Australian Red Cross Delegates Program

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Working in collaboration with the Movement’s unique community-based network ofnational society staff and volunteers, Australian Red Cross delegates are able torespond quickly and effectively to reach those most in need following disasters. Aidworkers deploy bilateral to assist national societies directly and also through theFederation, often as part of Field Assessment and Coordination Teams (FACT) toassess the immediate needs of affected communities and inform responseoperations.Indicator 4: Australian Red Cross maintains a separate register ofexperienced, specifically trained, medically cleared and rapidlydeployable delegates. 1Australian Red Cross maintained a register of 106 delegates with specific disasterand emergency response training and experience to be rapidly deployed inemergency response activities. The register is refreshed every three months toconfirm availability and prioritise selected delegates for provisional medicalclearance to facilitate the quickest deployment of aid workers when necessary.At any time Australian Red Cross has disaster management, shelter, water andsanitation, public health, logistics, nutrition, communications and media,psychosocial support and restoring family links (tracing) delegates on standby forimmediate deployment.Photo: Ba local community members, Fijian Red Cross, and Australian Red Cross water and sanitation specialist,Bob Handby, install water purification equipment to provide thousands of litres of safe water for local communities,following devastating floods in January 2012. Photo: Fiji Red Cross.1. Delegates have undergone specific training to use DRT equipment
Indicator 5: Upon request from Movement partners and subject to a needsassessment, disaster management delegates are deployed withina short timeframe.13The Australian Red Cross Rapid Deployment Register enabled delegates to be onthe ground assisting affected communities within short timeframes followingdisasters and requests from Movement partners in Chad, Ethiopia, Fiji,Mozambique and Papua New Guinea. Delegates were deployed and on the groundassisting affected communities and providing strategic operation and coordinationexpertise in the immediate aftermath of a number of devastating events:• Chad: Australian Red Cross delegate, Don Johnston was deployed as FieldAssessment and Coordination Team (FACT) Team Leader within 48 hours of arequest from the IFRC following a cholera epidemic. Health Delegates, BarbaraFord and Ruth Jebb were deployed within 48 and 72 hours respectively as part ofa FACT and Emergency Response Unit (ERU) Community Health Module.Australian Red Cross delegate, Kym Blechynden, was deployed as part of asecond rotation in the Emergency Response Unit (ERU) Community HealthModule following Ruth Jebb’s departure.• Ethiopia: Australian Red Cross delegate Dave O’Meara was deployed as anOperations Coordinator within 96 hours of a request from the Federation to assistfollowing drought in Ethiopia• Fiji: Australian Red Cross delegate, James Boyce was deployed within 72 hoursof a request from Fiji Red Cross following floods. He assisted Australian RedCross Water and Sanitation Manager Bob Handby who deployed within 24 hours.• Mozambique: Australian Red Cross delegate, Don Johnston was deployed asFACT Team Leader within 120 hours of a request from the IFRC after a tropicalstorm affected Mozambique. Australian Red Cross delegate, Tim Stats wasdeployed on a FACT shelter mission within 48 hours of a request from the IFRC.• Papua New Guinea: Australian Red Cross delegate, Katrina Neville wasdeployed within 48 hours of the ferry capsize disaster as a Restoring Family Links(RFL) Delegate. Water and Sanitation Delegates, David Hancock and PeterO’Keefe were on the ground to assist PNG Red Cross following flooding within48 and 72 hours, respectively.After receiving a request from the IFRC, delegate Don Johnston was deployed asFACT Team Leader to Chad within 24 hours. His role was to support Red Cross ofChad and coordinate with other Movement partners to respond quickly to thecholera epidemic. By coordinating a rapid assessment of the situation in Chad, Donwas able to develop a plan of action and rapidly mobilise Emergency ResponseUnits (ERUs) to begin implementation of the emergency response. This enabledswift delivery of curative care to people severely affected by cholera in areas wheresufficient health services were lacking, and provision of information to vulnerablecommunities about simple practices that would protect them against cholera.“ ”Don explains that his role in the rapid response to the Chad cholera epidemic wasstraightforward, “to prevent people from dying from an easily preventable disease”.
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