This learning paper examines how soap-making when integrated with hygiene-focused behaviour promotion, contributed to improved access to soap and reinforced handwashing practices in a highly constrained Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) setting.

This solutions brief shares practical and replicable local knowledge to increase resilience in Nij Goddimari village in Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh.

The Hanaano Programme integrates nutrition, livelihoods, WASH, natural resource management, social and behaviour change, gender equality and conflict sensitivity approaches, to prevent child wasting.  

In the southern District of Nsanje, Malawi, communities are establishing banana plantations to serve as both sources of food and income, as well as enhancing the resilience of farmers and their families against the adverse effects of climate shocks, such as droughts and heavy rain.   

Concern Worldwide works with communities on the frontlines of climate change; those who have lost homes, those at risk of displacement, and those adapting to new realities. We hear stories not just about hardship but also about resilience and renewal. 

In Malawi’s Nsanje District, where flooding is a recurring threat during rainy seasons, communities have long grappled with the devastating impacts of extreme weather To increase disaster preparedness and response through the timely sharing of early warning messages and weather forecast the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance programme is leveraging one of the most widely used communication tools globally: WhatsApp.  

Working with communities, local Community Resilience Action Groups (CRAGs) and the government, Concern identified that a nature-based solutions (NBS) approach could be an effective solution to control canal and riverbank erosion.

By strengthening the knowledge and ability of communities to engage or influence government decision making, communities are able to improve their overall resilience.

When we think of displacement, whether internal or across borders, we often picture refugee camps or informal settlements. Yet, these visible sites accommodate less than half of the world’s forcibly displaced population.

The BRCiS consortium works to create sustainable, community-led solutions that enhance long-term resilience and reduce dependency on emergency aid in Somalia. 

“Surging Hope" is a photobook featuring the Zurich Flood Resilience Programme, highlighting the journey of resilience through challenges faced by the flood-prone communities in northern Bangladesh residing at the forefront of the climate crisis for generations.

Flooding poses a major global threat, with recent research revealing that over 20% of the world’s population lives in areas at risk of a 1-in-100-year flood. This danger is most acute for low-income households, and cause some of the largest economic, social and humanitarian losses.

Abuk Wieu in front of her tukul house constructed using savings from the Village Savings and Loans Association.

This Flood Resilience Measurement for Communities (FRMC) process brief demonstrates how to measure the resilience of a community to floods before and after intervention. 

This issue of Knowledge Matters highlights the wide range of approaches adopted by Concern in promoting climate resilience across multiple countries.

This issue of Knowledge Matters is a special edition from Concern’s Emergency Directorate compiled to coincide with World Humanitarian Day 2023.

This policy brief from the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance programme in Bangladesh explores local level funding of disaster management.

This evaluation examines Concern's and local partner Social Assistance and Rehabilitation for the Physically Vulnerable (SARPV) response to the fire in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh in March 2021.

This evaluation examines the impact of the Community Based Disaster Risk Management component of the Building Disaster Resilience in Pakistan (BDRP) programme.

This evaluation examines the impact of Concern's interventions in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh for the Rohingya Emergency Response from 2017 - 2020.

Technical resources developed by Concern Advisers for emergency and development programming during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This issue of Knowledge Matters showcases the various ways Concern engages communities in our development and humanitarian work.

This report presents the learning and understanding of natural capital from the implementation of the Flood Resilience Measurement for Communities (FRMC) tool in the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance programme in Bangladesh.

Foundations for Change Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance Phase II Lessons from Year 2.

This report presents the findings from the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance research into how chronic gaps in adaptation finance expose the world's most vulnerable people to climate chaos.

This is the final evaluation of the Responding to Pakistan's Internally Displaced (RAPID) Fund (RAPID Fund-II) 2013-2019. RAPID Fund-II was an USAID-OFDA funded multisectoral program responding to large scale man-made and natural disasters in Pakistan.

This edition of Knowledge Matters captures lessons from the Improving Resilience in South Sudan Project.

This report explores the links between gender-based violence, and the resilience shown by survivors, their households and the wider community.

This paper captures and shares key lessons from the XCSEL project in Mozambique.