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In 2001, an ICDP consultant was invited to Buenos
Aires to hold facilitator level seminars to a group of professionals
interested in the methodologies developed by ICDP. At the same time
UNICEF Argentina showed interest in ICDP and subsequently published
ICDP manuals and booklets for caregivers.
During 2002, pilot projects were carried out in: 1. Berazategui,
a rural community with a big influx of poor migrant families, 35
km from Buenos Aires, where the programme was implemented mainly
with the families of the children linked to the local school. 2.
Don Torcuato, Tigre district, a marginalized, impoverished and culturally
deprived community; here the programme was well received by a group
of active women (“la manzaneras”), who are working on
several other projects in the community aimed at improving both
their own lives and those of other local women. Before the project
ended in March 2003, seminars were also given to several groups
of health professionals.
In January and April 2003 ICDP workshops were held
in Mina Clavero, by the ICDP team who registered themselves as an
NGO called ‘Entrelazos’. Among the 40 participants there
were doctors, teachers, social workers and parents. A team of 8
promoters was formed who implemented ICDP with small groups of parents,
and some of them started to spread the programme to new groups of
parents. This generated enthusiasm for ICDP in the community of
Mina Clavero and neighbouring Cura Brochero. There was evidence
of a positive change in the attitudes towards children in most of
the families who benefited from the programme. The implementation
of ICDP continued to grow steadily throughout 2004 and 7 new groups
of ICDP promoters were formed covering both the urban as well as
the rural areas in and around Mina Clavero. The ICDP materials were
adapted to local culture with new photographs and video footage
made for this purpose.
In 2003 ICDP developed a new training programme
in Tafi del Valle; this was accomplished in cooperation with the
local NGO "INCAI" and the indigenous women cooperative
"El Takellar". The first seminar was held in December
2003 and was followed up with practical field work and further seminars
in 2004.
During 2005 a group of 14 teachers from 6 preschool
centres in the poor and remote rural areas of Valle de Traslasierra
received training and supervision for their project which reached
60 families and 150 children. Project leader was Virna Cassuccio.
During the same year there was a new development
in Barrio de Villa Hall, near Buenos Aires. This is where Lamberto
Arevalo implemented the ICDP programme with 14 families from the
local community.
During 2006 there were field visits to 6 preschools
in Cura Brochero and San Lorenzo where ICDP is being implemented.
Regular support meetings were held with promoters working with families
in La Paz. In Córdoba teachers and mothers linked to the
NGO "La Minga" received training. The main focus was on
creating positive strategies for setting limits to children and
adolescent behaviour. A new CD with traditional songs was added
to the ICDP pack of materials.
During 2007,
an ICDP training programme for 85 new facilitators started in Mina
Clavero which is in process of spreading the ICDP programme to eight
marginalized zones. In Las Calles and in Cura Brochero the work
continued from previous years and significant improvements were
noted in children's relationship with their parents and with their
own peers.
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