ICA community development initiatives use a variety of empowerment strategies and impact economic, political and cultural development.

id	Project	Short	Description	Country
44	Call-a-Teen Youth Resources, USA	Pioneering Project-based Learning in its charter high school has board and staff deeply involved in the implementation process of a comprehensive strategic planning process, in Pheonix, USA.	Call-a-Teen Youth Resources is pioneering Project-based Learning in its charter high school, using ToP methods in its workforce development programs and has its board and staff deeply involved in the implementation process of a comprehensive strategic planning process. John Oyler, USA from ToPSurvey	USA
45	After School Tutoring, USA	START the Adventure in Reading (STAIR)- an after-school tutoring program that expanded its charter in post-disaster New Orleans, USA.	START the Adventure in Reading (STAIR)- an after-school tutoring program that expanded its Board focus to help make literacy a top community priority in the changing charter & recovery school landscape in post-disaster New Orleans. Has jump started a huge collaborative group focused on this goal. Erness Wright - Irvin, USA by ToPSurvey	USA
45	After School Tutoring, USA	START the Adventure in Reading (STAIR)- an after-school tutoring program that expanded its charter in post-disaster New Orleans, USA.	START the Adventure in Reading (STAIR)- an after-school tutoring program that expanded its Board focus to help make literacy a top community priority in the changing charter & recovery school landscape in post-disaster New Orleans. Has jump started a huge collaborative group focused on this goal. Erness Wright - Irvin, USA by ToPSurvey	USA
46	Senior Curriculum Design, USA	Community Ambassador Program for Seniors - A partnership between City of Fremont Human Services Department and 7 ethnic and faith communities in Fremont, USA has built curriculum and evaluation together.	Community Ambassador Program for Seniors - A partnership between City of Fremont Human Services Department and 7 ethnic and faith communities. ToP has been used to develop curricula, program design and evaluation. Raymond Grimm, USA from ToPSurvey.	USA
63	Enviroschool Formal Deep Reflection - New Zealand	Facilitators in New Zealand use the Focused Conversation Method to enable deeper reflection in 500 Enviroschools.	Enviroschools facilitators all learn that reflection is a very valuable part of learning, and they experience deep reflection using the focused conversation when we train them (even though they dont know that this is the method we are using). This gives them a commitment to facilitating deeper reflection when they work in the 500 schools that are part of this NZ programme. Helen Ritchie, New Zealand from	New Zealand
66	Diaspora Group Members Initiatives - UK	AFFORD, the African Foundation For Development, is a UK based diaspora organization that works with other diaspora organizations in the UKhas adopted ToP and its principles to make it more representative of its members and to play a more facilitative role in enabling and supporting members to take their own initiatives forward. UK	A small diaspora organisation has adopted ToP and its principles to make it more representative of its members and to play a more facilitative role in enabling and supporting members to take their own initiatives forward. Networking Organization AFFORD, the African Foundation For Development, is a UK based diaspora organization that works with other diaspora organizations in the UK, linking them to development efforts in Africa. In 2002 they found themselves trying to focus among many conflicting priorities, uncertain about which possibilities to follow in their development of coalitions and partnerships in the UK. The subsequent strategic planning event facilitated by ICA:UK and attended by the entire board, staff and stakeholders was pivotal in that it enabled the participants to see how a participatory approach works, demonstrated how all ideas could be included and be drawn upon to produce a coherent product both agreed and owned by the participants. The AFFORD staff recognized that the particular processes used in this event were the practices they wanted to use in their day to day work and in their day to day relationship building. One board member said If not for that planning process, I believe I might have given up volunteering for AFFORD some time ago. I gave up all the other organisations I used to serve because their processes were not sufficiently participatory and inclusive for me. The event has also had a bearing on who they are attracting as an organization, who they work with, and it has changed the relationship they have with their partners. AFFORD is more confident in its promotion of participation, training African facilitators to manage workshops at conferences - 60 young Africans were trained for the annual African Diaspora and Development Days. They have been taught to listen, not to fear disagreement and to build consensus. It has also changed the criteria by which they choose their partners: If they don t see any commitment toward participation, they won t engage with them. Onyekachi Wambu, Information Officer said, ICA techniques and ideas have had, I would say, a big impact on AFFORD. From my own perspective it has shaped the way I approach meetings and seek to build consensus for actions. - UK. Jonathan Dudding, UK, 2010 (antiD)	UK
67	CommunityDevelopment Workshops - Bosnia	Working with World Vision Bosnia and Herzegovina and using ToP methods for facilitation of community development workshops. Slavica Bradvic Hanusic, Bosnia	Working with World Vision Bosnia and Herzegovina and using ToP methods for facilitation of community development workshops. Slavica Bradvic Hanusic, Bosnia from ToPSurvey	Bosnia
