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In March 2009 a
contract was signed between the Blue Cross Norway (BCN), the Thaba-Bosiu
Centre (TBC) and ICDP with the aim of developing ICDP in Lesotho.
The first ICDP
training workshop was carried out in Maseru, at the beginning of July
2009. There were 25 participants from 14 different organizations. They
expressed great interest, worked hard asking relevant questions and
suggested many ways of implementing ICDP in their work and also personal
family life with children. They told moving stories about their
relationships, especially to their fathers, who as mine workers had
little time to spend with their own children.
The second work-shop took place in Maseru, Lesotho, from the 15-18th of
March 2010 and it was attended by 19 persons of which 12 reported about
their field-work. There will be a short workshop in July 2010, then it
will also be possible for the persons who did not get a promotion
diploma to present their field-work.An important task for Blue Cross is
to determine how to include the alcohol and drug issue into the
ICDP/Blue Cross program. So in this work-shop there was a discussion on
how to include the topic of alcohol within the frame of the ICDP
program. The participants were quite active and had a positive attitude
in trying to bridge this.
Year 2010:
A successful ICDP
training programme has been developing throughout the year, at the
Thaba-Bosiu Centre in Maseru. After attending several ICDP workshops,
participants developed local “self training” projects in their
communities. These projects or field work were carried out by at a core
group of 20 professionals who will become qualified ICDP facilitators.
They are applying the ICDP methodology in their work with families and
children who are affected by problems of alcohol and substance abuse.
ICDP cooperates with a very committed and resourceful team from the
Centre, and this work is sponsored by the Blue Cross Norway.
Quotes from the ICDP
international trainer’s notes:
- I was impressed to
see how well most trainee facilitator reported about their field work.
They prepared their presentations very carefully. They produced written
reports and included some material with pictures, drawings and personal
comments or stories. Due to the general
enthusiasm, some of the facilitators are already working with a second
group of caregivers.
I went on a field
visit to observe an ICDP meeting with a group of local women. It was
quite positive but at the same time it revealed the huge difficulties
people have to deal with: alcohol, drugs, violence, gender conflicts,
HIV and grief … children and women experiencing loneliness and
abandonment. Most of men working at South African mines are alcohol
dependent and HIV positive.
One interesting case was reported about a very recent widow; her husband
was an alcoholic who died of HIV. She was in an ICDP group run by one of
the local ICDP Promoters. Participating in the ICDP meetings helped her
a great deal because she could express her grief and share numerous
stories about her husband and his death process; including what that
process caused psychologically and emotionally to the family. As a
result she became extremely enthusiastic about ICDP.
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