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ICA Benin hosts ICA West Africa regional gathering
submitted by Lambassa ICA Benin
This conference took place from 30 October to 3 November at CODIAM Hotel in Cotonou; Participants came from ICA Benin, EPDI Nigeria, ICA Togo, Development Institute Ghana and ICA Côte d’Ivoire. The day 1 was focused on each organization member presentation. Since our last meeting held in Togo in 2016, many progresses have been made within each organization. But all the...
ICA:UK shares a winter update
submitted by ICAUK
European ICAs gather in Warsaw This was a great opportunity to connect and re-connect with colleagues from France, ICA Germany, ICA Netherlands, Focus Homini Poland, ICA Ukraine and ICA:UK. We shared each other’s progress and discussed how we might work together more closely over the coming months and years. We left with a sense of renewed purpose, a determination to...
ICAI supports ICA regional meetings in Benin and Nepal
submitted by Lisseth Lorenzo
ICAI has financially supported two regional meetings this past quarter. The ICA West Africa Regional Meeting that was hosted by ICA Benin from October 23 to 27, and the ICA Asia Pacific meeting that was hosted by ICA Nepal from October 29 to November 3. Stay tuned for the results of both meetings, and the forthcoming ICA European Interchange to...
ICA USA celebrates 40th anniversary of Human Development Projects
submitted by ICA USA
ICA’s 50 year history is well documented- but in the process of becoming well organized and digitized. Colleagues from around the U.S. volunteer countless hours from remote location to this archiving project– and twice a year they meet face in Chicago to keep momentum and push forward specific projects. This ICA USA Fall Sojourn, October 9-13, brought together 54 colleagues,...
ICA Nepal supports Surakshya school on menstrual hygiene management
submitted by ICA Nepal
ICA Nepal is all ready to welcome our ICA colleagues and other guests to the Asia Pacific Regional Meeting (APRM), starting today. Please make sure to confirm your registration and send your arrival details to us! On August 28, we conducted a follow up at one of the schools, where we had conducted the Menstruation Hygiene Management Program. We were...
ICA Associates Canada describe milestones in the journey of a facilitator
submitted by ICA Associates Canada
ICA Associates Canada has just finished a paper describing some of the main milestones in the journey of a facilitator. See below for the simplified journey and click on the image to download the full version. We have found this journey description important, because our, and many of ICA’s training programs, can go beyond what is required by an IAF...
ICA Cote D’Ivoire supports agroforestry and chicken raising
submitted by ICA Cote DIvoire
ICA Cote D’voire reports that the village of Badoukro planted okra and cucumbers, while in Ekissi-oh there was a problem with the transplanting of eggplants, as the eggplant field was flooded by rain, though at the farm school, plants were thriving. At the same time the beneficiaries of N’gorankro, transplantied cabbage. At Niamanzra the beneficiaries also transplanted cabbage, and at...
Transformation of Ukraine
submitted by Svetlana Salamatova
This post was written for ICAI’s online magazine Winds and Waves – now published at Medium.com (see explanatory note). At this very time, the fate of Ukraine is at the point (period) of bifurcation. The need for a fundamental choice and real changes is becoming increasingly evident. The key topics within the political and public discourse are the fight against corruption and the...
ICA Nepal calls for action on menstrual hygeine
submitted by ICA Nepal
ICA Nepal is looking forward to your active participation in the ICA Asia Pacific Regional Meeting, 2017. October-November is the best season to be in Nepal with summer gone by and winter to set in. The weather is highly pleasant so are the mountain views. You can register here. For more information see here. Menstrual Hygiene Management program – Call...
ICA USA explores underutilized community spaces along Uptown’s coast
submitted by ICA USA
On August 29th, 2017, ICA USA and the Uptown Coastal Initiative hosted the third installment of the Out and About Uptown’s Coast series, Underutilized Community Spaces. The night started with a conversation about community spaces that we use in our daily lives. By comparing more utilized spaces, such as parks and libraries, with lesser utilized spaces, public roadways and dark...
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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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ICA Associates Canada pub...
“Getting to the Bottom of ToP: Foundations of the Methodologies of the Technology of Participation” by Wayne and Jo Nelson of ICA Associates Canada has now been published! It is now available from the publisher iUniverse, and also from Amazon. For now it is available as a paperback book. The ebook version should be available in January. This is the book...
