Accountability to affected people
All categories
Climate change
Communications
Coordination
Disability inclusion
Education in emergencies
Engineering and infrastructure
Gender
Health, hygiene and nutrition
Information management
Localisation
Logistics
MEAL, assessments and reporting
Peace and security
Preparedness and resilience
Protection and livelihoods
Stabilisation and recovery
Training
The skills, knowledge and expertise of our people are crucial to ongoing humanitarian efforts around the world. In the last two years, RedR Australia has supported responses in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific, and has worked in more than 50 countries across the globe. Our program offices are based in Australia, Fiji and Jordan. The map above shows where we're worked in the last two years.
Crises we're working on
Africa
Conflict and disaster responses
In Africa, many countries face complex situations of conflict, drought and the effects of the climate crisis. Together with our partners, in the last couple of years we have supported nearly 20 countries in Africa, focusing on a wide range of needs across the continent—from supporting the response to conflict in Sudan, to supporting accountability to affected people in Nigeria, to tackling disease outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to supporting safe spaces for women and girls in Ethiopia, and managing climate change responses in Malawi.
Asia
Rohingya crisis
In August 2017, the Rohingya people of Northern Myanmar suffered systemic genocide leading to one of the largest refugee crises of the 21st century. Today, there are more than 900,000 refugees living in the Cox’s Bazar refugee camps in Bangladesh. RedR Australia has deployed more than 80 technical specialists to Bangladesh and Myanmar to provide live-saving assistance to the Rohingya people, representing our largest single response to a humanitarian emergency in almost 30 years of operation.
Other roles in Asia focus on supporting those affected by conflict in Myanmar, building resilience to disasters in Indonesia, and supporting accountability to affected people in Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
Europe
Invasion of Ukraine by Russia
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, millions fled the country while many more continue to live in the conflict-affected region. Thanks to support from our partners, RedR Australia is providing much-needed support to Ukrainians seeking protection. We have technical specialists across Europe, lending critical assistance to ensure refugees are safe and supported, with roles ranging from logistics and health-cluster support in Ukraine, to preventing gender-based violence for refugees in Poland.
Middle East
Supporting conflict-affected communities
RedR Australia works across the Middle East to support those affected by conflict and crisis. In collaboration with our partners, we support refugee communities in Iraq, Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon, and those affected by crisis in the occupied Palestinian territories and Syria.
In recent years, we have helped to provide information management and mapping support for the occupied Palestinian territories; support for Palestinian refugees living in Jordan; renewable energy support in Iraq; and child protection support for UNICEF in Syria.
Pacific
Disaster preparedness and response
The Pacific is one of the world’s most disaster-prone regions, facing frequent threats of tropical cyclones, flooding, landslides and volcanic eruptions. RedR Australia has technical specialists on the ground building the capacity of local emergency responders to ensure communities are prepared when disasters occur.
RedR Australia regularly assists government ministries, national disaster management offices and UN partners across the Pacific—from supporting communities affected by landslides in Papua New Guinea, to supporting communities affected by drought in Kiribati, to helping women and girls to access essential services during emergencies across the Pacific region.
Americas
Our work in the Americas is growing as we support the region with the supply of clean water in the aftermath of disasters.
Australia
National Emergency Management Stockpile Panel
RedR Australia is a founding member of the National Emergency Management Stockpile Panel for Australia. The primary role of the NEMS and the panel is to assist disaster responders to act quicker and with confidence, knowing resources and supports are in place across the country. We standby ready to deploy to support emergencies in Australia and the region.
Humanitarian training
RedR Australia provides humanitarian training in Australia, the Pacific and the Middle East. We’re helping to upskill humanitarians and disaster management experts through our training courses, such as our Essentials of Humanitarian Practice and Hostile Environment Awareness Training courses.
In The Field
08 May 2025
Working to control rabies in Timor-Leste
In March 2024, the Government of Timor-Leste reported its first-ever confirmed fatal human case of rabies to the World Health Organization (WHO), following a dog bite. Rabies poses a serious public health problem—without proper post-bite treatment, rabies is fatal to humans and other mammals. The mo…
