Humanitarian and Civil Society (HPD)

The Australian Government’s Deployable Power Restoration capability deploys to the Pacific and works alongside local power utilities to restore power following a disaster.

The Pacific Humanitarian Warehousing Program (PHWP) is a Pacific-led, multi-country and multi-donor program that will support 14 Pacific countries and Timor-Leste to further develop disaster preparedness and resilience by building their national humanitarian warehousing capability.

Australia's funding to Myanmar and Bangladesh provides live-saving assistance to people in need including Rohingyas, host, and cyclone affected communities in Bangladesh; Rohingyas in Rakhine State; and conflict and disaster affected communities across Myanmar.

The Global Program Strategy (2024-27) sets out the strategic direction, guiding principles and priorities for the Australian Volunteers Program.

A Monitoring and Evaluation Framework has been developed jointly by New Zealand (MFAT) and Australia (DFAT) as part of ongoing donor efforts to improve responses to rapid onset disasters in the Pacific.

Australia deploys doctors, nurses, paramedics and logisticians to provide people with life-saving medical care following disasters and health emergencies. These Australian Medical Assistance Teams (AUSMAT) are drawn from state and territory health services to deploy at short notice.

Australia works in partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance and safeguard the rights and wellbeing of refugees, asylum seekers, stateless and internally displaced persons globally, including in the Indo-Pacific region.

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian organisation focused on hunger and food security. WFP delivers food assistance in emergencies to those most in need and works with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience.

Australia responds to disasters in the Indo-Pacific by delivering timely and effective humanitarian emergency relief supplies.