The term resilience refers to the capacity of people, groups and  communities to face up to, rise above and end up transformed by adversity. When we find ourselves in situations which appear to have no solution, resilience invites us to unlock the paralysed vision, find your way out of the dead-end and go along new paths. It’s about rediscovering the extraordinary capacities that ordinary people possess.

The resilience process is rather like the creation of a peral within the oyster: when a grain of sand enters the shell and attacks it, the oyster secretes mother-of-pearl in order to defend itself. And, as a result, it produces a brilliant, precious stone. This is the pearl you’ll find in this book.