A Toolkit ​Designed for

Economic Resilience toolkit, a collaborative project with Vrutti, designed to empower ​marginalized households across diverse sociocultural landscapes.

This interactive tool introduces the vital concept of economic resilience, equipping ​communities with the agency to navigate shocks and safeguard their livelihoods.

Understanding economic ​resilence and its role in ​uplifting commuities and ​enableing csos to design ​better solution ​frameworks

The need to demystify ​economic resilience and ​enable marginalized ​households to build ​their resilience to ​withstand shocks.

Develop an Interactive ​toolkit and journey for ​the households to ​assess and enhance ​their own economic ​resilence

Economic Resilence

Economic resilience refers to the ability of households, ​communities, and economies to withstand, recover from, ​and adapt to economic shocks and stresses.

These shocks can include job loss, natural disasters, ​economic downturns, or health crises like pandemics.

For marginalized households, economic resilience is ​particularly crucial as they often lack the resources and ​support systems that more affluent groups can rely on.

Why demystify it?

Demystifying economic resilience involves making it accessible and understandable, ​particularly for marginalized households facing barriers like limited financial literacy, lack ​of access to credit, and inadequate social support. Simplifying the concept and ​providing practical tools can empower these households to build resilience, which is ​essential because it:

Helps maintain a basic ​standard of living despite ​economic shocks.

Encourages effective ​financial management ​strategies.

Lowers the risk of ​falling into poverty due ​to unforeseen events.

Reduces stress related ​to financial instability, ​enhancing mental and ​physical health.

How can we simplify the concept of ​economic resilience for each household ​within underserved communities to ​empower their journey towards ​resilience?

Economic Resilience Toolkit

We crafted an economic resilience toolkit for each of the resilience saathis, which ​includes a brochure, journal, and user guide. This toolkit will enable saathis to ​effectively assist each household on their journey to building resilience.

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Journal

The Resilience Saathi, from the same community, ​will be anchoring the entire interaction, visiting ​households to help map their economic resilience ​journey and provide ongoing support to enhance ​their resilience.

Introducing ​themselves

Talking about

“A Secure Home”

Understanding ​Household ​Resilience

Mapping data ​on Survey CTO

Calculate & Share ​Resilience Score ​with Household

Share Next Steps

& Visit Date

A brochure was created as a conversation starter ​for the saathis, designed to seamlessly initiate ​discussions and set the context for economic ​resilience with each household.

We designed an interactive household journal

that breaks down economic resilience into key ​components: our money, our aspirations, food, health, ​and other areas relevant to each household's reality.

This visually engaging tool features interactive ​prompts to facilitate conversation, along with ​trackers for household members to document ​their growth journey.

The Saathi ​User Guide

A Saathi user guide was meticulously crafted to empower Saathis with conversational ​prompts and comprehensive instructions on utilizing the journal effectively. It serves as ​a vital tool in ensuring engaging and meaningful interactions while guiding households ​through their economic resilience journey.

Persona Mapping

Saathi Sessions

Saathi User Guide

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