Action at the Frontline is a response to reality, designed to strengthen local capacities for learning and action in the face of everyday disasters; building community resilience. The program enables civil society organizations and communities to work and learn together; understanding shocks and stresses that impact their development, shape plans of action, identify partnerships and resources secured locally, take action based on local capacities and resources, learn from their actions in order to sustain progress and build resilience,  learn from and share with other participating communities to discover other innovative and relevant local level strategies and actions, create political space and influence through their partnerships, actions and learning to influence underlying causes at national and global level. Donor:GNDR, UK