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ICA Nepal partner with IIQA to launch new fundraising website
submitted by ICA Nepal
ICA Nepal – Brief March Activity Report 2021 1. Raising funds for promoting innovation in Nepal Nepalese students are unable to excel in innovation and creativity due to inadequate STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics) equipment and innovation orientation. ICA Nepal plans to conduct innovative awareness training workshops and provide STEM equipment in 50 rural schools of Nepal. Hence, ICA...
Emerging Ecology USA works with Sunset Hills to launch a Neighborhood Enlivenment Project
submitted by Emerging Ecology USA
Emerging Ecology USA has begun working with the Sunset Hills neighborhood to launch a Neighborhood Enlivenment Project. This project begins with five 2-hour facilitated sessions using ICA’s Technology of Participation (ToP) methods via Zoom and Mural software. The group began with a walk through their neighborhood (masked and socially distanced) on February 20 — group photo above. After the initial...
ICA Asia Pacific launches its Regional Conference 2021
submitted by ICA Taiwan
ICA Asia Pacific is launching its’ 2021 programs with an invitation to three workshops. We plan to use these workshops to launch further exploration in the form of either research or project development. You are welcome to join any or all of the workshops. You can join to get engaged or to give advice as we launch our 2021 planning...
Leadership Inc China reflects on 2020
submitted by Leadership Inc China
In this challenging year, Leadership Inc China has found itself adapting creatively to the challenging and changing environment. One example is deciding to move our office in Shenzhen to a NiuHu Village in LongHua District. Niuhu is one of the original villages which Shenzhen was built around and is now being redeveloped with a new subway station and substantial residential...
EPDI Nigeria hosts Action Planning workshop for Association of Sustainable Seed Producers
submitted by EPDI Nigeria
Below are the major activities that EPDI was involved in during the month of November: AFRICA ToP NETWORK The network’s monthly meeting held on November 18, 2020 with five persons from different countries in attendance. Some of the issues discussed include: The purpose of the Network: includes sharing what we do and learning from one another; strengthen ICA and ToP...
ICA Cote D’Ivoire launches school & chicken projects
submitted by ICA Cote DIvoire
ICA-Côte d’Ivoire, in order to implement its strategic plan for empowerment and personal development, has chosen to carry out two projects this year 2020. These projects are based on the infrastructure that our office had years ago in Brobo and Agboville. They will allow in a way, thanks to the revenues that will be generated, to support the fixed operating...
How will you celebrate and promote the power of facilitation this #FacWeek?
submitted by Martin Gilbraith
Facilitation Week is an event that takes place each year during the third week of October. Its purpose is to showcase the power of facilitation to both new and existing audiences and to create a sense of community among facilitators and their groups worldwide. Since its launch in 2013, the week has become a spark that ignites activities around the...
ICA Guatemala provides seed delivery to El Chorro village
submitted by ICA Guatemala
Due to the COVID19 pandemic, the government is responding with different actions, one of which is the delivery of food to vulnerable communities. This is a long-term strategy. A government entity planning to deliver food, has requested the population to choose one of these three options; Make barriers in your fields, Humus or family vegetable orchards. So a member of...
Development Institute Ghana building capacity to enhance territorial governance, sea turtle conservation and sustainable livelihood
submitted by Development Institute Ghana
The Development Institute Ghana organised a three-day training workshop for stakeholders within the Keta Lagoon Complex Ramsar site in the Volta Region of Ghana from the 29th to the 31st of July, 2020. The main goal of this workshop was to enhance the capacity of stakeholders in three main areas: the CREMA (Community Resource Management Areas) model, laws governing sea...
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Sociodramas, enchiladas, ...
This post was published in ICAI’s online magazine Winds and Waves – now published at Medium.com (see explanatory note). To receive articles by email as they are published subscribe at https://medium.com/winds-and-waves. “It was a very nice experience because, through it, I learned how to interact and how to support my daughters in their development,” said one participant in the Learning Basket program delivered in small rural...
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Serving People & Pla...
We are pleased to share here extracts of two new books by Rob Work, a long-time ICA colleague and author of A Compassionate Civilization: The Urgency of Sustainable Development and Mindful Activism – see also his bio below. Serving People & Planet: In Mystery, Love, and Gratitude This memoir (January 2020) celebrates the love between one person and one planet, between...
