Cathy Ayer

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ABOUT CATHY AYER

A senior Humanitarian Aid professional, managing and developing international humanitarian and human rights programmes for 18 years, currently overseeing NRC\'s humanitarian programmes in Myanmar. Recent roles include interim support to NRC Sudan\'s emergency operations (2023), overseeing NRC Syria\'s humanitarian programmes (20••••23), programme quality and development support to NRC operations in Lebanon and Palestine (20••••19), human rights work in south-east Asia (20••••16), support to a multi-sectoral humanitarian programme for Myanmar refugees on the Thai-Myanmar border (20••••15), health emergency response in northern Iraq (2014), cholera emergency response operation in eastern Sierra Leone (2012), post-earthquake relief/recovery mission in Haiti (2010), three emergency response missions with British Red Cross: Pakistan (Floods 2007), Zimbabwe (Cholera Epidemic 2009), Haiti (Earthquake 2010), support to Red Cross/Red Crescent partners in Africa and the Middle East (20••••10) and human rights work in Malaysia and India (2002-03).Specialties: Humanitarian leadership, programme management and development, programme quality and strategy, fund management and solicitation, humanitarian response in complex emergencies, project management, planning, monitoring, reporting, financial and grant management, donor proposal and report writing, donor liason and coordination, administration, emergency public health, humanitarian protection, international humanitarian law, human rights, volunteer management, support and coordination with partner organisations