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ICA Nepal supports local NGO capacity building
submitted by ICA Nepal
STAY HOME STAY SAFE ICA Nepal expresses its sincere condolences to all families who have lost their loved ones due to novel Corona Virus Covid-19. We wish for the quick recovery who have been infected by the virus. With sincerity, we urge all to co-operate with the Government and authorities to contain this virus. In Nepal, the Government has taken...
ICA USA applies appreciative inquiry to articulate core values
submitted by ICA USA
Thirty years ago, the Institute of Cultural Affairs worked with Case Western Reserve University to research the inner life and workings of ICA. The case study began with the metaphor that organizations are “miracles of human interaction, the mystery of which deepens as we probe more into them.” To probe the mystery, the research team conducted an appreciative inquiry, a...
ICA:UK supports research into impact of ICA and ToP methods in Kenya
submitted by ICAUK
A team of people in Kenya, led by Patrick Mbullu and Henry Ikatukhu, have been conducting research to discover the longer term impact of the ICA’s Technology of Participation methods and the wider ICA approach in Kenya. Their report is now out and full of interesting information about the different initiatives visited, the long term impact they have had on...
ICA Uganda comissions Evaluation Report for the period 1997-2019
submitted by ICA Uganda
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ICA Uganda (ICAU) is a national non-profit organization which was registered in Uganda in 1998 as a company limited by guarantee and as an NGO in 2003. ICAU is a statutory member of ICA International (ICAI). Twenty years since it started in Uganda, ICA has come a long way. It has had its best moments and low times,...
Season’s greetings & 2019 training highlights from New Zealand
submitted by Participatory Techniques Ltd New Zealand
Tēnā rā koutou katoa… Ngā mihi mahana ki a koutou, i runga i ngā āhuatanga o te wā – te puawaitanga o te Koanga me te hokinga mai o Hineraumati, hei whakaohooho i a tātou ki ngā tohu o taiao. Mauriora! Season’s greetings from Participatory Techniques New Zealand. This newsletter is to keep our clients and Technology of Participation training...
Development Institute Ghana hosts the Fifth Annual ICA West Africa Regional Conference
submitted by Adufu Yawo Gator
The ICA West Africa Regional conference, which is organized every year in one of the five member countries, is taking place in Ghana this week from the 18th to the 22nd of November, 2019. The programme is being hosted by the Development Institute, a non-governmental not-for-profit organization working to promote sustainable development in some parts of Ghana, mainly in the...
EPDI Nigeria facilitates Participatory Strategic Planning with RCCG Faith City Junior church
submitted by EPDI Nigeria
PARTICIPATORY STRATEGIC PLANNING WITH RCCG FAITH CITY JUNIOR CHURCH The Junior Church, a unit in charge of children in the Church embarked on a transformation program for the unit. About twenty members of the unit gathered together to On October 1, 2019 to envision what the unit would be like three years from now. Ten major areas identified as key...
ICA Cote D’Ivoire provides capacity building training
submitted by ICA Cote DIvoire
The month of September was furnished with various training activities for beneficiaries and agents of ICA Cote D’Ivoire, as part of the capacity building planned in this year 4 project. The first focused on “Connecting the beneficiaries operating in the fields of agriculture and breeding, with the restaurant “MOMIJI”: point of sale of their products in the region of Agboville....
ICA Australasia colleagues engage in a range of social impact activities
submitted by ICA Australasia
ICA Australasia is a network organization – of colleagues in New Zealand and Australia. Its members are engaged in a wide range of social impact activities. These include Indigenous reconciliation and recognition, currently through the Voice, Truth Treaty campaign; working with, and learning from the First Nations people of Australia and the Maori community of New Zealand. Members also work...
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Sociodramas, enchiladas, ...
This post was published in ICAI’s online magazine Winds and Waves – now published at Medium.com (see explanatory note). To receive articles by email as they are published subscribe at https://medium.com/winds-and-waves. “It was a very nice experience because, through it, I learned how to interact and how to support my daughters in their development,” said one participant in the Learning Basket program delivered in small rural...
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Serving People & Pla...
We are pleased to share here extracts of two new books by Rob Work, a long-time ICA colleague and author of A Compassionate Civilization: The Urgency of Sustainable Development and Mindful Activism – see also his bio below. Serving People & Planet: In Mystery, Love, and Gratitude This memoir (January 2020) celebrates the love between one person and one planet, between...
