In summary, the project’s key focus is on building the capacities and perspectives of the community reporters and creating the space within the two slums for a more shared and public understanding of health. We do this in three phases through intensive training workshops and engagement workshops with three kinds of public - first slum residents, and then health researchers and government officials— to collectively examine, reflect and realize care- seeking for shaping health in slum settlements.The community reporters are at the centre of this project to: – a) lead community-led assessment of health issues within and outside the slum clusters; b) collaborating with researchers at IIHS to bridge the gap in policy research and bring scientific knowledge into conversation with more local idioms of well-being and health; and c) mobilising communities to reach out to the public health agencies where the present healthcare systems can integrate their specific needs. If the project succeeds, its gains in public engagement will extend far beyond just health and this timeline but will create a generation of slum residents with the skills, perspective and passion to become the next generation of leaders.