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Project
in the Province of Nariño, Colombia
In 2004, UNICEF sponsored ICDP developments in Nariño, one
of the poorest areas of Colombia and among the most affected by
the armed conflict. The target of training were staff of the ICBF
(Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar). ICDP was inserted
as a permanent component inside the ICBF’s institutional plan
2003–2006, in the section called Growing and Learning, to
increase child rearing competence of the staff and families, promoting
adequate stimulation, children’s psychosocial development,
peace inside families and respect for children as persons. Trained
were 384 facilitators, 3710 promoters, reaching 30, 984 families
and 111, 544 children. ICDP was implemented in 64 towns.
1. ICDP workshop in Tumaco 2. Role play
The evaluation by University of Nariño showed
ICDP had a positive effect on the relationship between the child
and its caregiver, by providing alternatives in cases where there
were previously difficulties in the interaction or by increasing
the levels of interaction. The trained ICBF agents became promoters
of emotional expressivity. As result children started to express
their feelings and emotions, appeared more affectionate, social
and understanding; they appear more active and committed in carrying
out their activities.
Click below to download information about the project
in Nariño:
1.
The Summary of the Proposal in English
2.
Evaluation Summary in English
3.
Final Project Report in Spanish
The photos below were taken at the final 3 day workshop
held in Tumaco in December 2004. ICDP Facilitators gave presentations
of their work in the field and afterwards received their diplomas.
In the evening there were cultural performances, singing, dancing,
and acting.
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Developments
in 2005:
Boyaca is the Colombian province with the highest
percentage of family violence. This is why the representative of
UNICEF Manuel Manrique suggested for ICDP to be implemented there
as part of a wider peace promoting strategy.
At a press conference on the 18th February, the
Governor of the Boyaca province launched this ICDP project. The
governor expressed his conviction that ICDP represents an important
contribution towards the future development of the Colombian society.
Furthermore, he stressed the uniqueness of our work, because for
the first time all government institutions will be working together
in 123 towns of Boyaca. Inter-institutional work on such large scale,
he said, was unprecedented.
The project’s main sponsors were UNICEF and
FPAA, but there was a significant contribution from the province
itself and from SD Britain. The ICDP workshops, held throughout
March, were attended by representatives from different networks,
including preschool teachers, educational psychologists, community
mothers, health nurses, doctors, clergy and university students
and teachers. Each group came to the training with different expectations
in line with their own fields of work. At first this proved to be
rather a challenge, but gradually the participants grew to understand
what ICDP was about and realized its practical value. ICDP was officially
adopted by all as a long term strategy, not just for the 2005 year.
An ICDP presentation was given at a meeting attended
by almost all 123 mayors of the Boyaca province, which helped promote
our work on municipal levels and reinforce commitment towards it.
Training was delivered to over 5000 agents from
education, health and social services, and they implemented the
ICDP programme in 123 towns, working with 50 000 families linked
to their respective networks.
The Evaluation
was carried out by a research team from 3 local universities. It
showed positive impact of our work both inside the institutional
networks, as well as on community levels.
Follow up plans
include a training programme that will complete the handover from
ICDP Colombia to a team of local trainers with the task of supervising
future ICDP developments. The future vision for sustainability of
ICDP in Boyaca was the main topic of a number of ICDP meetings with
the First Lady of the province and the rest of the team from the
Governor's office. As result the Secretariat for Education will
include ICDP as a permanent component in the PEI programme for schools,
the Institute for social services (ICBF) will have ICDP training
as an obligatory component of its own training programme and in
the coming year, the secretariat for Human Development plans to
reach 20 000 families with ICDP. In addition, there was a local
television interview about ICDP developments in Boyaca. This is
going to be followed up with a radio programme, over a period of
10 months, on the topic of the 8 guidelines and other key themes
of the ICDP programme.
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