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ICA West Africa Regional conference opens in Lagos
submitted by Adufu Yawo Gator
The ICA West Africa Regional conference in Nigeria opened on 29th November 2018 in Lagos, Nigeria. After welcoming participants, the Chairman of EPDI Nigeria said that he was delighted to see representatives (Directors and staff/members) of all the ICAs in West Africa. He announced the theme which is Re-Positioning West Africa ICAs for Greater Effectiveness. He added that our desire...
ICA India and Emerging Ecology support Chikhale School curriculum enhancement consultation
submitted by Emerging Ecology USA
Working together, ICA India and Emerging Ecology USA have secured a grant from the Fulbright-Nehru Specialist Program to send Dr. Randal Hayes, a curriculum specialist with Agnosia Media in Greensboro, North Carolina, to Chikhale for 40 days beginning November 12, 2018. Having demonstrated that tribal students can succeed in the standard government curriculum, the Chikhale school leaders are becoming acutely...
ICA USA invites you join in Creating The Future Of Our Past
submitted by ICA USA
ICA USA invites you to attend the GLOBAL ARCHIVES FALL SOJOURN, October 21 – 27, 2018 in Chicago. JOIN US in transforming more than 50 years of programs, projects, methods and training by staff and volunteers – to an ICA Archives Website to be launched by the end of the year accessible to anyone in the world. Nine collections are...
EPDI Nigeria invites you to the ICA in West Africa Conference
submitted by ICA Togo
We are pleased to invite you to the ICA in West Africa Conference, October 28th – November 3rd 2018 at the Redemption Resort, Redemption Camp, 45 Lagos Ibadan Expressways, Nigeria. This conference will be an opportunity to learn, share, strengthen the peer to peer approach and connect on the theme: Strengthening ICAs for Greater Effectiveness and Sustainability in West Africa....
ICA Cote D’Ivoire and the World Bank support village Savings and Loan Associations
submitted by ICA Cote DIvoire
Les activités terrains et administratives de notre bureau se poursuivent dans une atmosphère conviviale, qui nous permettre d’avoir des résultats malgré quelques difficultés rencontrées par-ci et par-là. Pour ce mois d’août les activités ont portés sur la culture des concombres et mise en place des pépinières de piments pour le village de N’gorankro et pour les autres villages les aubergines...
ICA Canada offers the online Courage To Lead study series #CTLSeries
submitted by ICA Canada
We all know from experience that a leader can make or break an organization, a country, a community group, or a family unit. Leadership is no easy task, especially during difficult times. It is during these difficult times that we’re all witnessing in our present day (e.g. from gender discrimination to inhumane policies) that courageous leadership is so much needed....
Leadership Inc. China continues to develop community building and education related projects
submitted by Leadership Inc China
Over the last six months, Leadership Inc, an ICAI Associate member based in China, undertook a range of community building and education related projects. The community building activities focused on helping develop governmental and NGO capacities to undertake participatory community development in China. Our Director, Karen Lim has taken the lead on this initiative with a range of projects including....
ICA Japan supports menstrual hygiene in Nepal
submitted by ICA Japan
ICA Japan are ready to publish our 2018 – 2020 Catalog of ToP facilitation courses complete with 8 trainers and a listing of 45 accomplished courses. Paul will begin marketing these programs in September. Working with ICA Nepal, we are nearly ready to work with Global Giving to raise funds for ending the ancient practice of Chaupadi, the traditional act...
ICA Spain partners on Ethical Practices in Intercultural Youth Work
submitted by ICA Spain
Young people and politicians from Spain and the Netherlands organized a Seminar about “Ethical Practices in Intercultural Youth Work”, sponsored by the KA3 Structured Dialogue of the Erasmus+ programme. Our partnership comprises: The Institute of Cultural Affairs Spain, Autismo Sevilla, and European Students Forum (AEGEE) in Spain and partner: Restarter from The Netherlands. The aim of the seminar was: To...
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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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