The Share Trust, Concern Worldwide and Code Innovation worked together to understand how the Self Help Group network in Somalia is supporting individuals and communities to cope with shocks and stresses due to drought and conflict. Funded by the UK Department for International Development, we explored the existing evidence base, convened existing SHG practitioners to learn how they could best be supported to build a thriving ecosystem of SHGs, and investigated the role that SHGs play in people’s ability to cope with crisis.