AUSTRALIA:
Location: Kangaroo Island
Issues: analysis and strategic action planning workshops on coastal and marine
environment on Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
I've gathered together about
25 key community stakeholders, including several expert local marine and coastal
ecologists to run an assessment, analysis, prioritisation and action planning -
for 1 and 3 year-community and some -government workplans - of environmental
management issues affecting the unique and at-risk coastal environment of this
Galapagos-of-the-South. Ongoing workshop process will probably run over 12
months, and expand to related issues of concern. Just about to commence detailed
Action Planning. Earlier workshops included map and data-base development, using
Workshop and ORID methodology.
Sabina Douglas-Hill Marine Planning Liaison
Officer wilderness.guides@bigpond.com
BANGLADESH:
Location: Indonesia
Dhaka ICA has initiated a relief program for the flood victims that took place
in Bangladesh recently. Dhaka ICA members have been making efforts with their
own affordability and from others to raise, collect and distribute relief in
kind or cash to address the suffereing of flood victims. Other ICAs can come
forward to help the relief fund of the Bangladesh Government on behalf of ICA
community.
Aziz has attended an event in Indonesia on Conflict transformation in
South and South East Asia concerning various theories and methods of conflict
resolution and practices. Thirty participants from South and South East Asia
along with Columbia and Germany took part and Aziz introduced the ToP methods
that can be used in conflict resoultion.
Aziz also met Rochmet from Indonesia who
is the long experienced person of Indonesian ICA and shared about his work. He
also conveyed his regards to all colleagues.
Aziz marahman1976@yahoo.com
PERU:
Location: Chincha Alta - Lima
Gloria Santos, Pedro Aburto, Ken Hamje and Kaoru Ito from ICA-Japan spent the
week 120 Km south of Lima giving earthquake aid to over 600 families and about
50 community kitchens.
To picture the situation, just look around your home
right now and imagine that all is crushed under rubble -- in just 2 minutes.
The area is in near chaos, and yet the cleanup is in process and life goes on.
We saw many families sleeping in the streets and were able to give them some
plastic to cover their sleeping area. We were able to provide a 50 Kilo sack of
lentels to the kitchens and water barrels and heavy blankets to the families --
all through emergency aid money from Japan.
In the midst of it all a proposal
was prepared for the next phase of reconstruction which could start around 15
Sept. It was a wonderfully human experience to be there with these people in
need who so much appreciated the help. In closing at each location we had the
people shout aligato to say thank you in Japanese -- followed by much
laughter and colleagiality. Unforgettable.
Staff admin@ica-peru.org
TANZANIA:
Location: Monduli
This week, Charle Luoga attended a 10 days training for educators and counselors
on Drug abuse and HIV/AIDS, the training has been very useful for ICA activities
in Tanzania and hopefull it will give fruits for all ICA Africa as it has a lot
to be included in our training package. This training has been orgnised by
Tanzania Drug Control Commission
Charles Luoga cluoga@yahoo.co.uk
UNITED KINGDOM:
Amelia and Angeline have been in Northern Ireland working with Youth Bank.
Jonathan is back from leave and working on partnership development with
Sightsavers.
Martin has been facilitating, marketing and catching up with
budgets, projections, etc
Jonathan Dudding jdudding@ica-uk.org.uk
