In order to help us understand what it is to build resilience, Ailsa Holloway from the Research Alliance for Disaster and Risk Reduction or RADAR (http://www.radar.org.za) identifies regional and global factors that may impact the lives and livelihoods of southern Africans and, as importantly, the available capacities to address these challenges. She refers in particular to the report “Humanitarian Trends in Southern Africa: Challenges and Opportunities” (https://reliefweb.int/report/malawi/h…).