Early History of ICDP ICDP Newsletter 2010

Early History of ICDP ICDP Newsletter 2010

ICDP overview worldwide ICDP Newsletter 2011

Earlier News MONTHLY NEWS YEAR 2012:

FEBRUARY

ICDP HAS NEW AMBASSADORS!

We are pleased to announce that last week we signed up three new ICDP Ambassadors! These are people who will assist ICDP by spreading the word about the work we do and about the importance of the role a good caregiver has in the life of a child. We wish to express our thanks to you Trine, Kanwal and Jaysuma. We are very proud and feel honoured to have you as ICDP volunteers helping our cause.

Trine Haltvik (born March 23, 1965 in Trondheim) is a Norwegian handball player and coach.

Trine has played 240 matches for the national team of Norway and scored 832 goals. Her national team career lasted 16 years: She debuted on the Norwegian national team against Sweden on 14 September 1984. She helped Norway win the World Gold Cup for in 1999, and she played the World Championship in 1997, where she got a silver and a bronze in 1986. She was awarded the Olav statuette in 1998.

Trine was the top scorer in the Norwegian series in 1996, 1998 and 1999 and she was voted as the World Player of the Year 1998 by the International Handball Federation.

Trine has three children and has over the years managed to combine her sports career with motherhood. Her experiences are is of great significance to ICDP, we are grateful to receive her contribution and very much look forward to working together with Trine.

Kenwal Ahmad was born and raised in Skien, Norway. She now lives in Oslo at Ammerud with her husband and three children.

Kanwal has been participating in ICDP parenting courses. She has since then been a spokesperson for ICDP, because she is happy to share her own experiences with the ICDP program.

Kenwal is one of our major contributors when it comes to informing about what ICDP program is and how we can help others.

We are very pleased that Kenwal will continue her volunteer work for ICDP, she is a great resource and motivator for all of us in the ICDP team.

Jaysuma "Jays" Saidy Ndure (born January 1, 1984 in Bakau, Gambia) is a Gambian-Norwegian athlete. He has been a Norwegian citizen since 2006.

Jaysuma is the the Norwegian and Nordic record holder at both 100 meters and 200 meters.

In Lausanne, on the 30^th of June, 2011, he became the first Norwegian to run 100 meters faster than 10 seconds.

Jaysuma is very committed to children's rights and wishes to contribute to ICDP's work for children around the world. We thank Jausuma for the support and we are looking forward to further cooperation with him.

GUATEMALA

During the first week of February, the ICDP trainer Julio Martinez, conducted an ICDP workshop to start forming a new group of ICDP facilitators. This represents a first step in the cooperation between ICDP and SHARE Guatemala, a non-profit, secular, apolitical organization working since 1987 as a legal entity under governmental decree 725-87 on development issues in Guatemala.

SHARE Guatemala works in the areas of human development, entrepreneurial/small business development, risk management, health services and “Voluntourism”, throughout all of which education, food security, microcredit, risk management, family health clinics and socially minded tourism programs are implemented.

Link to the SHARE webpage: http://www.shareguatemala.org

The participants came from 5 municipalities of the department of Jutiapa. As part of their practical training tasks they will be implementing the ICDP programme with 149 families. All workshop participants are working for SHARE Guatemala.

Later this month, Julio will be holding another ICDP workshop, which will be attended by the personnel from the SOS villages in San Jerónimo and Baja Verapaz, and that training is sponsored by Plan Salamá.

CONGO

From October 18th to 30th, Pedro Mendes, one of the founders of ICDP, visited the Democratic Republic of Congo together with a team from the SDIA organization. The team met up with the head of Child Protection in the UNICEF headquarters in Kinshasa and that meeting confirmed among other that if an ICDP pilot project in Inkisi (and possibly Kinshasa) proves successful, UNICEF could play a key role in helping to scale up this approach to a national level.

Here is an excerpt from their report:

The social and economic situation in RD Congo is extremely hard. Not unexpectedly the situation and condition of children are even harder since they are prone to be affected by multiple diseases mainly resulting from extreme poverty, malnutrition and poor hygiene and are also often subject neglect and abuse as one can read in Cornelia Walther’s report: "An estimated 30,000 children under the age of 18 live on the country’s streets, with the majority in the capital, Kinshasa. An ever increasing number are girls – many of them work as prostitutes and some are just 10 years old."..." It is a situation that is further aggravated by superstition, according to UNICEF Child Protection Officer Eloge Olengabo. “Families who cannot fend for themselves frequently take refuge in the belief that their bad luck is rooted in the witchcraft of their offspring,” he says." (http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/drcongo_58942.html)

Other Congolese sources we met spoke of some 40 thousand street children in Kinshasa alone and that in every 10, 7 had been accused of witchcraft and 3 subjected to violence and abuse as a result. While it is not possible to verify these figures and how they were gathered, it is obvious that figures are appallingly high. All parties that we met with expressed serious concern about the rising rate of child witchcraft accusations, and linked the harsh socio-economic situation and family break-up which are then exploited by local religious leaders who offer to 'exorcise' the child, and when that doesn't work, the child is often driven out of the house.

