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"ICDP is based on
the idea that human beings are by nature social, and that also means
that we, as human beings, are particularly vulnerable in our social
relationships because that is the domain of our suffering and our
happiness. So when we are deprived of normal human contact, there is
suffering and loss, as we can see in institutionalized children.
This is where ICDP comes in to restore and revive normal human
caring interaction. And this does not only apply to care for babies
and young children, it applies at all levels of life from babies to
youth, adults and elderly - we are all living in relationships with
each other, and the quality of these relationships decides how we
feel, cope and develop. Therefore ICDP is in principle applicable at
all these levels..." – Karsten Hundeide.
International
Child Development Programme began developing in 1985 but an organisation
was not founded until 1992 when we registered as an international
NGO, in Oslo, Norway.
Registration document. Professor Karsten Hundeide led the
organization as chair till he died in 2011; the current chair is
Nicoletta Armstrong, who is also one of he original founders.
The ethos of
ICDP is to provide for human care by activating empathy and education
of both caregivers and their children. We aim to implement recent
knowledge from scientific research in child development for the
benefit of disadvantaged and neglected children. Our work is based
on the principles that are laid down in the UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child. ICDP may participate directly or indirectly
in activities run by other humanitarian organisations having corresponding
objectives.
In 1993, the
psychosocial intervention programme developed by ICDP was evaluated
by the Division for Mental Health of the World Health Organisation
(WHO) in Geneva. The programme was later adopted and its manual
published as a WHO document. Close cooperation with UNICEF has been
established in several countries, particularly strongly with UNICEF
Colombia.
ICDP organization
ICDP ideology and strategy
Early history
ICDP and children's rights
ICDP network
Basic training procedures
ICDP work
abroad
Standard Agreements
Code of conduct
Child protection policy
Work environment law in
Norway
Annual report 2011
Accounts
2011
Annual report 2010
Accounts 2010
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