by DRA | Mar 7, 2022 | News, Media Release, Operation Kelliher News
Disaster Relief Australia (DRA) is deploying a veteran-led volunteer workforce to Queensland and New South Wales in response to the recent major flood event. The announcement provides a timely reminder of the urgent need to bolster Australia’s disaster recovery...
by DRA | Feb 28, 2022 | Media Release, News, Operation Corkhill News
Disaster Relief Australia has welcomed an announcement they will receive $478,669 under the Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants program. The funding will enable DRA to continue vital work supporting communities in the Bega Valley after the destruction of the 19/20...
by DRA | Sep 15, 2021 | Media Release, News, Service Project ACT Food Drop
With ACT in lockdown until at least October 15th, the need to distribute food and hygiene boxes to ACT residents in isolation is critical. In response, an innovative solution has developed between Disaster Relief Australia and the Canberra Relief Network. Small...
by DRA | Jul 2, 2021 | News, DRT VIC, Media Release, Operation Joynt News, Operations
Following a wave of destruction left by a storm front across the state of Victoria, both regional and metropolitan areas have suffered extensive damage. The Dandenong Ranges have been the subject of disastrous weather causing extensive treefall resulting in property...
by DRA | Jun 18, 2021 | News, DRT VIC, Media Release
Gippsland residents have been hit hard over recent years. Below average rainfalls, the Black Summer Bushfires of 2019-20 summer, the COVID-19 pandemic and most recently catastrophic flooding. The floods caused mass evacuations, downed trees, and collapsed power lines,...
by DRA | May 31, 2021 | Media Release, News, Operations
Disaster Relief Australia deployed a six week bushfire recovery operation to the Bega Valley Shire on 29th May, 2021. The veteran led volunteer organisation will bring vital bushfire recovery to Bega residents still suffering the destructive effects of the Black...