Renee joined the Red Cross Red Crescent family a little under 3 years ago and specializes in training and knowledge management. As the Manager of CADRIM, she leads a team of technical experts who assist Caribbean National Societies and partner organizations globally to investigate, analyse and develop knowledge on how to strengthen community resilience through sustainable preparedness and risk reduction activities.

Ahmad joined the IFRC Caribbean Office six years ago as an Information Management Specialist. As part of the CADRIM Reference Center team, he is keenly responsible for collecting and analysing data coming from Red Cross community interventions and the creation of visual data products that contribute to the overall mapping of community resilience. These data products are used to inform Red Cross community resilience building programmes and how we promote and engage with our most vulnerable communities while simultaneously increasing the national society’s resilience by building capacities in these areas.

Kearell’s work centers on the research-informed adaptation and contextualisation of training materials to ensure relevance, effectiveness, and alignment with evolving disaster preparedness and response priorities. She contributes to the design and coordination of learning initiatives by integrating evidence, operational lessons learned, and best practices into training frameworks. Her role also includes monitoring and synthesizing findings from field assessments conducted by Red Cross Societies, ensuring that training content and knowledge products are grounded in field realities and responsive to identified gaps and emerging needs.

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