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BREAKING THROUGH FIRST ON TECHNICAL, THEN HUMAN ISSUES A chemical company was hampered by unreasonable union rules, which prevented managers, and supervisors even from effectively communicating with operators. Sabotage of the production line was a common occurrence. The factory had never worked at its rated capacity. Working conditions were bad, but no one was willing to do anything about them. A new Factory Manager took over, asking ICA to work with him over a period of time. The first planning program included representatives from top to bottom and was able to get good participation even from operators from the factory floor. Supervisors who were actually blocking progress divided themselves into two groups, one including those who wanted to improve the situation and one group, the members of which were exposed as blocking factors. The latter group subsequently transferred out as they saw they could no longer maintain their power by holding back progress. The factory is now very close to full capacity with control over operating parameters and in turning to more focused human development is finding that young supervisors are excited to take on more responsibility. Senior supervisors are now facilitating programs with increasing skill. Mentoring with the two top managers is resulting in a new openness in the #2 person, a change necessary if he is to go farther in the company. Cooperating in this small plant which is part of a larger complex is an embarrassment to a very powerful union leader who sees this cooperation as a threat to his power base, but he has not been able to hold back the cooperation necessary for the future viability of the plant. ICA Taiwan

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The Director of a small Chilean rehabilitation centre for children with disabilities was also a ToP practitioner. A media personality lead a campaign to raise money and ten new rehabilitation centres were built across the country. Everyone felt strange with the scale of this huge new operation, so the director engaged all the staff and children in creating a lot of internal projects to match the major changes needed. By using ToP everyone was able to participate and take ownership of the changes. Projects included art work shops for kids, music workshops for kids, scouts and many other things. Seeing the size of the Directors work the board hired a manager to assist the director with the financial and organizational side of things. The manager didn t like the all the participatory workshops and closed them all. However they continued underground because they were so participatory. The board decided to fire the new manager and continue all the workshops and one of them, the art workshop, became very famous across all Chile. Isabel de la Maza (antiD)

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Aim of the project is to Develop women's skills for promoting reliance and organization through wide-ranging trainings such as leadership, literate education, life skill, and occupation training. During women are taking trainings, we provide early childhood education for their children so that people in the Slum are able to improve quality of their life comprehensively. Terms of project was from from April 2005 to Marrh 2008 Cooperating organizations were Social Development Bureau and Education Bureau of the Chiapas State Government are cooperate as counterpart organizations. Local NGOs working in the project site area also participate in this Project. 6 model comunities in the city of Tuxtla Gutierrez(TGZ) and San Cristobal de Las Casas(SCC) in the Chiapas state in Mexico. Beneficiary of this project include Around 25 person of CP and NGO, and around 210 women who are participated into the trainings and their children. And after the women start to do their activity in their communities, beneficiary would be expected 2100 to 4200 women and their children. Photo report in the San Cristobal de Las Casas which our activity has already started. The residential compound of native people (left photo) and native woman selling their handicraft (right photo). There are variety of reason why those native people had to come to live in the city, but their circumstances of their city life is almost same in terms of inconvenient and poverty. Before trainings get started, project team organized community event for advertising the project and also animate the community on weekends in June. People learned vegetables by enjoying card game (center photo), and watched the Social Drama showing domestic violence (right photo). Since July, trainings have started. Women who knew this project through the event came to learn self esteem, medical plants, nutrition, etc. every 2 days a week in the training. On August 16 and 22, Sizuyo Sato and Wayne Elthworth from ICA-JAPAN had training for women. During their training, their children are took care of by person for early childhood education. Women who trained by social development bureau of Chiapas government before this prject also have participated into the leadership training of this project to be a leader in their community. On August 20, in the district of Patria Nueva in the TGZ, women of SCC and TZG got toghether and exchanged their experiences in the event. As on-demand traninig, mashroom plant trainigs have started. Mashroom house had bult by women and their family (left photo), and they are eagerly learning how to grow those mashrooms in the training(right photo). For the CP of the social development bureau and social education bureau of Chiapas government, ICA-JAPAN and ICA-USA had trainings for educating facilitation for the community. In this project, we also have activity to support to improve the quality of their life in the community. On August 22, ICA-JAPAN held community forum in the Cascajal district. Around 350 women and men discussed how they improve up the quality of their community through thinking of (vision) of 3 years after in terms of culture, economics, and politics. ICA-JAPAN shall support their activity as facilitator.

