IPWEA calls on members to support RedR Australia, the humanitarian agency for international emergency relief by wearing red on 6 February for
RedR Day.
Post pictures of you and your colleagues wearing red on social media and tag @RedRAustralia or share using
#WearRedForRedR to spread awareness and be in with a chance of winning best dressed individual or organisation.
Money raised on RedR Day will be donated to support RedR Australia, which was established in 1992 by an engineer, Jeff Dobell, to help communities rebuild and recover in times of crisis.
IPWEA was one of four founding members and continues to support the charity.
Swan Environmental founder David Swan has been IPWEA’s representative on the RedR Australia Board for the past decade. He believes IPWEA members should be proud to be part of an organisation that is internationally recognised for its engineering and project management expertise.
“If you see a disaster on the news, within a few weeks RedR Australia will be approached by someone to send people to be deployed there,” he told
PWPro.
RedR Australia relies on a standby register of volunteers who offer their skills when disaster hits. This includes engineers who help with everything from shelter construction and site planning through to securing a water supply for a camp.
Applicants are typically sent on three-month deployments funded by organisations such as the UN and the Australian Government. They are paid a stipend and a living away from home allowance during this time.
Prior to deployment, applicants are sent on two training courses titled Essentials of humanitarian practice and Communications and personal security, to prepare them for conditions on the ground.
Click here to find out more about RedR’s standby register.
The past year was particularly busy for the charity with the arrival of three concurrent level three emergencies, the conflict in Syria, South Sudan and Central African Republic, in addition to the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
RedR Australia has published its annual report.
Click here to download.
To find out more about how you can get involved with, or support RedR Australia,
visit www.redr.org.au