Resilience
Strengthening household, community, and systemic resilience to crises.
CNFA helps communities and businesses overcome shocks and stresses, such as those associated with climate change and geo-political issues, that threaten to undermine development gains around the world.
Driven by private sector engagement and host-country government support, we design programs to build resilience, enhance the inclusion of marginalized and at-risk communities, and stimulate sustainable economic development. Our programs support interconnected factors such as education, women’s empowerment, access to finance and insurance, local leadership, and self-sufficiency. We work with strong networks of international and local partners who bring expertise in inclusive market and food systems, nutrition, finance, natural resource management, and governance. Through this network we work to improve community-level resilience, open access to functional markets, and promote stability.
Our interventions focus on reducing poverty and increasing economic stability by supporting diversified livelihoods and strengthening household and market networks. We also support communities to adopt climate-smart agricultural practices, produce safe and nutritious foods, manage and protect natural resources, and strengthen social and systemic support systems. When communities and households are supported, they can mobilize their own resources to tackle problems and build and safeguard their assets.
