Participatory Resilience Analysis and Measurement (PRAM) Tool

Since 1979, Action Against Hunger has engaged in collective efforts that aim to address the root causes of hunger and undernutrition. The impact of natural hazards such as floods, cyclones, earthquakes and drought pose a significant threat to the advancement of this work and the achievement of national and international goals related to achieving zero hunger. Climate change and the potential for increased climate-related shocks and other stresses represent a further challenge to achieving food and nutrition security in many poor and vulnerable communities.
Reducing disaster risk and building resilience to climate change in order to support sustainable livelihoods and food and nutrition security is therefore a core element of Action Against Hunger’s work.
The Participatory Resilience Analysis and Measurement (PRAM) tool was born of the desire to be able to assess, measure and track changes in the resilience levels of households and communities that participate in Action Against Hunger’s targeted disaster prevention and resilience, and nutrition security interventions. Measuring changes in resilience is considered a key element to understanding how resilience manifests itself in different contexts, and can provide a basis for understanding the drivers of resilience in the most vulnerable communities, and therefore how best to address the root causes of vulnerability. The PRAM has been developed with this in mind, and seeks to meet three closely interlinked needs:

• Measure changes in resilience
• Effective targeting of interventions for the most vulnerable
• Inform the design of a programme or project