RTCB East India Floods, 2017
On 6th September 2017, more than 612 people have been killed in India due to floods triggered by unprecedented rainfall in the upper regions of Himalayas. The heavy rainfall in Nepal in the catchment areas of a number of rivers like Koshi, Mahananda, Bagmati, Teesta, Gandak and Ganga, have caused rise in the water level of these rivers leading to damaging impacts in the lower regions of Nepal, as well as the border districts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam and West Bengal of India State. The initial rapid learning needs assessment conducted by a team of RedR India specialists and staff highlight significant gaps in the way the relief and response services are being provisioned and delivered for the affected communities in Bihar, Assam and West Bengal. Against this backdrop, RedR India in partnership with RedR UK conducted real-time training for the frontline workers, staff and volunteers of the local government and CBOs. RedR India delivered a total of 27 training courses and reached 840 participants. RedR India was consulted with relevant stakeholders in each state on the learning needs and contextualize the modules to the local scenario depending on the situation. These modules were developed for a duration of 4 hours each and covered aspects of Protection, WaSH, Nutrition, Emergency Camp Management, Gender and other cross-cutting issues integrated into the training schedule.
RTCB in Jammu & Kashmir, 2014
The Jammu and Kashmir state in India received heavy rainfalls in 2014, as the water level started rising which resulted in the breach of embankments in Jhelum River causing severe flooding in many low-lying areas in Kashmir. The devastating deluge brought life to a standstill in the state, claiming more than 250 lives, inundating 11 districts with huge loses to infrastructure and livelihoods.
RedR India responded to the floods by undertaking series of training in the affected areas to improve response capacities of NGOs and Government. Over 1059 volunteers were trained through this training programme. In all 27 training courses were conducted in a span of 11 days. The trainings were conducted in Srinagar, Baramulla, Pattan, Bandipora, Wagoora, Ganderbal, Boniyar, Singpura, Anantnag and Pulwama. The broad objective of these trainings were to build a pool of trained human resource who were actively involved in response actions. These training helped to improve the effectiveness and appropriateness of responses undertaken by different local agencies in Kashmir division. The initiative was supported by Unicef India.
Cyclone Haiyan, Philippines RTCB (RedR UK, Australia &India), 2013
A devastating typhoon, the fourth most intense ever recorded, struck the Philippines in November 2013. It is estimated to have killed at least 7,400 people, and injured more than 20,000. RedR India, in partnership with RedR UK and Australia implemented a Real Time Capacity Building Project. The goal of this programme was to assess the need for capacity building by agencies and communities responding the Typhoon and its aftermath and provide training delivery to pilot, demonstrate and partly cater to the immediate capacity building needs. This goal was achieved by providing coaching and training support to the staff of national and international organizations working in the response. These activities were organized in such a way as to be accessible within the context of an emergency response (in or close to the work place, short and specific). An initial two-week assessment/pilot programme was launched early January with a team of 3 persons. This programme assessed and delivered immediate training and coaching needs in WASH, Shelter, Storage and Distribution, Security Management, Project Management, Humanitarian Principles and Sphere Standards across 5 locations. This programme was then adjusted and developed to respond to the evolving needs of the response community over a period of 6 months.
RTCB- Uttarakhand (Unicef India), 2013
In June 2013, Uttarakhand witnessed large-scale flash floods and landslides, causing widespread damage to roads and bridges, leaving over thousands of pilgrims stranded, many deaths, and destruction of houses and agricultural land in 5 districts of the state. Harsh terrain had put a major challenge for them in reaching out to the remote villages. In Uttarakhand response RedR India played a significant support role of deployments, coordination and collaboration with UNICEF, INGOs and Corporate houses. Feedback and observations of the deployed RedR members revealed the need for “Real time Capacity Building (RTCB)”. Most of the government frontline workers of different line departments were leading the response on ground which is coordinated by line department at block and district level. Even though these actors are trained in development planning and implementation of development programmes, working in disaster response was a first time experience for most of them, thus RTCB became essential for improved response as per the multi-sector needs and agreed standards of humanitarian practice. On this background RedR India planned ten training courses as RTCB, for the actors involved in Uttarakhand response. RedR India conducted 7 training courses in 4 flood affected districts with 184 frontline stake holders and frontline government workers.
