Expertise based on experience.
We bring extensive experience working with International NGOs, the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, UN Agencies and with governments at the national, regional and local levels in a broad spectrum of emergencies including natural disasters, epidemics, pandemics, conflict ... you name it.
We are skilled disaster managers with over 35 years of evaluation, humanitarian and development experience across 45 countries and multiple regions.
Pracademics
We are ‘pracademics’ in the truest sense of the word: we have combined our extensive field experience with rigorous research and study at the highest levels. We have an established publication record. We are practiced in leading multi-country reviews conducted via a variety of methodologies, including focus group discussions with a variety of key informants and stakeholder groups.
We are also practiced at conducting structured and semi-structured interviews with key informants and technical working groups: this includes surveys, questionnaires, desktop reviews, and secondary data analysis. We have the proven ability to develop context-specific statistical analyses comparing pre- with post-disaster indicators in a manner which combines quantitative research with qualitative indicators.
Improving Emergency Response
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
We have deployed with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) Societies as Head of Delegation (HoD), Head of Emergency Operations (HEOps), Health Coordinator, Team Leader and Shelter and Settlements expert, and with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)as Logistics and Air Operations Coordinators.
REMOTE HEALTH
We’re clinicians, leaders, and educators with experience working within the primary healthcare model with remote communities in Australia.
PROGRAM EVALUATION AND CURRICULUM REVIEW
Conducted a review of the World Food Program’s (WFP) General Food Distribution program in South Sudan
Conducted a Vunerability and Capacity Assessment of older persons in Fiji (UN Women)
Completed an end of program evaluation of the Australian Humanitarian Partnership’s Disaster READY Regional Cash Preparedness program
Developed guidelines for how members of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) conduct Membership Coordination in Emergency Operations
Evaluated UNICEF’s response to the L2 Cholera and Cyclone Freddy emergencies in Malawi and Mozambique
Led a summative evaluation of UNICEF’s and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration project in South Africa, Mexico, Zambia and El Salvador
Completed a final evaluation of the IFRC’s Myanmar Complex Emergency Operations
Managed a learning focused evaluation of UNICEF Uganda’s Preparedness and Response to the L2 Ebola Emergency
Conducted a Final Evaluation of UNHCR’s Multi-Year Multi-Partner Country Strategy in Mali
Completed an end of program evaluation of the IFRC’s Ebola Virus Disease operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Performed an endline evaluation of Save the Children and the READY Initiative’s three-year initiative to augment global capacity to respond to major disease outbreaks
Conducted a Vulnerability Assessment (UN Women) that mapped vulnerability data in the Pacific and recommended ways to conduct vulnerability assessments in gap areas for the Pacific Humanitarian Protection Cluster
Developed Housing, Land and Properties (HLP) capacity building curriculum for the IFRC and Red Cross societies in the Asia Pacific region
Conducted an end of program evaluation of Save the Children and the Australian Humanitarian Partnership (AHP) consortium’s emergency response in Vanuatu aimed at mitigating the impact of COVID-19 and Tropical Cyclone Harold
Evaluated the performance of the IFRC’s Global Tools, the Emergency Response Units (ERUs) over ten years of deployments and provided practical recommendations to improve the ERU system
Developed the IFRC’s “Health in Emergencies Guidelines” for Central Asian and European Red Cross Red Crescent Societies
Technical review, revision, and contextualization of the Emergency Response training for Pacific Island Red Cross emergency responders
Evaluation of UNHCR’s response to the L3 IDP Emergency in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Technical review of the IFRC’s Public Health in Emergencies (PHiE) training, ensuring its adaptability to the evolving global context
Evaluated the IFRC’s Field Assessment and Coordination Team’s (FACT) performance in slow-onset disasters and made practical recommendations to improve its suitability to purpose
Developed Emergency Health Curriculum for IFRC’s core Community Based Health and First Aid (CBHFA) program
Development of Remote Emergency Care and Maternity Emergency Care curricula for remote practitioners in Australia
Socorro Network’s Strategic Partnerships
Socorro Global Humanitarian Consultants maintains framework agreements with evaluation professionals globally, including consultants affiliated with the following evaluation companies:
Premium Agro Consult Co. Ltd, acts as Socorro’s in-country agribusiness partner in South Sudan, contributing market-systems and value-chain expertise, rigorous assessments, and trusted local delivery networks throughout Eastern Africa;
Ruzivo Development Consulting acts as Socorro’s evaluation partner in Zimbabwe and the Southern Africa region;
Weaverbirds Insights serves as Socorro’s community insights partner in Africa, Latin America and Asia;
Pinkfish provides visual synthesis services in Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean;
Discovery & Development Corner Company and Africaids Conseil provide qualified local experts, enumerators, translators, logistical support and ensure contextually relevant evaluation design, data collection and stakeholder engagement respectively in Myanmar and Thailand, and Mali and Western and Central Africa.
Kabaalconsulting is Socorro’s evaluation partner in Somalia;
Instituto Interamericano de Paz y Reconciliación A.C. (INSPyRE A.C.) is Socorro’s evaluation partner in Latin America and the Caribbean;
Research Moguls is Socorro’s evaluation partner in Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya;
This consortium structure guarantees that Socorro can deliver high-quality, contextually grounded evaluations that consistently meet UNEG standards while responding effectively to the increasingly complex demands of global humanitarian and development programming. This approach has proven particularly valuable for multi-country evaluations and system-wide assessments that require diverse expertise and rapid deployment capabilities.