About Us
Disaster Recovery Army is a registered not-for-profit (NFP) organisation with a personal and community conscience.
Established with the purpose to both provide and support effective relief and recovery to people who are destitute, suffering, unfortunate and helpless, and who have been affected by disaster, including natural events.
Our primary objectives are to coordinate recovery efforts, secure properties, livelihoods, farms and animals, distribute material aid, provide temporary accommodation and facilities, perform clean-ups, and offer any other relevant assistance, goods and services to help in recovery efforts and get people's lives back, following disaster.
Our Ethical and All-Inclusive Approach
Being connected with people and communities, and taking a personal interest in people's suffering is what drives us to provide our help to those in need.
Our experiences allow us to engage, hear and see people's suffering and devastation. Our committee have all had some experience in either suffering or feeling people's frustration of traditional agencies and insurers dragging their feet with recovery assistance, or even refusing to help, leading to helplessness and despair, including accumulating to further erode the mental health of those living the nightmare.
Financially, many people affected by disaster are often strained, restricting their efforts to recover and rebuild their lives. And their experience can often have a flow on affect to each and every one of us.
Disaster Recovery Army was established to minimise continued harm, and to get in there and help people and communities recover, fast, and in ways beyond what any other organisatiion can do.
We approach everyone's situation individually, whilst extending compassion, understanding, and a genuine desire to provide immediate help to get people's lives back.
We listen, we assess, and we pull in all resources to get the recovery process underway, without bias or judgment, but with openness, integrity and honesty.
Through these values, we build rapport and trust with people, communities, donors, our workers and volunteers, partners and suppliers, enabling an 'all in it' effort to get things done.
We deliver on what we say we will do. And with our partners committing to do the same, our shared like-mindedness stands out, shines, and allows us to proactively provide meaningful assistance where and when it's needed. And there's no bureaucracy.
Our structure, comprising of a committee, employees, and an at-call labour force, is in place to respond immediately to almost any situation.
Recovery is not just about a clean-up
Managing disasters and recoveries involves so much more than providing assistance with clean-ups and aid (as we've referred to on our home page). There are a number of functions Disaster Recovery Army get involved.
Our Mission, Vision and Purpose
To unite people and communities affected by disaster with support and aid provided by a network of partners and volunteers, in delivering expedited relief and recovery in order to get lives back.
To be a pre-eminent disaster relief and recovery organisation. In doing so, to stand out, bring people together, and actually deliver what is needed, fast - and changing the narrative of what is expected through convention.
To provide and support effective relief and recovery to people who are destitute, suffering, unfortunate and helpless and who are affected by disaster, natural or otherwise, by providind a range of needed assistance.
Our Values
We're dedicated to serving people and communities in need. We embrace leadership, inclusion, diversity, maturity, integrity, teamwork, and determination. Our unique network of partners and volunteers allow us to go above and beyond to deliver all that we do within our purpose, and in line with our mission and vision.
Our values are underpinned by:
Courage - we work without fear or favour
Tenacity - bringing order to chaos
Respect - acting with humanity and kindness
Service - serving without recognition, reward or personal gain
Endurance - undaunted as we help those who need us
Mateship - looking after each other (mates first, self second)