1. Hermenegildo Cardoso Rente Cruz Vermelha De Timor Leste (CVTL)
Regional Disaster Response Team (RDRT)
Mission Sharing
Hermenegildo Cardoso Rente
Cruz Vermelha De Timor Leste (CVTL)

2. IFRC RDRT Deployment Process
CVTL RDRT members received an alert from IFRC Regional office in BKK on May 11 and were requested to submit CVs for team selection. After 7 days’ standby , I was called for a meeting with SG and IFRC T-L to have a briefing for my assignment. CVTL and IFRC T-L organised also a press conference about my deployment.
I flew from Timor to Nepal via Singapore. The day after I had arrived, I had:
Meeting with RDRT Team Leader (general roles and procedure + security briefing)
Meeting with Field Coordinator (Field Operation Orientation; relief system, field & task assignment)
After these meetings I travelled to the field and there I was given :
Introduction to the district chapter (executive, legislative (local board) & volunteers), presented objective and shared plan.
Introduction to the local government

3. Dhading
Timor-Leste RC

4. Dhading District Data: affected HH, fully & partially damaged houses

5. My work as RDRT team member - Relief and Assessment activities carried out
Orientation on assessment data entry for chapter volunteers
Combining detail assessment data
Detail assessment data analysis
Developed distribution plans & packages for NFRIs and Cash distribution.
Shared distribution plans with NRCS & districts Chapter's Executive members.
Visited different VDCs, met VDCs leaders, checked beneficiaries list and shared distribution plans with VDCs leaders.
Participated in coordination meetings, Cluster meetings, meeting with District Chapter and inter team meeting.
Identified warehouse space
Shelter tool kit training for volunteers
Distribution House Hold (HH) Kits, also mentoring local staff/volunteers during distribution.
Conducted orientations for district management & volunteers on relief management and distribution process.

6. Cont……
Supported NRCS & Planning team on planning including sharing experiences and thoughts in various levels of meeting
Supported floor management during the planning meeting
Contributed to planning of next steps after the meeting
Coordination with logistics hub on accessibility, road condition, distribution point, vehicle information, etc. NO
Activities
Daily 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Orientation on assessment data entry for chapter volunteers X
Combining detail assessment data
Visited different VDCs, met VDCs leaders, checked beneficiaries list and shared distribution plans with VDCs leaders.
Conducted orientations for district management & volunteers on relief management and distribution process.

7. Challenges during my mission
Aftershocks
Process was slow and plans changed often
In CVTL as DM coordinator, I can make decisions, but as a IFRC RDRT team member, I did not have authority to take any decisions
NRCS District chapter were partnering also with other organisations, such WFP and UNICEF, and distributing also other than Red Cross relief
NRCS District chapter did not have permanent volunteers trained on disaster response
Lack of coordination for all humanitarian actors in Dhading District (No District Level coordination meetings in Dhading)
Local Government was willing to move already to recovery phase in order to prepare for coming monsoon season whereas RDRT was still in a response mode

8. What I learned during my mission
About IFRC Tools in Action (ERU, FACT, RDRT) and how they worked in an integrated way
Delegation of task (Independent work/working as a team)
About the coordination system between NRCS, ERU, FACT and RDRT and about the coordination with Government and local authorities
About RDRT and NDRT deployment system

9. What I brought back to CVTL
Some ideas or recommendations based on my experience from Nepal EQ operation:
Update CVTL Assessment Form
Produce Beneficiary card + Communication
Learn more about Cash Grant Program for Emergencies
Establish a system for NDRT deployment
Train more CVTL staff members for RDRT
When CVTL is decentralising some of the functions to the district branches, it is good to ensure that branched do not become too independent

10. Obrigado Wain