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
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 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 has established a strategic partnership with AX Collaborative, a global network of senior evaluation and policy professionals. This consortium arrangement enables Socorro to rapidly scale its technical capacity by drawing on the AX Collaborative's pool of affiliated consultants for large-scale or multi-country evaluations.
Consortium Structure:
Socorro Role: Project management, quality assurance, client engagement, and evaluation leadership
AX Collaborative Role: Co-evaluators, data analysts, technical advisors, and regional specialists with deep contextual and thematic expertise.
AX Collaborative operates under the co-leadership of Ashley Hollister and Xiomara Chavez, whose combined expertise creates a powerful foundation for the Socorro partnership. This collaborative model provides Socorro with immediate access to subject-matter experts across diverse and complex thematic areas, including migration dynamics, climate resilience programming, gender equality initiatives, food security systems, and social protection mechanisms. Additionally, the partnership ensures access to regional specialists with profound contextual knowledge spanning Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific regions.
The 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.
