Connecting Through Crises: Opportunities and Challenges in Strengthening Informal Support Networks

Despite growing recognition of the critical role that communities themselves play in responding to crises and growing calls for more localized approaches to aid, aid actors continue to operate in ways that are divorced from locally-led support networks. Join USAID’s Center for Resilience and Mercy Corps for a panel discussion to present research findings and explore how donors, policymakers, and practitioners can help strengthen informal support networks as part of their efforts to build resilience in vulnerable communities.