You can read the full report by clicking here.

DENMARK

Here are some news from Anne Linder, a psychologist who has started the training of 77 professionals last year and has given numerous talks on ICDP to many groups: - I have worked with ICDP for 10 to 12 years now and during that period I suppose I have completed 25 to 30 ICDP courses. Perhaps one could assume that I have been getting tired of teaching the same course year after year. Quite the contrary. Through each ICDP course I gain more insight, sharpen my professional and personal knowledge. I am very loyal to ICDP's approach, but I can also see a strong connection with the research findings from positive psychology. New science confirms Karsten Hundeide's mindset that a good life is one based on relationship; and that relationship is vitalized with joy, kindness, curiosity, intimacy and authenticity. These are the topics I focus on in my ICDP courses. For the year to come I have ideas for publishing new materials, but what is most important in my ICDP-life is that in March, I am going to visit our ICDP friends in Australia.

JANUARY

NEW REPORT ABOUT PROGRESS IN CHILD WELL-BEING

Children around the world are doing better than ever, according to a new report from UNICEF and Save the Children UK. Compared to just a few decades ago, fewer young children are dying each day, fewer children are living in poverty and more children are well-fed and in school. Click to read more.

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ICDP EXPERIENCES IN COLOMBIA:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HojLhkKC-4

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FINLAND - ICDP INTRODUCTORY SEMINAR IN KOTKA

Click here for program

The seminar marked the start of the "ICDP Development project", a joint project of three local organizations promoting the wellbeing of women and children in Finland: the Federation of Mother and Child Homes and Shelters, A-Clinic Foundation and the Finnish Blue Ribbon. ICDP trainer Klara Schauman-Ahleberg will be leading the ICDP training with the support from ICDP International. It is a two year project which aims to form a core group of trainers and facilitator who will apply the ICDP programme with colleagues and families, as well as sustain future ICDP developments inside their organizational networks. The future of ICDP in Finland looks promising as the local groups are showing a great deal of enthusiasm for the project. The first steps for the formation of ICDP Finland have also been undertaken.

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ICDP STARTS IN USA

ICDP pilot in West Pullman, Chicago

ICDP has developed cooperation with Kimberly Svevo-Cianci, President of the Child Rights Consultancy-International (CRPCI), working together on introducing ICDP to USA. CRPCI envisions a world where every child has a positive beginning, including a caring family, welfare and basic needs for an adequate standard of living, health and security, and where every child’s hopes for the future may be realized through rights, education, development and spiritual fulfilment. CRPCI's mandate is to serve non-for-profit organizations, governmental agencies, professionals and caregivers who promote and implement child protection from violence policies, programs, and research based on international best practices. Kimberly explains: -The integrated model of ICDP within the Community/Child Development & Violence Prevention (CCDevVP) Program will be a cornerstone of my organization’s (CRPCI) work - and, with continued adaptation for specific communities - we will work to expand its dissemination and support to communities in the state, nation and internationally.

An ICDP pilot project is currently taking place in the West Pullman community in Chicago, where a group of professionals are being trained to deliver the ICDP programme to different groups of caregivers in their community. West Pullman was selected as the first pilot community because:

- A relationship of trust existed between CRPCI and leaders in the Community/St. Titus Church, who recognized a high need for community/child development and violence prevention, and needed help to address these issues. An initial community meeting indicated that community leaders and church members would engage and commit to implementing the program;

- High levels of violence: In 2007, West Pullman ranked 2nd in Chicago communities in robberies (266 counts) and homicides in the 1st and 2nd degree with 7 total. In the past year, the Chicago Police Department reported 1,341 crimes committed in the area.

- The main Elementary school is under probation and considered in the lowest academic standing (Level 3).

- The average household income was about $66,993 2-3 years ago, and is certainly lower today. Unemployment is high in the area, which is also home to a large amount of toxic waste.

- The largest student population is African American

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