Working in Charlands: Mobility, Risk, and Reach

Char Kajol and similar coastal charlands force a rethink of static programme design. Households move; embankments shift; the reachable population in April is not the same as in September.

CCI’s PRICCE pilot and charland mobility research treat this as a design constraint, not a footnote. Sampling frames, volunteer networks, and trigger timing must adapt.

Early warning that only reaches permanent structures will miss mobile livelihood groups

Inclusive AA in charlands therefore invests in mobility calendars, flexible targeting, and relationships with informal leaders who move with communities.

These lessons travel well to other hard-to-reach geographies where climate risk and mobility intertwine

Programme highlights

• Design for mobility, not permanence
• Update sampling and volunteer maps seasonally
• Flex targeting and shelter assumptions
• Learn across hard-to-reach geographies

CCI embeds gender-responsive methodologies, disability-inclusive data collection, and intersectional analysis across all fieldwork and reporting — not as an add-on, but as a core design principle.