Critical Analysis of the Australian Red Cross Humanitarian Aid Report

This report presents a critical review of the Australian Red Cross's humanitarian aid programs, focusing on the period between 2015 and 2019. It evaluates the organization's initiatives in the Indo-Pacific region, particularly in countries like Vanuatu, Timor-Leste, and others, with an emphasis on disaster management, gender equality, and support for vulnerable populations. The review analyzes the effectiveness of the aid programs, highlighting both strengths, such as the focus on innovation and community engagement, and weaknesses, like the lack of detailed economic analysis and conflict management considerations. The report acknowledges the Red Cross's efforts in promoting awareness, training, and disaster preparedness while also pointing out areas for improvement, such as enhanced monitoring and evaluation methods and more detailed discussions of legal and economic frameworks. The evaluation underscores the importance of the Australian Red Cross's role in connecting national societies, government agencies, and local communities to address humanitarian challenges effectively.

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Introduction
This paper will analyze of the evaluation report that has been published within the last
five years. There are many organizations in the world that look to provide the humanitarian aid
to the people all over the world. United Nations has always asked for providing the best aid
programs for the development of the poorer sections of the society. The chosen humanitarian
organization for this paper is the Australian Red Cross. Their humanitarian aid programs and the
implementation of these programs will be evaluated. This will help the readers to understand
their initiatives to continue with social work. The initiatives had been taken for the timeframe
between 2015 and 2019. The development of the people of the remote territories in the country
and providing them with the proper support will be the major focus of discussion in this paper.
The humanitarian assistance is the primary target for Australian Red Cross and they will surely
help the organization to flourish with their innovative views.
Evaluation of the humanitarian aid report
The humanitarian aid report is one of the most important things for the sociologists to
discuss upon. The main purpose of the 2015-2019 DFAT Australian Red Cross is on saving the
lives of the poor people in the country. Through field research work, it has been noticed that
several people tend to suffer from chronic diseases, malnutrition, starvation and many other
causes. The American Red Cross has focused on providing all these poor people with the needed
support so the living conditions can be enhanced (Dfat.gov.au. 2019). The human dignity is not
at all at the highest point in these regions. So, it will be highly effective to increase the human
dignity within the society. Otherwise, the condition of the human beings will not improve at all.
This evaluation report might be global but it has thoroughly been focused on the people of the
Indo-Pacific region. The inhabitants of this section of world are highly deprived of all the

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facilities. The countries that are included in this humanitarian aid program are Vanuatu, Timor-
Leste, Myanmar, Mongolia, Philippines, Bangladesh, Cook islands, Fiji, Indonesia , Solomon
islands, Papua New Guinea and others. As per the sources, the economic condition of these
areas are not that much high at all. Despite this fact, they are trying heavily to overcome this
issue with the help of this humanitarian aid program.
As per the critical aspects, it can be said that the active involvement of the Australian Red
Cross has always been very much appreciable indeed. It has been quite evident that the
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) have been very much
engaged in providing best supplies of humanitarian assistance to the groups of people that are
very much vulnerable (Dfat.gov.au. 2019). The humanitarian assistance is being provided to the
people during the crisis periods and after that as well. So, it must be said that the active support
of the Red Cross society will lead to the overall betterment of the society. The partnership with
other social work organizations will definitely help out the Australian Red Cross to make the
proper decisions on how they will provide the best assistance to the needy people. The aim will
also be on improving the general economic conditions of the countries associated with the entire
process.
It is a great achievement that the Australian Red Cross will engage in the Red Cross Red
Crescent Movement (Dfat.gov.au. 2019). They will co-operate with the other partnership
organizations so their bonding and coordination gets stronger always. It is also a very
commendable aspect that the organization will push for more assistance from the local
humanitarian organizations as well. Many challenges have been noticed in this scenario where
providing humanitarian aid has been under serious threat. The communication perspectives have
hampered the humanitarian aid programs. Both the gender gaps and communication issues have

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prevented the perfect delivery of the humanitarian aid programs. Therefore, it has always been a
great initiative on the part of the American Red Cross to take many innovative ways to deal with
these complicated situations. Through the partnership in the Red Crescent Movement, DFAT and
ARC have been able to implement their programs on a domestic basis and think from the global
perspectives as well.
Their contribution to the disaster risk management is something to be appraised with
heartfelt thanks. They have provided the assistance to all the local Red Cross societies and all
their local government partners. This has helped in the solution of the all these local problems
within these countries (Dfat.gov.au. 2019). So, basically all these steps are very helpful from all
the aspects indeed. Through their help, it is well evident that the communities are now well
prepared to combat against both the natural and manmade disasters indeed. They are getting
engaged regarding both the regional and global policy issues from all the aspects. The
reformation in the humanitarian aid practice has been very crucial in this scenario. One of their
best achievements is to make promotions through different pilot projects. All these pilot projects
will be very helpful to implement in different places as well. It is the responsibility of the
Australian Red Cross to protect the rights of the vulnerable people within the society. This
gendered approach of the humanitarian organization has served the purpose of taking positive
steps against the disasters. Therefore, it is quite sure that the Australian Red Cross is very much
successful in providing the best resources for the community engagement and implementing the
aid programs all over the world.
The new design of the partnership agreement this year will definitely provide the most
effective planning so the poor and vulnerable people in the society can be assisted. This is how
the sub-national capacity of the countries could be strengthened. These facts will definitely help