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2002 Initial training on HIV/AIDS, Facilitation, Communication & Gender issues with groups of 30 young people from 6 different schools around Johannesburg (Kagiso, Alexandra & Eldorado Park) Celebration event for representatives of all participating schools Intensive training of 20 representatives (total) from all schools in Facilitation methods and skills 2003 - Ongoing development of core group of 20 young people as YFL membersIntensive training with Street Children at Twilight Shelter, Johannesburg 2004 - Appointment of 1st young person as YFL Programme co-ordinator Intensive Gender training of core group through Men As Partners network 2005- Participation by Programme Co-ordinator in Africa Unite, Youth Conference organised by UNICEF in Ethiopia Collaboration with UNICEF (SA) on various youth-related events Selection of 2nd young person as YFL Programme co-ordinator 2006 -Development of new training programme with 10 groups (in-and-out of school) in Johannesburg and North West Throughout the programmes life, there has been ongoing training, meetings and support for core members of the group. The training has included the following: Participatory Facilitation Skills and Methods; Assertive Communication skills; Gender; Understanding & Tackling Racism & Sexism; Youth-Adult Partnerships; Co-Counselling The YFL programme has successfully been fulfilling its vision of encouraging social change, through the young people who have been part of the programme, who can be seen as social change agents. A few examples of their many activities are as follow Community work in orphanages, care centres, other schools and youth centres Facilitation of youth issues discussions on community radio Co-Facilitation of training programmes with Itereleng:ICA at other schools, in rural areas and with street-children in Johannesburg Development of support groups to prevent suicide (depression issues) and other Organisation of a street campaign to lobby for children's rights Peer education activities within schools around issues of gender, HIV/AIDS, childrens rights, substance abuse, self-awareness & anti-oppression etc. The activities have included training, carnivals, motivational talks, school assemblies, drama, creation of materials & distribution of information Over 1000 young people have been trained & educated on the various issues detailed above Young people have discussed how they have been able to effectively use new skills in difficult situations they have faced at home, school and in their communities One group were ministers at their school and have been involved in a range of initiatives, such as visits to parliaments, meetings with MECs and ministers etc. The other significant success of the programme has been that YFL members have not only developed a wide range of skills and shared these with others, but have also grown into an effective team, who are able to work collectively and individually. As advocates for youth issues, YFL members have excelled in many different settings, such as in their schools, with other organisations and in various workshops, presentations and conferences. In short, they represent South African youth with pride, intelligence and dignity.- South Africa

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Gender equality and justice are an integral part of the project. It is not an individual direction but it is the subject that comprises the whole project. Accordingly the working plan is arranged and conducted by focus groups in 5 targeted districts: Kanibadam, Asht, Mastcha, Zafarabad, Spitamen. Focus groups carry out the purpose of improving the DF members participation into the management process in the research fields and the introduction of these actions into Dehkan farms. PO s EHIO Farhang va Tarakkiyot in this project is responsible for providing focus groups in the following districts: Zafarabad, Spitamen (2007) and Dj. Rasulov. The focus groups discuss the following key items: Certificate on right of land tenure Certificate availability for share Debts to investors and other organizations, bodies Management issues Transparency s reporting Salary issues Debts of investors in DF Land share re-registration Fertilizers, machinery Access to resources Gender Participation Membership in DF Relation/correlation of DF members, hired personnel Legal rights Trainers/facilitators of PO s EHIO Farhang va Tarakkiyot are conducting training sessions in targeted districts of (Zafarabad, Dj. Rasulov and Spitamen) on the topics of: Bookkeeping and registration for the financial operations of a dehkan farm, Financial analysis of DF, Budgeting and cash flow calculation in DF, and the DF business plan. After such training, trained DF members work as accountants in their dehkan farms. Using the strategy, Leading Dehkan farm and united farms (neighbouring farms), relative to the research field; regular information for DF members and employees is provided both for men and women. It also collects regular information for timely response to all project components. Other topics and issues are discussed to develop practical steps for their introduction. Focus groups are used as a tool for each of the 5 project components. At the same time they complete a function relative to mobilization and the informing of members, (women and men). Special attention is paid to gender equality while carrying out these measures, not only within the project framework, but in the everyday activity of DF and the organizations partners.

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1.WATER LTID has helped Ngomano Community reduce the distance to water points for 180 households from 5kms to 2kms by construction of sub surface dams which serves as a great water reservoir to Ngomano Community.
5. 2.FOOD SECURITY: LTID has improved access to food for Ngomano Location from one meal per day to three meals throughout the year. This has been achieved by trainings offered to the community on dry land farming methods, provision of drought tolerant food crop seeds,farmers have been involved in improved poultry rearing and improved goat rearing.
6. 3.HIV and AIDS. LTID has been offering HIV and AIDS prevention education training to Ngomano Community. In addition LTID facilitates access to Voluntary Counseling and Testing Services through mobile VCTs. Those people living with HIV have been trained on Positive self management and are taking charge of their health by living positively. 
4.SELF HELP GROUPS. Village savings and Loaning Association (VSLA) through self help groups in each village has given the women voice and power to manage their saving by LTID. All the household basic needs are catered for at the self- help group level.30 self help groups have been established in Ngomano Location.
8. LTID distributes 30 male goats to 15groups in Ngomano Location. The goats are meant for Local goats upgrading. LTID distributes Ken brow chicken to Ngomano Community.