TV PROGRAMME ON ICDP IN GUATEMALA   (back home)

ICDP is the main content of twelve TV programs, each lasting one hour, called "Mirador Infantil" (An outlook on childhood). The TV programs are broadcast on Tuesdays for twelve consecutive weeks and are presented by ICDP trainer Julio Martinez. They are meant to focus the viewers' attention on key matters concerning children's development and care. The programs are aired on TV between 18:30 to 19:30 p.m. in 7 municipalities of the department de Baja Verapaz (Salamá, San Jerónimo, San Miguel Chicaj, Rabinal, Cubulco, Granados y Santa Cruz el Chol), reaching an audience of approximately 1500 families. Each week a new ICDP topic is introduced. The program starts with a short introduction of the topic of the day by Julio, followed by a video, which is afterwards discussed by the audience. The audience is invited to apply the ICDP guidelines in practice at home by "creating a personal life project". On the following week their "project experiences" are  shared in the audience, whereas home viewers can phone-in to tell their story. For example the discussion would take place around the guideline number one: How much love did I manage to show and express to my child? A special time in the TV program is dedicated for this "evaluative moment".

The program was successful and it is currently being broadcast for the second time. Several hundred ICDP booklets were distributed and Julio received many emails from parents expressing their gratitude and describing the positive effects it had on their family lives and the children. In the municipality of Carchá, in the department of Alta Verapaz 400 teachers asked for ICDP training and ICDP workshops have started to take place in Chirré Quiché, Zepoc Tanchí y Chiqueleu.

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