Together, we deliver life-changing expertise, strengthen humanitarian coordination, and support communities facing disasters and instability.
Supporting communities in need through the FCDO's HEROS Programme
Since 2017, RedR Australia has deployed humanitarian professionals in to UN agencies across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Pacific through the FCDO's Humanitarian Emergency Response Operations and Stabilisation (HEROS) Programme.
Through the HEROS programme, we have deployed experts with skillsets spanning a range of expertise, including protection, shelter, coordination and information management, to support communities in need. Our roster members integrate cross-cutting themes of gender equality, disability inclusion, localisation, and climate change adaptation into their deployment work.
A foundation of strong partnerships to support effective and rapid deployments
As the largest UN Standby Partner (SBP) in the Asia–Pacific and southern hemisphere, RedR Australia has formal agreements with 16 UN agencies, including all UN partners that FCDO supports under the HEROS program.
A life-changing partnership: stories from the field
Finding a path out of cholera in South Sudan
RedR Australia roster member Tai-Ring, a humanitarian WASH specialist, deployed to South Sudan to support WHO’s response to the Cholera epidemic, with his six-month deployment beginning in December 2024. The world's youngest country with a compounding crises, meant the work was both urgent and at times hostile. Read more here
Flood mapping saving lives in southern Africa
With La Niña predicting wetter-than-normal conditions in southern Africa earlier in 2025, RedR Australia roster member Pianos deployed to the World Food Programme (WFP) to help mitigate the emergency through predictive flood-mapping. Read more here
Remote support for OCHA in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
In response to the devastating humanitarian crisis still unfolding in Palestinian, RedR Australia in 2024 provided surge capacity to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) through two remote deployments. Read more here
From bushfires to volcanos: how Bec is helping to save lives in the Pacific
Bec worked in Suva, Fiji, as a RedR Australia roster member for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) - providing technical advice on disaster management strategies, legislation and policies to Vanuatu’s National Disaster Management Office in 2022. Read more here
