PERU:
Location: Lima and Chincha
Some people have asked why we write this report almost every week, and what we
do to prepare it. For our staff it is an exercise in corporate action, as the
preparation of the report gives us an excuse to pause and reflect on our week,
and often celebrate the small actions which otherwise could go unnoticed. It's
a valuable exercise for us and we always try to make it happen.
This week, four
very helpful funding appointments were held in relation to the Japan Conference,
the Women's Industries project and Quincha Moderna Housing projects in Chincha.
Curriculum development was completed for the upcoming first Women's Industry
Promoters school which begins 12 October. Meanwhile the field team made
substantial progress in the recruiting of the Promoters for the 15 sectors in
Sunampe, another District of Chincha.
The field team of Rosa Carabajal and Juan
Carlos Mateo is doing extremely well with their first assignment to work
independently after being part of the work of ICA-Peru for less than a year.
They are both a wonderful testimony to the power of ICA methods to form new
community leaders who can in turn make significant things happen the the
communities.
Staff admin@ica-peru.org
UNITED STATES:
Location: Chicago
On September 20, 2008, ICA USA held its second of three Local Conference
Workshops in Troy, New York, in preparation for the 7th Global Conference on
Human Development in Takayama, Japan in November.
More than thirty people,
including ICAI staff members Lambert Okrah and Michael Watson, and ICA USA staff
members Nino Tillman and Timothy Duszynski shared their insights on the topic of
The Persistence of Poverty in this half-day session, which was facilitated by
Sheila LeGeros, Sandra True and Lois Saboe.
On October 4, the third and last
ICA USA Local Conference Workshop will be held in Sausalito, California and will
be hosted by Marcia Jaffe of the Bali Institute for Global Renewal, with the
special assistance of Lela Jahn and Don Bayer, and will be facilitated by Kathy
McGrane, Jane Stallman and Jim Wiegel.
On September 15-17, Cheryl Zaleski
attended a ToP Strategic Planning course in Seattle, Washington, where she
enjoyed her two-day session taught by Gordon Harper and Dorothea Jewell. Her
coursemates came from various sectors, and included employees of The Boeing
Company, Washington State Department of Health, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency,
Sandia National Labs, Whatcom County Health Department, Just Health Action and
others.
Cheryl Zaleski czaleski@ica-usa.org
