PERU:
Location: Lima Chincha
Most of the staff has been involved in a major reworking of the curriculum for a
new 2-week leadership development school, adapted from our 3-week Avanza Peru
program for a special NGO client. Aso, we have received permission to invoice
for another 3-week Avanza Peru program in Azpitia which will give a solid start
for our 2009 programming season. More prospects for this program are in process
for decisions in December.
Meanwhile we have completed a complex proposal for
400,000 dollars from the InterAmerican Foundation to create a model response to
the massive number of single-mothers in Peru. We have proposed, and IAF has
expressed interest in doing, a three year empowerment project in Chincha to
demonstrate the power of formation in teams led by volunteer Promoters, trained
and supervised by ICA staff. We are very excited about the prospect of this
project, as are the authorities here and the local and regional funding reps for
the IAF. It will be some months before we know when this will proceed, so in
the meantime we can build a group of committed counterparts around the
Project.
We are eagerly looking forward to hear the results from the Japan
Conference!
Staff admin@ica-peru.org
ICAI:
Locatio: Montréal
The 7th Global Conference on Human Development drew to a close on Friday, and the General Assembly meeting took place immediately afterwards, ending Sunday afternoon.
Some on-site technical issues were reported, making information sharing difficult during the sessions in Shirakawa-go, but we look forward to coming up to speed on the events in Japan in the coming days, and sharing the experience and outcomes with all of you as soon as possible.
Sarah and Lambert return to the office next week.
Katie katie@ica-international.org