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out the organization in its purpose to serve the entire society. This evaluation report suggests the
impact of the disaster management programs on the enhancement of the communities. Therefore,
all the additional resources will be helpful for the Australian Red Cross to deal with all the
problems and challenges. The organization has also stressed on the gender equality within the
society. Therefore, the gendered approach in this section is definitely something very important
to implement to establish the equal rights of both male and female. The formulation of policies
also includes inclusion of the disabled person within the communities. The National Disaster
management structures are quite aligned with the objectives of this humanitarian organization
Australian Red Cross. The aspect of providing the proper training to the local people to stay alert
and ready to confront with different types of disasters is really something very much
commendable indeed.
Good points of the report
This report on the Australian Red Cross’s is very appreciable from a lot of viewpoints.
There are many reports behind this. He reasons will be explained in the next section:-
 This report on the Australian Red Cross has evidently stressed on the innovation process
to work for the humanitarian aid. The fact that the workers will focus on the
strengthening of the subnational capacity is very commendable as well. Through this
process, the working capacity of the social workers will increase and they will be able to
reach a broader sphere to provide the aid.
 The results of the report have been showed in the output and the outcome level. This is
how the readers of the report will be able to comprehend the evidence showed in this

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report. The factors of gender equality and diversity inclusion have been focused on in this
report.
 In this report, it has been said that the Australian Red Cross will work with the structures
that are approved by the National Disaster Management. All the national societies will be
focused on and this will surely yield positive outcomes for the organization.
 The Disaster activity plans and Disaster response plans will be structured as per the needs
of the communities. This is definitely one good part for the report. The social workers
will enhance their capacity levels by measuring the extent of the disasters.
 This report has spoken of the promotion of coherent and coordinated programming by the
Australian Red Cross. It is definitely evident in this condition because it will provide the
means for identifying the gaps in the programs and rectifying it properly.
Bad points of the report
Along with the merits of the report, some demerits are present in the report as well. These
demerits will be discussed here:-
 The legal frameworks have been discussed that will be quite crucial for the maintenance
of their programs properly. Still the exact conditions have not been viewed in the report
 The economic concepts and issues of the scenario are not mentioned in that much details.
This has many important connections with the growth of the GDP of the country. These
things have not been gone through in a thorough manner.
 The report must cater to the conflict managements between different sections of the
society. All these things have been overlooked.

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 The gender relations and diversity inclusion perspectives have been included in the paper
but this report has not discussed about the extent of the impact of these programs.
 The ways to gain the financial stability within the country and the implementation of the
governance structures have not been discussed with practical examples from the scenario.
The mention of these things in a minimal way will not help the people to understand the
seriousness of this issue.
 The ways of monitoring and evaluation of the entire system should have been detailed in
a better manner indeed. This would provide a better view of the situation.
Thus, it can be said that this report is indeed a very helpful one in spite of some
shortcomings. The readers will find this report to be quite engrossing and get to know about the
dominant issues in the Asia Pacific region.
This organization has effectively worked as a linkage between the national societies,
disaster risk management authorities and the government. This linkage has helped the local poor,
vulnerable and suffering people of countries like Vanuatu, Timor-Leste, Solomon Islands and
other countries to grow the proper awareness. Apart from that, provincial authorities have also
helped the organization to connect with the suffering villagers so they can highlight the condition
of their lives. This will definitely work as a bridge between the national and provincial
authorities. The organization Australian Red Cross society will thus be able to understand the
village-led disaster activity plans and take the necessary actions to make the entire program a
grand success. The results are quite satisfying and it highlights the overall success of these
programs led out by the Australian Red Cross, The responsive activities will be implemented by
the through training of the experts in the concerned organization.

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Australian Red Cross’s relentless activity in mitigating the challenges regarding gender
inequality, inclusion and diversity management and practice of the humanitarian values have
been quite important from all the aspects. Their position on this issue has made them earn the
respect of the entire community indeed. They work by following the updated national laws. They
have also made huge contributions in the land and property management, understanding the role
of housing to provide shelter to the vulnerable feeling are the real instances of their success.
These works should be highlighted because it has opened a sea of opportunities for the
communities. The communities will be largely benefitted from these initiatives of the Australian
Red Cross.
Conclusion
In the concluding section, it should be said that the Australian Red Cross is one of those
humanitarian organizations that has provided the opportunities to every community in the
countries that fall within the Indo-Pacific region. Therefore, the works of the organization are
very much influential to all the people within the community people. The members of this
humanitarian organization will provide the scopes for enhancement of lifestyle of the poor and
vulnerable people within the community. Their initiatives to implement the frameworks for
disaster risk management are extremely praiseworthy indeed. In this manner, the organization
has earned the respect of the entire community and helped people to combat with their
vulnerability.

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References and Bibliography
Dfat.gov.au. (2019). Evaluation of Australian Red Cross Humanitarian Partnership 2015-19.
Retrieved 11 September 2019, from
https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/Pages/evaluation-of-australian-red-cross-
humanitarian-partnership-2015-19.aspx