Global Resilience Challenge – Round 1

The Global Resilience Challenge supported millions of vulnerable people in the Sahel, the Horn of Africa and South East Asia better adapt to shocks and chronic stresses and thrive in a more resilient future. Ten projects were focused on transforming risk around shocks and stresses experienced across the geographies into opportunities. Challenge winners were funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Satellite Technologies, Innovative and Smart Financing for Food Security (SATISFy)

Addressing the challenge presented by uninsured risks

Resilient Rural Livelihoods in Ecologically Fragile Drylands of the Sahel

Helping small scale farmers experiment with agro-ecological innovations

Building Resilience of Smallholder Farmers in Southeast Asia

Building resilience among coconut farmers in the Philippines

Taking Risk out of Agricultural Trade for Relief and Development Enhanced with Resilience (TRADER)

Transforming the livestock market in the Horn of Africa

Meteorological Early Warning Systems to Build Resilience to Acute Climate‐Induced Shocks

Empowering local communities with innovative early warning weather systems

Linking Social and Financial Capital to Enhance Resilience of Agro-Pastoral Communities (LEAP) in Niger and Mali

Disability and Disasters: Empowering people and building resilience to risk

Strengthening the voices of people with disabilities who are disproportionately affected by climate-related disasters

Devising local coping mechanisms and adaptation technologies to build climate-resilience capacities of urban poor in South Asia

Empowering women from slums in South Asian cities

Harnessing the Power of Technology to Catalyze Value Chain Efficiency Improvements to Build Resilience, Catalyze Inclusion and Reach Vulnerable Smallholders

Addressing inefficient and fragmented value chains by utilising technology

Connecting Roads, Water and Livelihoods for Resilience

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