Community Resilience

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day;
teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime

Lao Tzu

Building resilient communities for the future

We focus on building the individual and collective capacities of communities to cope with and respond to adversity and change. Resilient communities can endure major environmental changes and address social and economic vulnerabilities.

Let us help you develop resilient communities for the future.

Our Work

Our work starts with listening, understanding and investigating using our unique and adaptable assessment tools. We collaborate with the communities, local leaders and technical experts to develop customised interventions that most accurately befit the community we work in. Our approach merges learning and teaching in all areas of resilience.

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Economic Strengthening

Service Provider Capacity Building

Infrastructure Development

Community Wellbeing - Health & Psycho-Social

Community Mapping

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Assessment Based Community-Led Development

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COMMUNITY RESILIENCE MODEL

Our model is built on the SIX FOUNDATIONS for community resilience:

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People

The power to envision the future of the community and build its resilience resides with community members.

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Systems thinking

Systems thinking is essential for understanding the complex, interrelated crises now unfolding and what they mean for our similarly complex communities.

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Adaptability

A community that adapts to change is resilient. But because communities and the challenges we face are dynamic, adaptation is an ongoing process.

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Transformability

Some challenges are so big that it’s not possible for the community to simply adapt; fundamental, transformative changes may be necessary.

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Sustainability

Community resilience is not sustainable if it serves only us, and only now; it needs to work for other communities, future generations, and the ecosystems on which we all depend.

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Courage

As individuals and as a community, we need courage to confront challenging issues and take responsibility for our collective future.

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People

The power to envision the future of the community and build its resilience resides with community members.

six-foundations-for-community-resilience-systems-thinking

Systems thinking

Systems thinking is essential for understanding the complex, interrelated crises now unfolding and what they mean for our similarly complex communities.

six-foundations-for-community-resilience-adaptability

Adaptability

A community that adapts to change is resilient. But because communities and the challenges we face are dynamic, adaptation is an ongoing process.

six-foundations-for-community-resilience-transformability

Transformability

Some challenges are so big that it’s not possible for the community to simply adapt; fundamental, transformative changes may be necessary.

six-foundations-for-community-resilience-sustainability

Sustainability

Community resilience is not sustainable if it serves only us, and only now; it needs to work for other communities, future generations, and the ecosystems on which we all depend.

six-foundations-for-community-resilience-courage

Courage

As individuals and as a community, we need courage to confront challenging issues and take responsibility for our collective future.

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Want to build brighter futures to enhance communities?