BANGLADESH:
Location: Chandpur
ICA Bangladesh distributed relief on the eve of Eid to 29 flood affected
families on 11 october 2007 in 7 Number Tarporchundi Union of Chandpur
Subdistrict under Chandpur District.
Dhaka ICA also distributed learning
materials to 40 underprivioleged children located in Ghoramara Asrayan Prokalpa
area on the same day. ICA memebr Md. Abdul Bari donated an amount spent for
half of the total relief expenses. ICA members - Mr. Md. Bilal Hossain, Tapan
Bhattacharjee, Md. Habibur Rahman, Md. Sahalam Khan, and Mohammad Azizur Rahman
were present in the program.
ICA Bangladesh executive director Aziz met some
members of a local NGO - Ongiker Bangladesh and discussed about the possible
partnership in the field of community-based household waste management. Aziz
informed them of the November-Decemebr ICA gathering in Dhaka and our Chandpur
Ghoramara project.
ICA Bangladesh greeted ICA folks on the eve of Eid and Durga
Puja. ICA members also visited site of the integrated community development
project in Chandpur with other Dhaka ICA members.
Aziz admin@ica-bangladesh.org
ICA ASSOCIATES INC. (Canada)
Bill Staples taught the Focused Conversation method to a group from the Ontario
Public Service.
Duncan Holmes facilitated a strategy pranning workshop with
Seimens, one of our few public sector clients recently.
We launched a new series
of community development training modules with The United Way of Greater
Toronto. This series is focused on organizational leadership. Jo Nelson taught
the first session. She, Bill Staples and Duncan Holmes will lead the
sessions.
Wayne Nelson wnelson@ica-associates.ca
NEPAL:
Location: Rasuwa District
This week ICA Nepal conducted two workshops in Rasuwa district situated in the
north part of Nepal. The workshop was focused on revealing underlying causes of
forest destruction in himalayan region. In each programme, there were 35
participants belonging to various governmental and nongovernmental
organisations. ICA Nepal has conducted simlar workshops in 4 other districts as
well. Global Forest Coalition - GFC- has supported ICA Nepal to reveal
underlying causes of forest destruction and build awareness among indigenous
communities safeguarding their rights.
Tatwa P. Timsina ica@icanep.wlink.com.np
NIGERIA (NIRADO):
Location: Nigeria
NIRADO RESTRUCTURES
At the 2007 Annual General Meeting of our great Organisation which took place on August 30th, 2007 various decisions were taken to place the organisation on a proper pedestal to enable it face the challenges of the 21st century. The decisions are:
1. The organisation’s name will go through a phased change of name from NIRADO to NIRADO-ICA and then to ICA, Nigeria.
2. The membership of the Board is now reduced from 14 - 8, with the new Board made up of the Mrs.Aderoju Odunsi (President), Prof Isaac Akinyele (Vice President), Rev Eric Ighalo (Secretary General), (Asst Secretary General – to be selected later), Chief Owolola Olatunji (Treasurer) Edward Isiwu (Publicity Secretary) Mr N.A. Yusuph and Mr M.O. Raleigh-Joe (ex-officio Members).
3. The Membership is also being revitalized to become real membership driven with embership benefits put in place. Membership is now categorized as follows:
- Associate Members
- Full Members
- Sustaining Members
4. Management Structure: NIRADO will now have an Executive Director and fresh recruitment for all positions will be carried out, with advertisements placed in the media, before the end of the year.
DOCUMENTATION TREK
Dick Alton of IC&A USA visited Nigeria from August 6 – 9, 2007 as part of the African ICA HIV/AIDS Fund raising program. The purpose is to help document the work and lay the ground work for future program and funding opportunities.
During the week, Opebi Senior Grammar School had 21 science students who are part of a 40 member Anti-AIDS group went through a four day course. The four days was centered on facilitative leaders training, HIV/AIDS learning and life skills. On the last day the head of VCT training for the local government came and gave them a highly interactive session on some of the basics of testing and the working of the virus. It was amazing to see what 15 and 16 years can grasp when you challenge them.
The highlight of the week was a flight to Abuja to visit both USAID and Management Science for Health (MSH) a new partner in the USA. A meeting with the Project Director found many possible areas for collaboration: MSH is presently working on new Indigenous NGO Training/capacity building to handle USA Government funding. MOST is MSH NGO management tool: assessment is a self assessment so can think about your organisation, rate them, identify six top issues- good process, MSH just facilitates the process; 2) working with Government-HIV/AIDS, TB and Neglected diseases; 3) Women and OVC;4) Fellowship- people who know about HIV/AIDS and management of NGOs; and 5)Treatment-VCT/Pediatrics/ARV/Palliative care/TB. Right now have 10 sites- 2 States with a results-oriented Funding- do well and get more funding next time.
The visit with USAID was to look at Nigeria USAID strategies in light of preparation for a PEPFAR New Partner Initiative (NPI) submission for October.
Hannah Anighoro nirado2004@yahoo.com
PERU:
Location: Chincha Earthquake Relief
While the second group of 30 Promoters graduated from their 5 day leadership
course in the Azpitia Training Center, the first group of 30 Promoters built
model homes in each of their 15 sectors. The homes are really quite
delightfully roomy and have already taken on the warmth of a home with each
family creating its unique style in its 18 square meters. At about US dollar 80
each, the homes are a remarkable achievement, and 100 percent constructed by the
people themselves. This week 15 more models will be built and a 100 percent
census will be conducted by the Promoters to determine the total number of homes
to be built. The team is excited about the obvious human impact of the Project,
and is already seeing many further uses of the 30-2-5 method of organizing a
community project.
Staff admin@ica-peru.org
TANZANIA:
Location: Monduli
This week ICA Tanzania completed the HIV test campaign in 9 villages, this
campaign was the response of ICA Tanzania to National HIV test campaign called
Tanzania without HIV/AIDS is possible. During launching of the National campaign
the President and his wife were tested.In the campaign conducted by ICA there
was a good number of people appeared for testing, this was much contributed by
participation of youth trained through YFL and villages leaders.
About 561
people were tested 291 male and 270 female where 16 people were found to be
positive 8 male and 8 female. People who were found HIV positive were given the
referral for further check up to diagnose on their eligibility to start using
ARVs. Due to large number of people came for testing there was a time that ICA
was to hire counselors from the government and from the former President HIV/AIDS
foundation Benjamin Mkapa AIDS foundation. Below Mr. Mayunga the Village
Executive Officer attending VCT at his village.
Charles Luoga cluoga@yahoo.co.uk
ICAI:
Location: Montréal
The team in Montreal continued working on 2008 work plans and budgets. A staff meeting was held to discuss work plans and participation in upcoming regional meetings in Lome and Dhaka.
Lambert, Mike, and Sarah Farina participated in the UNEP Convention on Biological Diversity meeting here in Montreal, attending seminars on Access and Benefit-sharing and Capacity-building, as well as a Global Forest Coalition side-event on problems facing and possible solutions for biopiracy.
The Working Gifts program is coming together beautifully, with positive responses received already! We're excited to launch this in November, and are expecting great things, thanks to the work of Sarah Farina, Sarah Miller, Peter Ellins, and all the participating ICAs.
Response to the push for ICA revivals has also been encouraging, with interest popping up around the globe.
You are also invited to review the 2005/06 external audit, which is now posted online, at http://www.ica-international.org/annualreports.htm.
Katie Burke info@icai-international.org
