Water and Sanitation Specialised training for Regional Disaster Response Team (RDRT) – Asia Pacific Zone

Background

The development of RDRT in Asia Pacific Zone began prior to the establishment of the Zone offices in 2003, out of the need for regional capacity through the regional offices of South (SARD) and South East Asia (SEA). RDRT is developing further in the Pacific region and while an independent RDRT system will not be established in the East Asia region, National Societies will contribute to RDRT across Asia Pacific. Due to the need to deploy RDRT with specialised skills, a number of specialised curriculums in Logistics, WatSan, and Health in Emergencies, IT & T and Shelter have been developed. The Asia Pacific Zone has had 40% of the total global deployments of WatSan Emergency Response Units. In addition, WatSan ERU/kits have made up 39% of the total deployments of ERUs in the Asia Pacific Zone. Considering per sector WatSan is still be the highest percentage- 39%- of deployment.