A حلقة “halqa” is the Arabic term for ring or circle. It is also used to describe a discussion-based learning gathering, often times religious, but not necessarily. In Marrakech, Morocco, tellers of tales in the town square gather “halqas” around them as they dramatically share stories. We chose “halqa” as the name for our health circles to capture the idea of we are all coming together around a captivating story to learn and discuss.
Maybe you were asking more practically?? It is a small gathering of women around a health topic that is facilitated but not taught towards to goal of each participant engaging, implementing and sharing the lesson with others.

The first step is to join the learning community through the Halqa Health Circles 101 course offered asynchronously

We use “holistic” to acknowledge the interconnected nature of our lives physically, emotionally, relationally, and spiritually. As well as to indicate that our lessons reflect a wide range of topics covering more tangible needs like: nutrition and vaccines, and branching into more complex relational and emotional health topics like: mental health, healthy relationships, and child safe guarding.

The majority of the lessons can be found in English, Moroccan Arabic, and Hindi. A growing number of lessons can be found in French, Swahili, and Spanish.