Principles of resilience: Resilience at Mercy Corps

For Mercy Corps, resilience is defined as the capacity of communities in complex socio-ecological systems to learn, cope, adapt, and transform in the face of shocks and stresses. Our role is to understand how systems support the communities we serve, and to ensure that the poor and vulnerable have options and opportunities to become fully integrated into resilient systems. We will continue to serve communities in line with our Vision for Change, seeking to integrate our activities with drivers of change and the civil society, public and private sector actors who can build positive, inclusive, resilient systems.