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EVALUATION STUDY OF ICDP IN HUILA 2010:

Click here for to read about the evaluation study results. These results will be presented publicly at an  event to be held  in Neiva, the capital of the Huila department, Colombia.  The  Huila Governor, the secretaries of health and education (SED and SEM) and the regional director of ICBF will be informed of the outcomes of the research - the  aim is to define how to incorporate the ICDP program in different sectors (education, health and social services) within the framework of the public policy for early childhood and youth. To read the full evaluation document click here.

THE LAUNCH OF ICDP IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SANTANDER: 

On the 19th of April in the town of Bucaramanga, the First lady of the department will officially launch an ICDP project, which will spread the ICDP program to 38 towns of the Santander province.    On the same day the ICDP Colombia team will be giving the first of a series of training workshops  to a core group of 114 persons, comprised of  psychologists from the health sector and agents linked to Colombian social services ICBF (madres FAMI, madres comunitarias). The future task of the core group will be to implement ICDP with their own colleagues, and they in turn will apply ICDP as part of their daily work with families and children. In addition to being trained in ICDP this core group will also receive training in monitoring and evaluation.

DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PROVINCE OF CHOCO:

ICDP has continued to spread throughout this province, coordinated by the UNICEF's regional office. The new focus is on applying ICDP with the indigenous Indian population and therefore the ICDP program has been adapted to their philosophy, cosmic vision and cultural way of relating inside the family. The "8 ICDP guidelines booklet for parents" has been translated in  4 Indian languages: Katios, Embera, Waunaan and Tule.

MEETING IN NEIVA:

Mayors from 37 towns of the Huila province gather in the capital Neiva, on the 5th and 6th of October 2009. The aim of the meeting is to discuss public policy concerning early childhood.  One of the important results was the signing of the agreement for future consultation and cooperation with Unicef, that focuses on developing policies that would lead to concrete actions in favour of children, youth and families.

ICDP attended the meeting as one of the invited organizations working for the benefit of children in Huila. This year 147 facilitators and 1417 promoters have been implementing ICDP all over the province aiming to reach a total of 16,617 families.

                                                                    ICDP promoters from Santa Maria

                                                                     ICDP facilitators from Villa Vieja

Click to see the Presentation and the ICDP banner.  Some of the ICDP trained facilitators hold positions on local councils ("consejo de politica social") and are thus partaking in the decision making processes about social policy and program implementation at municipal level.

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