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Rwanda Launches $6 million Project to Advance Citizen Engagement
Kigali, 22 September 2021- Spark Microgrants has launched a $6 million project to strengthen citizen engagement, and support livelihoods and income-generation in rural areas under the financial support of…
Spark's 10 Year Anniversary!
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Improving Livelihoods
Read Spark’s Ongoing Community Assessment about our impact on livelihoods in communities
Governance and CDD
New blog post on how community-driven development improves governance and policymaking.
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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.