History

In 1979, Peter Guthrie was working as an engineer with Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick when a huge exodus of Vietnamese boat people caused a refugee crisis in Malaysia. Peter Guthrie was recruited through Oxfam to work in the refugee camps for three months. He says about his experience there:

“When I returned I saw the pressing need for engineers to help in this sort of work and compiled a register of engineers who could be called upon at short notice to work with frontline relief agencies.”

Peter Guthrie, RedR founder

In 1982, RedR - the Register of Engineers for Disaster Relief was formally established as a charity. It relied mainly on volunteers and ran a small programme of training events. Peter Guthrie's vision for readily available skilled humanitarian professionals, has evolved into an international federation of RedRs that provide training and recruitment services for humanitarian professionals across the world.

Throughout the 1990s RedR members were frequently called on to respond to the emergencies and disasters that peppered the decade. Hundreds of RedR members were deployed to respond to the genocide in Rwanda, the crisis in Bosnia and the Kosovo crisis. With their growing activities and trainings worldwide, RedR started expanding to other countries and RedR Australia was formed in 1992. Following soon after, RedR New Zealand came into being. In the year 1995, RedR International was formally instituted with the country organsations as its accredited members. By the year 2003 RedR Canada and RedR India were established.

RedR India

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