About Bridges of Resilience

Strengthening communities to support women affected by psychological trauma

Bridges of Resilience

What We Do

Bridges of Resilience strengthens how communities support women affected by psychological trauma.

We combine frontline worker training, community mentorship, and a digital platform, supported by AI, to detect trauma early, offer trauma-informed ‘first aid,’ connect women with mentors who share their lived experience, and generate insights that guide global systems of care.

Mission

To provide accessible, culturally grounded trauma support for women through digital tools, community mentorship, and data-driven systems change, beginning in underserved communities worldwide.

Vision

A global, scalable system where every woman can access support for psychological trauma, regardless of geography, resources, or stigma, and where community connection, technology, and evidence work together to help women heal and thrive.

Our Story

Bridges of Resilience was born from years of global fieldwork, storytelling, and research into women’s resilience after psychological trauma. Through Faces of Resilience, a global documentary project, and ongoing doctoral research, Anna J. Frandsen witnessed the same pattern across cultures: women heal through connection, community, and being understood.

BoR is the evolution of that insight into a scalable digital system that communities everywhere can adapt and implement.

Core Values

Dignity

Every woman is seen, respected, and valued.

Safety

Emotional, physical, and digital safety guide all design decisions.

Equity

We prioritize communities with the least access to formal mental health care.

Learning

We adapt based on data, research, and lived experience

Community

Healing grows from relationship, trust, and shared experience.

Co-Creation

Implementation is designed with local partners, mentors, and survivors.

This work exists because women’s resilience deserves to be supported.

Bridges of Resilience is building tools, training, and pathways so women recovering from trauma from underserved communities, and the people who support them, are never alone.

This work is grounded in research, fieldwork, and deep respect for lived experience. If it resonates with you, you’re warmly invited to be part of what we’re building.

Every contribution helps us build responsibly and ethically.