One Billion Coalition for Resilience
“Engaging 1 billion people on the road to their resilience will require a shift in the way we operate.”

One Billion Coalition
for Resilience
“Engaging 1 billion people on the road to their resilience will require a shift in the way we operate.”
Workstreams
Network-wide partnering
Collective impact
- Make communities safer at wide scale.
- Link people and communities around the world, bridging low-, middle-, and high-income.
- Engage people, communities, and partners as co-organizers.
- Combine local solutions, using building blocks from our successes elsewhere.
Partners and activities

Global Partners
- Connecting Business initiative
- UNICEF
- WFP
- The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
News
- Updating Resilience Mapper
- Collecting resources and examples for Local Action starter kit
- Local Engagement Grants (proposal with UPS)
- Innovations for Resilience workshop held with WFP

Regional Partners
- MUrgency
- ProFuturo Foundation
- WFP
- UNICEF
News
- The Nigerian Red Cross, IFRC, MUrgency and a local corporate partner are conducting scoping activities for the rollout of an innovative first responder network using Nigerian Red Cross first aid volunteers.
- The IFRC and the ProFuturo Foundation are finalizing plans for clountry piloting of a collaboration to promote safety and health content and activities in life skills education.

Regional Partners
- The IFRC and The Nature Conservancy have used a coalition model for collaboration for a programme on Enhancing Coastal Resilience in Grenada. See more details in the Saving lives, changing minds. At the Water’s Edge Project report.

Regional Partners
- Prudence Foundation
- National Geographic
- Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
- ASEAN
- Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Multi-Hazards Program
News
- In April 2018, the IFRC Asia and Pacific Regional Office hosted the 10 National Societies from ASEAN countries to start adapting or creating their own national targets and campaigns
- 1BC was presented at the IFRC East Asia Summitin March 2018.

Regional Partners
- UNICEF
News
- “Neighbours help first” is being developed among the South East European Red Cross National Societies as a framework for mutual support in responding to local crises
- The Tajikistan Red Crescent Society is working with the Ministry of Health, UNOPS, and other partners to design innovative community mobilisation strategies to address the risks of diabetes and hypertension as part of the Defeat NCDs partnership

Regional Partners
- In development
News
- The Iraq Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has established a 1BC Platform in Iraq after the Humanitarian Forum meeting held in Baghdad in December 2018. Subsequently the Prime Minster’s office requested that IRCS take the lead in development of the Iraq National DRR strategy. The initial aim is to establish community resilience teams in all of the districts throughout Iraq, providing as well a framework for addressing climate change within the IRCS and partner strategies.
- The Moroccan Red Crescent has also expressed interest to engage and is currently exploring potential resourcing to support initial activities.
Key Resources
Progress to date
Existing projects:
calculating
people reached
1 billion people
Commitments:
calculating
people targeted
1 billion people
See the 1BC Resilience Mapper for more details.
Are you part of the One Billion Coalition?
The 1BC is an invitation to governments, aid organizations, the private sector, academia and community groups to collaborate on a new model, working alongside communities, and invest in initiatives and action to build resilience.