February 2026

Since 2023, SPARC began sharpening and deepening its focus on health via exploring the idea of creating community health committees and strengthening them over time to take up health action in their neighborhoods. The action has a simple goal, the neighborhood insights and knowledge around elements of health and its social determinants of health are deepened. Communities learn which are the set of things for good health that they can do themselves within their neighborhoods and which things require seeking accountability from their duty bearers. All activities around capacity building engage the committees in an action learning fashion where they learn by being active participants in the process.