Your calm place for times of crisis.
A community of women turning anxiety and information overload into a simple, practical plan. For you, your family and your pets. No panic, and no survival camps in the woods.
If you feel that…
tick off in your head what fits…then you're in the right place.
You don't have to stop being afraid straight away. A small first step is enough.
Start with a short test →- you'd rather not think about it, because it's upsetting and you're afraid you'll tempt fate,
- you're tired of the anxiety and the flood of information online,
- you're responsible for lots of people, and pets too,
- you feel alone and overwhelmed with it all,
- you'd rather avoid the subject, because talking about it only makes the fear worse,
- every new piece of news leaves you feeling low rather than ready with a plan…
Online survival content doesn't speak to you? No wonder.
Most content about crisis preparation is harsh, military and set somewhere in a forest. And you look at your family, your children, your parents, your dog, and think: that's not what it would look like for us. You're right. Your preparation happens at home, in your wallet, on your phone and in conversations with the people you love.
- 62%
of women say they don't know how to act in an emergency.
Among men it's 36%.
- 15%
of women have ever had any contact with crisis preparation (training, a civil defence course, an organisation).
Among men it's 53%.
- 82%
of people working in healthcare and social care are women.
Society relies on these people in a crisis.
Sources: CBOS (Public Opinion Research Centre) 2024 and 2022, GUS (Statistics Poland) 2024; as cited in the Stefan Batory Foundation report "Filar, a nie zaplecze. Kobiety w obronie powszechnej i odporności w Polsce" (A pillar, not the back-up: women in civil defence and resilience in Poland) (2026).
How ready are you for 72 hours without power?
Answer a few questions about your home. You'll get a score and a to-do list, starting with the most urgent. We take children, older relatives and pets into account.
Do you have enough drinking water at home for everyone in your household for 3 days?
You don't have to do this alone
A small, moderated group of women on Circle.
- We don't scare each other.
- We share our sources.
- We respect each other's decisions, whether to stay or to leave.
Gotowa na kryzys is your calm place in difficult times.
We don't predict the future. We prepare for its different versions. We help you turn anxiety and information chaos into a simple plan: for you, your loved ones and your pets.
Don't want to think about it? We understand.
Thinking about a crisis is unpleasant, and many of us put it off. But preparing doesn't bring a crisis any closer, just as a fire extinguisher in the kitchen doesn't start a fire. It gives you peace of mind, because you know what you'll do.
We start with everyday life.
No power, no water or no signal. No horror scenarios.
A plan reduces anxiety.
Fear feeds on not knowing. Concrete facts take that away.
A prepared society protects itself.
A country of prepared people is a harder target, and a calm, well-informed woman is resistant to panic and disinformation.
Source: Stefan Batory Foundation, "Filar, a nie zaplecze. Kobiety w obronie powszechnej i odporności w Polsce" (A pillar, not the back-up: women in civil defence and resilience in Poland) (2026).
- Fear
- Information
- Understanding
- Plan
- Preparation
- Agency
Knowledge without panic
Trusted sources, and learning to tell information from disinformation.
A plan instead of fear
Concrete steps for your home, family, children, pets and finances.
Women by your side
A calm, moderated community where you're not alone with it.
we're not a war news site, a survivalist group or a place for political arguments. We don't tell you to "leave" or to "stay".
From fear to a plan in three steps
- 1
See where you are
A short readiness test for 72 hours without power or internet. You get a score and a list of things to do, starting with the most urgent.
- 2
Get your plan
Concrete steps for the coming weeks, tailored to your home: children, older relatives, pets, heating.
- 3
Don't do it alone
Join the Readiness Circle, where women are going through the same thing, calmly and step by step.
Your scenario, because every answer is okay
- I'm staying.
How to prepare your home and family.
- I'm leaving.
How to plan leaving with children and pets.
- I don't know yet.
How to set your own decision criteria without obsessively following the news.
Everything you need, in one calm place.
- 01
Information without panic
How to tell facts from disinformation and build a healthy information diet.
- 02
Your safety plan
Plan A: I'm staying. Plan B: I'm leaving. Plan C: I need to act right now.
- 03
Home
Water, food, light, heat and staying in touch without power.
- 04
Evacuation
What to take, how to pack a grab bag and how to plan your route.
- 05
Children
How to talk about difficult things without frightening them.
- 06
Pets
An emergency plan for your dog or cat: documents, transport, care.
- 07
Finances
Cash, access to your accounts and a rainy-day budget.
- 08
Calm and self-regulation
Simple exercises that help you get back to doing things when anxiety hits.
We rely on official sources, including the Ministry of the Interior's safety guide (Poradnik bezpieczeństwa, MSWiA). For every resource we give the source and the date it was last updated.
"Be afraid, and act anyway."
About the project
Gotowa na kryzys brings together experts and activists around a shared cause: the resilience of women, and of society as a whole, in times of crisis. We work calmly, practically and without scaremongering, because a prepared woman means a stronger family, neighbourhood and community.
Join the project as an expert