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ICA Cote D’Ivoire supports Village Savings & Loans Associations
submitted by ICA Cote DIvoire
As part of the activities of the World Bank-financed project in the four departments of Agneby-Tiassa, a mission was carried out from 23 to 27 January 2019, by a team from the Coordination Unit of the Regional Council, and from ICA Cote D’Ivoire. This mission with the objective of: Ensure the existence of eight (8) Village Savings & Loans Associations...
ICA USA Chicago Sustainability Leaders Network celebrates 5th anniversary
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Within hours of breaking down and packing up the party lights, leftover food and drink, Polaroid pictures, flyers and banners, the praise began on social media. One member wrote on Facebook that the Fifth Anniversary Celebration of the Chicago Sustainability Leaders Network (CSLN) was “the best time I have had all year.” Another posted a photo captioned “What a terrific...
Leadership Inc China reflects on Fall 2018
submitted by Leadership Inc China
Major projects undertaken by Leadership Inc China in Fall 2018 included… Strategic Planning for Shenzhen Women’s Federation Facilitating Annual Alumni Conference of EU-China NGO Twinning Program Training Participatory Community Development and Group Facilitation Methods (GFM) training program for communities leaders in Chengdu, China Shenzhen Female Leaders Study group Faculty Orientation in Research and Teaching Excellence (FORTE) training for AIACHE (All Indian...
ICA Japan interns complete ICA West Africa website
submitted by ICA Japan
Super Intern Power Our 3 ICA Japan interns completed their journey here this week in the Tokyo House with outstanding success. They finished the West-Africa-icas.org WEBSITE that you will really enjoy, including the pages about their recent ICA West Africa Conference. And they are providing providing simple operating instructions for them to operate the site. We very much appreciate their work...
ICA MENA collaborates on safe health care and integrated sanitation
submitted by ICA MENA Egypt
Safe Health Care for Mothers and Children ICA MENA Egypt recently completed this 9-month project, which lay within a wider programme of participatory development in urban areas. Funded by the European Union and the German government, the project was implemented in the centre of Qalyub railway area in the province of Qalyoubia. The Institute of Cultural Affairs worked with the...
ICA Nepal celebrates 20 years of transforming people and organisations
submitted by ICA Nepal
Greetings from the Chairperson Prof. Dr. Tatwa P. Timsina, Chairperson It gives me immense pleasure to share you all that we are celebrating 20th anniversary of ICA Nepal. With the history of more than 50 years globally, this is a milestone achievement in our context. We are so proud of sharing 20 years glorious works of ICA Nepal. For us,...
ICA USA celebrates Uptown community gardens in third annual Garden Walk
submitted by ICA USA
“I never paid any attention to this space until I was asked to get involved,” says Ian Whiting of the humble garden plot in Uptown’s Sunnyside Mall, adopted in 2016 by students at Courtenay Elementary’s Budding Gardeners program. Ian was one of several enthusiastic Uptown residents representing their neighborhood gardens during ICA-USA’s Third Annual Uptown Garden Walk on September 8th,...
ICA Nepal hosts cook training course for unemployed youth
submitted by ICA Nepal
Providing Opportunities for a Disadvantaged Group ICA Nepal in coordination with the ICA Training Center is going to host a free three month cook training course. The training will be especially beneficial to youth who are unemployed. Additionally by taking this short term basic cooking course, they will have a general knowledge of cooking that will enhance their opportunity for...
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...
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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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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...
