucial issues that cut across humanitarian work – such as localisation, gender, diversity, and inclusion, and climate change.
We’re committed to embedding a climate-sensitive approach across all our programming. This is especially relevant in humanitarian engineering, such as shelter and post-disaster reconstruction, where the challenges and opportunities for climate change adaptation and mitigation are high.
We recognise the disproportionate impact of emergencies on marginalised and underrepresented communities, and we promote diversity, equality, and inclusion alongside a gendered perspective. We also seek to foster cross-cultural understanding, collaboration, and innovation through inclusive learning programming and an equitable learning environment.
Our learning and development is also designed to build the soft skills needed for effective humanitarian work – communication, collaboration, and leadership.
Knowledge hub
Technical assistance
Certification and HPass badging
