WELCOME TO AUSTRALIA ASSISTS

Australia Assists would like to Acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands, skies and waterways across the continent now known as Australia. We pay deep respect to Elders past and present and recognise the ongoing connection that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples maintain with Country which encompasses land, water, language, kinship, and spirit. 

We also want to acknowledge the Indigenous, traditional, and local communities across the Pacific region who share their own ancient and enduring relationships with land and sea.

In the spirit of shared humanity and responsibility, we walk alongside communities to uplift and support in times of need, standing in solidarity through disaster and crisis; and draw upon the strength from the wisdom of those who have cared for Country and people for generations.
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ABOUT AUSTRALIA ASSISTS

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Since 2017, Australia Assists has been deploying humanitarian expertise to support Australia’s global partners.

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We’re committed to saving lives, alleviating suffering, maintaining human dignity and building resilience.

We deploy people from a range of backgrounds, expertise and professions under the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence. 

We seek to:

  1. Provide global partners with timely and effective humanitarian expertise 
  2. Strengthen partner organisations’ policies, practices and inclusivity in climate resilience, disaster preparedness, response, recovery and protracted crises. 
OUR STRENGTHS
Responding to global crises

We deploy humanitarians to support governments, multilateral institutions, organisations and communities in times of need.
Humanitarian principles

Every person deployed with Australia Assists is committed to the core humanitarian principles of humanity, independence, impartiality and neutrality, while dedicated to working in a culturally sensitive and respectful way to support locally led leadership and action.
Demand-driven humanitarian deployments
The demand, priorities and needs of global partners remains at the forefront of our commitment to deliver high-quality humanitarian expertise.

Our Future

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Improving diversity and inclusion

We want lived experience, cultural sensitivity and local knowledge to be at the forefront of our humanitarian experience.
Co-designing together

Together, with our partner organisations, we are co-designing strategies and deployment approaches to ensure our humanitarian expertise effectively addresses their priorities and needs.

Wider range of deployments

We’re building on the success of our deployments and exploring new types of opportunities to deploy. This will open doors for humanitarian and technical specialists to contribute to Australia’s humanitarian action globally in a wider range of ways.

Focusing on the bigger picture

We’re aligning with Australia’s humanitarian action, focusing on key priorities such as climate resilience, gender equity, disability and social inclusion, localisation and First Nations participation.