242	Legal Literacy in Monduli District Tanzania	The ICA Tanzania legal aid clinic is providing legal services to community members particularly women and children in fighting for their property rights after the death of the husband/children in Monduli District	Related to the low level of education there is also a low level of legal literacy. in Monduli district. After the trade liberalization policy there has been a move to increase agricultural activities and lessen pasture areas. Of late there has been an increase of squeezing pastoralists into areas that are non-viable for pastoral land use. Though customary land rights of pastoralist grazing land are still widely recognized but they give no protection against claims of agriculturists. Therefore the situation of land tenure in Monduli is one of the conflicts between the original Maasai population and what they see as intruders on their land. Besides unawareness about their land rights most of the people in Monduli do not know about their legal rights as stated in the constitution.	Tanzania
251	Solar Power - Cote DIvoire	Conservation and awareness projects in the Toumodi region of Cote DIvoire resulted in five villages now lit with solar power, solar water heaters in the Toumodi hospital	Environmental conservation and awareness projects in the Toumodi region during 2006 resulted in five villages now lit with solar power, as well as two solar water heaters operating in the Toumodi hospital. location -	Cote dIvoire
253	HIV/AIDS Prevention and awareness - Cote DIvoire	Raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, targeting young girls and teaching them about the dangers of risky behavior	ICA Cote dIvoire works with 70 families in the Brobo region to organize themselves in order to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, targeting young girls and teaching them about the dangers of risky behavior. ICA Côte dIvoire also coordinated an awareness campaign in 2006 about the availability and reduced cost of anti-retro viral drugs, as well as Voluntary Counseling and Testing facilities. location -	Cote dIvoire
256	Civil Society Sustainability - Tajikistan	Within this project framework, two public certifications were conducted on a voluntary basis, and about 80 civil society organizations, from throughout the Republic of Tajikistan, were certified	Project goals and tasks: To provide loyal Civil Society Organizations with the right organizational tools for development purposes, with: Self s assessment structure; Certification structure; Capacity building possibilities. At the Round Table the Senior Adviser of RT President Mr.Koshonov Subkhon makes a speech. The Round Table was lead by Safarova Marina - PO EHIO director. Project of Civil society Program donor, Aga Khan Foundation in Tajikistan with financial support of DFID. September 2009, Dushanbe. Visit to Pakistanian Centre for Philanthropy (PCP) initiated and organized by PO EHIO within the framework of the Program Civil society, Aga Khan Foundation Tajikistan with financial support of DFID. The second from left side is PO EHIO director - Marina Safarova. October 2009, Islamabad, Pakistan. Within this project framework, two public certifications were conducted on a voluntary basis, and about 80 civil society organizations, from throughout the Republic, were certified . Certification commission members are from several individual groups of society s the Presidents Board, Parliamentary deputies, the Ministries of Justice and Education, also representatives of public organizations, international organizations, and mass media. At the present time a third public certification is planned. For certified CSOs, training in capacity building is conducted, for example, on the theme, Organizational development s approach to capacity building. Training themes are often suggested by certified CSOs themselves at the Round tables, based on certification results, or while preparing regional meetings. PO EHIO s Farhang va Tarakkiyot received its certification by carrying out the first public certification in RT. Also within this project framework the organization has provided material for the newspaper, Business and policy. where we share space with other partners of the program, Civil Society on the Dialogue page. On this same page articles regarding development issues were published, along with success stories of CSOs and other material from books, magazines, and scientific literature, devoted to Civil Society development in RT. The Project is still continuing at this time. Project donors: Aga Khan Foundation, Tajikistan/DFID	Tajikistan
264	Indigenous Forest Resources Access - Nepal	ICA Nepal organized orientation, training, and the development of case studies for its national level workshop on indigenous communities and their often complex relationship to forests, including 12 recommendations.	With the support of Global Forest Coalition (GFC), ICA Nepal carried out activities that promoted the rights of indigenous communities access to and use of forest resources. It organized orientation, training, and the development of case studies for its national level workshop on indigenous communities and their often complex relationship to forests. During its workshop, ICA Nepal produced 12 recommendations to present to the Nepalese government for immediate consideration. The workshop identified political instability as one of the main underlying causes of rampant deforestation in Nepal. Other resolutions considered giving special care to the culture, skills, and traditions of indigenous populations, providing better education opportunities to local communities, compensating indigenous and ethnic communities for their products, guaranteeing free alternative energy for indigenous and ethnic communities residing in or near forest areas, and new government-led arrangements for cattle raising and grazing. ICA Nepal understands that Nepals rapidly growing population puts great pressure on natural resources. Through Eco-clubs and sustainable agricultural programs, children and adults respectively are encouraged to think about ways to use their environment in a sustainable way. Trees have been planted, and nurseries and kitchen gardens started as a result of this program. Furthermore, through training and facilitation, ICA Nepal has motivated thousands of people towards protecting the environment. - Nepal	Nepal
