BANGLADESH:
Location: Dhaka
Happy New Year!
ICA Bangladesh had another year in its glorious journey, with some
notable accomplishments in the midst of various challenges. The team hopes the
year 2011 will be prosperous. Three great projects - Phulki Street Children
in Dhaka City, Ghoramara Village Project and the Terrorism Study Project, have
contributed greatly to our human development.
Habib is working to enrich the
website with 2010 achievements.
Our Japanese intern, Ayano, left on 23rd December
with a promise to work for us from wherever she is located.
Our colleague, Ripon, has met
some company people in London and is exploring ways to raise funds for ICA projects
in Bangladesh. He is also planning to visit ICA UK soon.
The
Dhaka team had a
meeting on January 7th., to go over the February organizational capacity
building event, that they will discuss with Maria and Richard Maguire, when they arrive in Dhaka, the
2nd week of February. This included sharing some of the experiences of our neighbor, ICA Nepal.
Aziz had a
Skype meeting on January 8th. with the Parekhs, the Hutchinsons, Tatwa and Shizuyo, to discuss the
exciting Sub continental Community Development Study Tour Project.
Saif and Zaki are putting in a lot of effort to increase the funding base for ICA.
As a follow
up of the community meeting on November 24th., the Chandpur team visited the
community again on December 23rd. and 30th., to discuss the women's dressmaking course, the purchase
of a sewing machine, the Rickshaw Project and the School Project. They launched the 2011
academic session with 2 classes - Grade 1 and Grade 2 - in the first week of
January. 25 students have enrolled.
Zaki admin@ica-bangladesh.org
KENYA:
Dear Friends and colleagues,
Thank you for the season greetings and God bless you so much for remembering me this season, May God bless you, and a Happy New Year. Have a prosperous year of abundances and blessing as we continue to hear from all ICA's work in the world.
Keep up the Good work and the light of ICA's burning always.
Sophie Donde
from Kenya,
TAIWAN:
Location: Taipei Taiwan ROC
ICA Taiwan New Monthly ICAI Report Format and Categories.
Activities
Great year-end
Thanksgiving-Christmas celebration with turkey and potluck with fifty or more of
the eclectic ICA community.
Swirl of end of year programs in Shanghai and
Taiwan.
Research on Theory-U with 8 colleagues, Dialogue on facilitators role in
Corporate Social Responsibility.
Weekly Springboard study Earth in Mind by David
Orr helpfully focuses on details to enable a possible sustainable world.
Prep for
Taiwan PJD pilot in Feb.
ICAI Peer to Peer
Continued follow up with Nepal from
Evelyn's Social Artistry, Imaginal Learning and PJD work
Larry talked with the
ICAI Leadership Team and ICA UK, ICA US, ICA Japan this week setting up his trip
to the US and Canada.
ToP Global Dialogue is re-energizing for the New
Year.
Concerns
How to make the Taiwan PJD appropriate.
How to explore PJD, Imaginal
Learning, Social Artistry and new learnings from China, and Open Space, Dialogue
and Theory U to integrate and adapt to make a difference in our work for
inventing for the future.
Coming Activities
Welcoming the New Year with ICA team
dialogues on what the future is calling for us to do and become and get calendar
out for colleagues.
Larry's UN trip to the US plus TTN meeting and conversations
with ICA USA, Canada and ICA Associates Canada.
Evelyn Kurihara Philbrook joyful52@gmail.com
UNITED STATES:
Location: Chicago IL
ICA-USA's International Initiatives office completed and disseminated ICA HIVAIDS Prevention Initiative in collaboration with long time AIDSHIV worker Louise Singleton. The 48 page report documents the past ten years of AIDSHIV work and programs implemented by ICAs around the globe and their partner organizations. The report will be available on the ICA-USA's website within the next month.
The International Initiatives office has also started a new series titled Here and There. The series aims to provide a platform for those who are interested in dialoguing about how ICA-USA can responsibly take our local programs in to the global arena.
Toward the end of December, Pamela Bergdall spoke on global sustainability, and future topics include Early Childhood Development and Chronic Disease and Self-Management.
Seva Gandhi sgandhi@ica-usa.org
ICAI Leadership Team:
Activities
Leadership team has met three times through skype, connecting with all ICA's again to understand the peer to peer actions that ICA's are working on.
Working with ICA Canada to take over some of the admin functions of ICAI.
Working with the team of virtual facilitators to establish a system for GA online conversations.
Peer-to-Peer- Cross ICA Spanish speaking group had two conversations on cooperation,
ICA Canada launching a Community Development Certification initiative,
Conversations with ICA Japan and UK Concerns - Finalizing the indebtedness of ICAI and making sure we have cash flow to handle it.
How to make peer to peer really work with leadership team.
Future
Working with ICA's to develop how peer to peer can work effectively, organizing the GA gatherings online, finalizing transition to new support system.
Larry Philbrook larry@icatw.com