About Us
Who we are.
We are a social enterprise organisation based in the United Kingdom with a broad range of experience in building organisational capability to effectively manage disasters. Through our partner-ship network in the United Kingdom and across Africa, we can equip any organisation with the tools they need to reduce the impacts of disaster and to respond and recover quickly and effectively.
We help UK based emergency services and International Humanitarian organisations to build their capacity in planning and responding to Major disasters in the UK and Africa.
Our experts have personal experience of the human, social and economic devastation of disasters and conflict particularly in Africa. Therefore, we passionately believe in improving the welfare of the people and environment in Africa. Our team are experts in the methodologies used in the UK and across Europe and we can bring world leading expertise to Africa.
Who we work with.
Site Incident Management
- Sea Ports & Airports
- Mines
- Utilities Providers
- Industrial Sites
Community resilience capacity building
- Local Authorities
- National and Regional Government
- UK based NGOs
- Community Led Organisations
- Environmental Agencies
Emergency Response
- Police Services
- Fire Services
- Ambulance Services
- Coast Guard
- Mountain Rescue
Amoros Ruhumliza
Director
Amoros Ruhumuliza is a holder of a master’s degree in Conflict Governance and International Development from the University of East Anglia (UK), and of a BSc Honours degree in Disaster Reconstruction and Development from Coventry University (UK).
Amoros Ruhumuliza is currently an established professional trainer in Leadership Management Skills designed towards the management of a major incident crisis. He provides expert consultant’s services to a variety of emergency service – based organizations based not only in the UK but across the world, with a special focus on Africa.
In the past, he has worked for a number of organizations providing critical social care and support services to the British communities as a whole. Among others, he worked for the British Red Cross in Norwich, the Norfolk Centre for Social Development in Norwich and for the Norfolk Safety Community Interest Company. Furthermore, he worked for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in the transport and logistics sector.
Mr Amoros Ruhumuliza therefore possesses established expert knowledge as well as technical skills in the field of emergency crisis management gained through numerous years of training, field practice and exposure on field.
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Languages
Areas of expertise
- Emergency planning and response at strategic and tactical levels.
- Planning, designing, implementing and evaluating training and exercises in Major incident management & BCM.
- Humanitarian Response and recovery core standards management in Disaster.
- Evaluating Conflict prevention and peace building activities.
Davis Waldo
Consultant
Waldo possesses more than 8 – years work experience in the area of Business Continuity Management, Organizational Crisis Management and Emergency Planning. He acquired most of his work experience predominantly in the Telecommunications Sector as well as the Local Public Authorities in the UK.
Currently, he is responsible for managing Business Continuity operations in Europe and the US and China for a global telecommunications provider
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Languages
- English
Areas of expertise
- Business continuity Management (ISO 22301)
- Emergency Planning and Response at strategic, tactical and operational levels.
- Crisis Management
- Supply Chain Risk Management
- IT Disaster Recovery
- Risk Management
- Project and Program Management
- Impact evaluation.
Renske van der Wal
Consultant
Renske van der Wal holds a MA in International Relations and Development from the University of East Anglia in the UK, as well as a BA in Language and Culture Studies from Utrecht University in the Netherlands.
Renske currently works as a researcher and consultant for our organization, focusing on the overlap between sustainable development and disaster risk reduction strategies. Further areas of research include innovation in disaster managment and international guidelines. In addition, she is a writer and editor of policy and strategy documentation. Renske is also an advisor on general sustainability measures and waste management systems in the context of emergency planning, response and recovery.
Renske has got varied professional experience in the field of Humanitarian Affairs. Through her work in India, Nepal and Ethiopia, she developed a broad understanding of developmental contexts, challenges and difficulties concerning disasters. She worked to promote sustainable waste management practices in various communities. These experiences taught her about the distance between global goals such as sustainabilitiy and resilience, and local capacity, priorities and challenges. Continuing in this vein, she worked as Policy Officer of Humanitarian Affairs on the humanitarian and political portfolio for the Embassy of the Netherlands in Ehiopia.
As part of ACDM, Renske is the resource focal person for sustainability, resilience and disaster preparedness in a developmental context. She is also the advisor for alignement to international standards such as the Sendai framework.
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Languages
Areas of expertise
- International Relations: building and maintaining international networks with social purposes and/or a sustainable worldview.
- Sustainable Development: practical experience in merging developmental goals with everyday ecological challenges such as waste management and packaging in shops.
- Zero Waste contact person and trainer for campaigning and rural waste management.
- Organisational support with varied experience in writing and editing, concept development and social media outreach.
Mackie Sheik
Senior Consultant
Mackie holds a degree in Youth and Community development and a master’s degree in Public Service Management. Mackie is a native of Sierra Leone.
Mackie spent the bulk of his professional career in the public sector of which he can be said to be a senior expert. His accumulated work experience enables him easily navigate through and fix the classic issues pertaining to the public management sector. Efficient management of public finances such as planning and infrastructure resource allocation and spending, public relations and forging strategic partnerships between key involved partners are those critical areas closely intertwined with the overall effectiveness of any emergency crisis management for most organizations. Mr. Mackie is therefore one critical resource that provides our organization with the needed expertise and guidance when collaborating with institutions involved in emergency disaster management.
His input is specifically valuable in developing effective collaboration, public relations and partnerships with public services implementing disaster planning, management and recovery in Africa.
Mackie is a special asset, adding value to our organization for he is the former deputy Mayor of London Borough of Southwark and an awards winning community champion.
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Languages
- English
- Spanish
Areas of expertise
- Public sector service management
- Public sector service delivery
- Community development
- Voluntary sector capacity building
- Equality and equal opportunity monitoring
- Community participation and engagement
- Public institutions and agency development
Liliane Binego
Senior Consultant
Liliane Binego (LB) is researcher and consultant in crisis response and stabilisation, and holds a master’s degree in Disaster Management and Emergency Planning from Coventry University (UK).
LB possesses more than 20 years’ work experience in the area of crisis response and stabilisation acquired most predominantly in organisational crisis management and capacity building at local and global level.
Currently, LB is also a researcher at Coventry University
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Liliane is is a researcher at Coventry’s University Centre for Disaster Management and Hazards Research
Languages
- English
- French
Areas of expertise
- Emergency Planning and Response at strategic, tactical and operational levels.
- Crisis Management
- Supply Chain Risk Management
- Impact evaluation.