Resilience
The concept of resilience is the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties. It is being able to bounce back financially, economically, socially, and physically from the stress of an adverse event. The frequency and intensity of natural and man-made disasters continues to increase. A systems approach can mitigate and improve our interactions with these events and each other.
Relief:
We provide:
- Comprehensive assessment focusing on immediate needs
- Strategic plan for longer term needs
How we confront and respond to disasters needs to change. We transform how we respond by including all stakeholders in decision making. Together we can determine the best approach to concerns related to disasters. Actions are based on the integration of environmental, social and economic factors. Instead of an ad hoc response to chaos, there can be a coordinated and effective approach, based on the needs of the community and available resources.
Resilience is essential to any effort aimed at fostering individual, community and national health, safety and prosperity. It is often described as the bridge between long-term development investments and humanitarian efforts in response to natural catastrophes and protracted human crises, in response to social, political, economic and environmental vulnerabilities. Resilience must be a multi-hazard, multi-sectoral approach, with current trends and historical perspective, and input from a highly diverse representation of society.