CAC's Resilience Movement unlocks agency at the household, community, and ecosystem level so vulnerable communities can endure, recover from, and adapt to shocks on their own terms, without compromising their long-term well-being.
Learn more about our Resilience MovementHouseholds facing socio-economic challenges and recurring environmental or humanitarian shocks.
Organisations working directly with households. Facilitators ground the resilience approach by applying various tools and frameworks to enable households to identify their resilience status, and unlock solutions towards resilience.
Organisations providing support to households and facilitators (technology, research, evidence, capacity strengthening, funding, communications, knowledge, etc.) for resilience.
Individuals and organisations, as CAC members or followers interested in being connected to the resilience movement, to learn from the journey, and contribute over time.
How our strategic partner ecosystem unlock the scale, capital, and trust needed to build lasting community resilience.
Answer: The Resilience Movement is a household-centred approach that helps households understand the challenges they face, make plans with informed decisions, and take action to build stronger, more resilient lives. It brings together communities, civil society organisations, governments, and other partners to help households prepare for, respond to, and recover from future challenges—shifting development from solving problems on behalf of households to enabling households to solve problems for themselves.
Answer: Know Your Resilience (KYR) is a simple tool that households can use by themselves or with the support of facilitators. It helps households recognise the challenges they face, understand their strengths and vulnerabilities, prioritise what matters most, and develop an action to overcome the challenge. Through continuous learning and action, households strengthen their ability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from future challenges, building resilience across all aspects of their lives.
Answer: So far, there has been just one network or collaborative, without roles and any differentiation. As we deepen our work on Resilience at different levels, we believe that it is important to categorise and enable members to play to their strengths. This also allows Community Action Collab (CAC) (aka the network or collab) to optimally align support and opportunities, truly hosting the Resilience Movement.
The Resilience Movement is more than a network—it is a new way of working. Instead of everyone participating in the same way, organisations can now choose roles that best match their strengths and aspirations. This helps members contribute more meaningfully while enabling CAC to provide more focused support, learning, and collaboration opportunities.
Answer: No, it is becoming more focused on Resilience expansion, at the household, community, and ecosystem levels, which has been its mission since the Pandemic (COVID-19).
No. CAC's mission remains the same. The Resilience Movement provides a clearer way of advancing that mission by strengthening resilience at the household, community, and ecosystem levels.
Answer: Members can self-select their respective category from the options Resilience Facilitator, Enabler or Explorer by completing the form. The categories indicate the focus in the context of the Resilience Movement, so most organisations will find a fit in one of the three categories. If you're unsure, we are happy to schedule a 1:1 call. To learn more about the categories & respective roles, please visit CAC website.
Categories are not assigned. Your organisation can choose the category that best reflects its current strengths and future aspirations. If you're unsure, we're happy to explore the options with you and help you identify the category that's the best fit.
Answer: You can choose only one category at a time. Choose one which seems more connected, relevant and aligned with your current work and focus under which you would like to engage with the CAC network. You may always change your category at a later stage as per your convenience.
Answer: Current members who do not respond to the email or fill out the form will be initially categorised as Resilience Explorers.They can always reach out later if they would like to discuss a different role.
Answer: Individuals are welcome to join and will likely fit in the Enabler or Explorer categories. We are co-creating roles for individuals and are happy to hear from you on where you see opportunities.
Answer: The form with log-in is designed & developed for the benefit of the organisation. You may create an account using the login link. Once the account is created, you would receive a confirmation email in the registered email along with credentials including changing the password for the same. You may use those credentials to log-in again and fill the form to submit the same.
Answer: We acknowledge that most organisations work on multiple aspects. Given your organisation’s current focus and future aspirations, you could choose any category that best resonates with you. After a year (or less, if necessary), you could also choose to change categories.
If your ambition now and in the future is to enable household and community development, the Resilience Facilitator may be where you’d fit, especially if you’d like to learn to approach households and your work from a fresh perspective (not continue what you have done so far).
Many organisations work across multiple areas. Choose the category that best reflects where you create the greatest value today and where you want to contribute in the future. Your category isn't permanent—you can move as your role evolves.
Answer: Given your organisation’s current focus and future aspirations, you could choose any category that best resonates with you. After a year (or less, if necessary), you could also choose to change categories. This is what we mean by flexibility.
Enablers can become Explorers, or Explorers can become Facilitators, and yes, Facilitators can also become Explorers. These are roles that organisations are playing in a larger movement, and so need to be carefully considered decisions, but no one is locked into a role permanently.
Answer: Resilience Facilitators will make a journey and co-create the movement (as well as others). The commitment is significant because the proximity, influence, and relationship with people are the most intense. Therefore, Facilitators are not “delivering” programmes or services; they are “facilitating” expansion of capacities and, in the process, will also evolve themselves. Your organisation’s work, perspectives, funding, etc., will evolve over a period of time as the households you work with behave and engage with you in new ways.
The effort will involve your mind and heart, your time and energy, just like if you worked with a group of mentors or advisors. You will also be working with many organisations that you didn't know before, so there will be many new things. So there will be struggles, but we believe the potential is exponential.
You will decide the day-to-day - this is not a pre-designed program - and you will be in charge, but we are co-travellers and co-creators, so there is an expectation of commitment.
As a Resilience Facilitator, your day-to-day work continues with the communities you already serve. The difference is that you will integrate KYR into your engagement, support households to understand and strengthen their resilience, participate in regular learning forums, and contribute to improving the movement through shared learning. The exact approach will evolve through co-creation rather than a fixed programme.
Answer: All MOUs are intended to be binding and commit both parties to the agreements in the document. However, we don’t intend to take people to court - the effort is only to bring seriousness and understand that a breach will mean a change in categories, as well as the benefits/opportunities.
Answer: Consistent non-participation would eventually mean that the role within the network has to change. The MOUs and/or charters will be accompanied by support to enable participation. We believe that once the importance and value are felt, bi-monthly participation will not be a challenge.
Answer: Virtual, in-person, and hybrid spaces to learn, share, and reflect with peers, experts, and the community are what you can expect. These are being carefully crafted and curated, but your inputs and suggestions are welcome.
Answer: There are many options, and they will need to be determined with the organisation. There are several pathways that are possible, and specifics will be shared with those committing to specific roles.
Answer: There is no fee in any category - that you or we pay. How we mobilise resources for the work is part of the journey and we have some ideas.
Answer: Explorers will get quarterly updates (emails) and webinar invites (4 per year).
Answer: Yes — a 1:1 or group call (based on demand) can be scheduled with those who request this.
Answer: Confirmation or acknowledgement of your submission is immediate. Within a month of the deadline, you can expect to receive additional information based on your selection, as well as timelines on the next steps.
Resilience Facilitators and Enablers each have different roles, and hence, orientation processes will vary. The proposed timelines will also change based on your current workload, so we anticipate 3 months before you feel comfortable in your role and get started with “action”.
You'll receive an acknowledgement immediately after submitting the form. Within a month of the deadline, we'll share your next steps, orientation process, and timelines based on the role you've selected.
Answer: We do not expect any disruptions, but increased collaboration, deeper relationships, and even more work to take place. If you are anxious about anything in particular, please bring it to our attention.
Answer: Given your organisation’s current focus and future aspiration, you could choose the Resilience Facilitator category. We will be taking all members in this category through a process of planning and thinking. If during the process, the Facilitator role does not seem to be a good fit, it can be changed.
The number of households is only one consideration. More important is your willingness to work closely with households and adopt the household-centred resilience approach.