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In 2006 ICDP was invited by UNICEF to El Salvador.
An ICDP project was developed in cooperation with the Ministry of
Education, Ministry of Health and Social Services (ISNA), sponsored
by UNICEF.
Workshops for 90 facilitators and 300 promoters,
including teachers, volunteers, health nurses, social workers and
community leaders, were followed by practical implementation of
the programme in 7 provinces, reaching 600 vulnerable families and
children.
In the evaluation sessions the majority of the facilitators
said that ICDP meant starting to work on oneself and on the relationships
inside own families. This was, according to them, both a gift and
a learning process that enabled them to reach out and inspire others
to apply ICDP in practice, particularly emphasising the need for
empathy and loving guidance. Some of the teachers felt the importance
of introducing ICDP to all their colleagues in schools and did so
in their spare time. ICDP helped teachers to relate better not only
with children but also with their colleagues. The majority of those
trained felt the importance of spreading the positive messages of
the programme further into their community in the future.
During 2007 there were two ICDP visits to San Salvador
and the team of 90 persons received further training; over 1000
families received the programme. ICDP became a national programme.
The trained facilitators will continue to train new promoters and
they in turn will implement ICDP as part of their work as teachers,
social workers or community volunteers. This work is linked to the
Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health, ISNA (Social Services
network) and a few NGOs. The coordinating body is ISNA and UNICEF.
Future plans:
In order to sustain ICDP long term, it was decided to form a group
of ICDP accredited trainers who will supervise the developments
and sustain the motivation and interest of agents working in the
field in different regions of the country. These Trainers will represent
Regions and will report regularly to the main office of ISNA and
the Ministry of Education. The ICDP work will thus be completed
and the transfer of the ICDP methodology finalized.
Year 2008:
The ICDP national
scale project sponsored by UNICEF and coordinated by Social Services
(ISNA) continued to grow in 2008, and was supervised by a core team
of 80 ICDP trained agents, including teachers, volunteers, health
nurses, social workers and community leaders. The second stage of
the project reached over 4000 families. ICDP offered a refresher
workshop with special focus on monitoring and evaluation. Julio
Martinez, a trainer from Guatemala joined the workshop, and that
allowed for interesting sharing of experiences between Guatemala and
El Salvador. A video was made by participants about the 3 ICDP
dialogues. The ICDP materials are in process of adaptation. The
evaluation study sponsored by UNICEF showed positive results
confirming the relevance of ICDP’s work.
Year 2009:
During 2009 more
organizations joined the ICDP network and ICDP workshops were given
to new groups of facilitators; at the same time feedback meetings
were held with those previously trained in ICDP. Over 6000 families
were reached and these achievements will be presented to the new
authorities.
Year 2010:
Marina Morales,
from the UNICEF El Salvador office, has continued to oversee the
ICDP developments and here is her 2010 update: - We have been
applying the ICDP programme all over our country for almost four
years now and the experiences have been very good. Carolina Guevarra,
from ISNA (social services) is coordinating the practical sides of
the ICDP implementation, together with the core group of local ICDP
trainers. Carolina's great enthusiasm for ICDP has spread to the
leadership of ISNA, and there is now a strong institutional
commitment to continue to support and expand the ICDP initiative.
This year, UNICEF and ISNA made a major effort to involve in the
ICDP process both the local authorities and the local community. As
a result of this strategy we have succeeded to reach a significantly
higher number of families with ICDP.
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