WHY is Community Resilience important?

• Every $1 invested in disaster risk reduction is equivalent to $5 - $10 in a disaster response.
• Institutional fatigue is overwhelming international humanitarian agencies who respond to natural and human disasters.  More emphasis needs to be placed on risk reduction initiatives to relieve this burden.
• Investing in Disaster Risk Reduction directly contributes to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• Slow-onset crises, provoked by food insecurity and climate change, are expected to increase in coming years, which is likely to contribute significantly to instability in communities living at or below the poverty line.