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Rukozo Evaluation
An evaluation across 21 Spark communities in Rwanda to measure program impacts on civic engagement, cohesion, and livelihoods.
Community of Practice Summit
Spark’s partners attend the Community of Practice Summit to visit a community in Rwanda and learn about the FCAP.
Bururi Program Launch
In early April, the Burundi team launched the FCAP in the province of Bururi, in southern Burundi.
Training the Spark Process
In April, the Spark team in Burundi spent a week training social workers from our partner organization, FVS-AMADE, in the first phases of the Spark Process.
Publications
Research and reports highlighting our work and impact.
Lessons from designing and testing two variations of a “lean” facilitation approach for community driven development programs
Community-driven development programs combine village grants with facilitation, but there is little evidence on how much facilitation is actually needed. To help answer this question, Spark launched an RCT comparing its standard model to a lean facilitation approach, informed by a pilot that identified the minimum support needed while keeping communities in the lead.