BANGLADESH:

Location: Dhaka

On 27 April, the first faculty meeting in 2007 was held at Dhaka ICA office and the six faculties practised ORID. We are going to organize such meeting once in a month. Nicolien is going to join our next faculty meeting on 11 May.

On 28 April ICA Bangladesh members met Nicolien at her residence in Dhaka. Nicolien is from the Netherlands and has been working with ICA for a long time. For last few years she has been working in the Enbassy of the Netherlands in Afghanistan and Dhaka. Nicolien has been in Bangladesh for one year and she will be based in Dhaka two years more. We are very pleased to get her in Dhaka and we are really greatful to her for her generous support to ICA Bangladesh. She invited us for a dinner and to share about how we can get her assistance. Aziz, Selina, Alamgir, Shipon and Sahalam visted her on 28 April. Aziz presented her the planning docments of ICA Bangladesh. She is very kind enough to assist us in writing some proposals for ICA Bangladesh. We shared about our plans for MDG workshop, deforestration workshop and sub-continental gathering to be held later this year in Dhaka. It was a very successful meeting.

Aziz has stared inviting potential organizations for participating in the 2008 ICA Global Conference in Tokyo. In this connection some correspondence has been made with some NGOs like BRAC, and some Univerities.

Azizur Rahman           admin@ica-bangladesh.org

CANADA:

Exciting changes are happening at ICA Canada in the Youth as Facilitative
Leaders programme.

Leah Taylor is the new co-ordinator of YFL. She comes to this position with
an in-depth knowledge of the programme as she worked with me for 2 summers
doing research and project development. In addition, she has been sitting on
ICA Canada's board for the past 3 years.

I am moving on to a position at the United Way of Greater Toronto in their
Organizational Capacity Building unit. My new contact information as of
Monday, April 30 is: cnaiman@uwgt.org 416-777-2001

Leah can be reached at 416-691-2316x232 or ltaylor@icacan.ca effective
immediately.

Cara Naiman

JAPAN:

Location: Japan and  Worldwide

The 2008 Global Conference

The final touches to the next conference brochure were sent to Susumu Harada, now that ICAI and ICA Japan have colaboratively created a really great brochure.  We apologize for the delay, but you will be really pleased with the final outcome after the long wait.We have turned to the final selection of the conference venue and to fund raising, and are busy creating a revised budget!Global

Project Activities

Kaoru is dialogueing with Pune, India regarding a fine project for India, due for submission in June.

Naomi is preparing for multiple projects in Kenya and the annual NTT study tour - work camp.MFTC

Andrew completed another 4 day training with a first class client with outstanding success, and has almost completed an entirely new website for Millennium Facilitation, Training, and Consulting - MFTC !

Wayne Ellsworth           wayne@icajapan.org

NEPAL:

Location: Kathmandu Nepal

ICA Nepal in this Week!

There was a hectic schedule for ICA Nepals key staffs to work out in training/facilitation, publishing the report of Civil Society Index, preparation of developing different proposals and other day to day works.

ICA Nepal is starting the 10 days training on Trainers training on training and facilitation from April 29. ICA Nepal will be publishing two new books in next month which will be presented to Global Assembly in Glasgow on Global Assembly CIVICUS.We also reviewed the progress of work about the Human Development Project that is implemented in partnership with MISEREOR, Germany in the Western part of Nepal.

Regarding the proposal development, we decided that two proposals will be submitted to EU and IFAD.  This week, ICA Nepal staff attended meeting organised by European Union regarding new initiative in Nepal.   

Hemant Pokhrel,        ica@icanep.wlink.com.np
Director, Human Development Project

TANZANIA:

Location: Monduli

ICA Tanzania conducted training for traditional leaders and religious leaders on HIV/AIDS, this was a preparation for YFL program in Mto wa mbu town and nearby villages which are resided by pastoralist Maasai people. 20 participants attended, After the leaders training it was followed by five days training for youth from different groups, these youth will be facilitators on their groups on implementing YFL project on HIV/AIDS. this training was facilitated by Charles Luoga and Elizabeth Mroso the HIV/AIDS counselol at ICA HIV testing center, 20 participants attended at the program was covered by Radio Five station in Arusha City.

Charles Luoga           cluoga@yahoo.co.uk

ZIMBABWE:

ICA Zimbabwe last week held a two day HIV/AIDS training workshop in Mufakose under its vision of mitigating the impact of AIDS. The event was facilitated by Beverley and Easther. The workshop was attended by a group of twenty women and generated a lot of excitement and sharing of new and interesting ideas.

We also had a staff meeting last week to review the planned activities for the first quarter and also plan for activities for the second quarter. Mr Gomani confirmed that the brochure is completed and would be available soon.

A trekking system was put into place for the purpose of managing the project proposals that were sent out to the corporate world. A staff training on HIV/AIDS was held as part of the preparations for the several HIV/AIDS training workshops lined up for the coming two months.     

Two proposals were submitted to ICA Japan and Mr Gomani is currently preparing for his trip to UK where he intends to link with ICA-UK and learn more about their youth programme.

Easther Razerera

ICAI:

Location: Montreal

Lambert, Sarah, and Katie had a busy week, as we transition to more regular office operations. Lambert finished up meetings in NY at the UN Forum on Forests, as well as with UNDP, Ford Foundation, and AJWS. Worked with ICA Japan to finalize the conference brochure, and made progress on the conference plan and budget. First conference call with Terry Carter, the lawyer assisting us with application for charitable status. Final design and editorial changes made to the 2006 Annual Report, which will go out to everyone shortly. Developed a revised general operating budget. Also set up payroll system, got the accounting system up and running in Montreal, and prepared to produce a financial report through the end this month. Also, made progress on a set of major proposals that will go out by the end of May.

Celebrated Sarah’s birthday, everything we have accomplished so far, and the exciting days ahead.

Staff           info@ica-international.org