286	Clinical Leadership Evaluation and Development UK	Four task forces in South Manchester, UK, on the introduction of cluster working, and three Cluster Directors, to support extended primary care teams in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working; and the creation of an in-house Education, Learning and Workforce Development Team,	Effective clinical leadership is seen as central to the cultural and organisational changes expected of organisations across the health service, in the context of national reforms aimed at creating a patient-led NHS. When ICA:UK was approached in early 2006, investments had been made in recent years in strengthening clinical leadership within the then South Manchester PCT. These included the introduction of cluster working, and three Cluster Directors, to support extended primary care teams in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working; and the creation of an in-house Education, Learning and Workforce Development Team, with a Practice Nurse serving as Clinical Lead. Considerable further change was required and underway, including Agenda for Change and the merger of the three Manchester PCTs (South, North & Central). outputs were documented in two reports, of the Consultation process (July 6th 2006) and of the Review & Planning (July 26th 2006). A key outcome of the process was the establishment of four task forces, each comprised of 3-4 members from across the three groups, and each with its remit defined and with a first- draft work plan including quarterly milestones for the coming year and beyond. The remit of the four task-forces were: Growth, Development, Training Opportunities Redefinition & Clarity of Role & Responsibility & Expectations Supporting Systems and Processes Transparency, Communication & Access to Support According to participants end-of-workshop feedback, highlights of the process included: Liked interactive style s getting up & moving around Group interaction helped people to understand other point of view An opportunity to speak and hopefully implement change Feel process was moved on to something constructive Positive actions proposed at end of session to take proposals forwards A further series of Consultation workshops and a Review & Planning workshop were delivered later in 2007, on Management and Leadership Development. This adapted the format and process developed for Clinical Leadership Evaluation and Development in South Manchester to engage with a cross-section of staff of the new Manchester PCT - to begin to develop a consensus on a Manchester way of managing, a core set of leadership and management competencies to deliver this style, and a few priority actions for quick wins over the following months. Since then the approach has also been applied to review and planning away days with individual staff teams including the Joint Occupational Therapist Unit of Manchester Equipment and Adaptations Partnership (a joint service of Manchester PCT and Manchester City Council) and the Manchester PCT Interpretation Service - UK	India
291	Music and Youth Peer Research - UK	Research project to figure out the affect of music on youth in Manchester, UK.	Young people came up with these project aims: We want to carry out a piece of research to find out how music affects teenagers in Manchester. Will will do this through questionnaires, interviews and mystery shopping. We aim to make contact with 250 people. We will do this through schools and friendship networks, including an online version of the questionnaire too. We will do this piece of research in 4 weeks. Do you think music could change a teenager life completely? Lots of people said yes to this question. They generally thought the affects would be positive more than negative. They said it can inspire people and help people to express their emotions, become more social, be a release and an escape, give confidence and a better view of life and be able tosee the world in a different light. They thought it could even help people to become healthier and happier, giving you better life choices and future path, including if it was a focus for your career. But also, people through that it can have a psychological affect on teenagers. It can make you more aggressive and more angry. It is important but as one person pointed out, music isnt everything, and is not on its own always that powerful, but can be a tool for good if used in conjunction with other things.	UK
326	The research in villages east of near Turkana Lake in a northern part of Kenya	new project in villages in Loyangarani prefecture in Kenya as the research project for NGO founded by Japan International Forestry Promotion and Cooperation Center,	People in Loyangarani used to be in a serious condition because of long year’s drought. Therefore, ICA placed water pipe lines in this area until April 2013. The water pipe lines help people to access water easily. In addition, villages with the water pipe lines are planting trees. Around 30 years ago, the area around Turkana Lake was a jungle. However, it looks like desert with only a few trees now. Tree can provide several benefits. Therefore, ICA is planning to operate a new project toward Turkana Lake planted many trees, and we hope to once again become a jungle. location -	Kenya
332	Tree Plantation at Dabhade, India	We maintain a permanent plant nursery at our Environment Education Center at Talegaon Dabhade	Tree plantation: We maintain a permanent plant nursery at our Environment Education Center at Talegaon Dabhade. Several varieties of forest trees, fruit trees and medicinal plants are raised and distributed to farmers in our project area. An average of 15,000 plants are raised and planted each year. These four projects support each other. The dairy provides cow dung fertilizer for agriculture and bio gas; agriculture provides fodder for dairy animals; bio-gas slurry is used as fertilizer; and tree plantation provides fodder/feed as well as fruit and wood.	India
341	Joyful Cotton	production of womens reusable sanitary pads in Dhulikhel		Nepal
344	CBO Alliance for Family Health and Social Welfare	An initiative in Kailali district, Nepal dealing with HIV prevention and education .		Nepal
353	Hydroponics and Compost Making Training in Bihar	This detailed report describes step by step how the training took place in each village. The villagers were eager to carefully learn this agriculture technology.	This detailed report describes step by step how the training took place in each village. The villagers were eager to carefully learn this agriculture technology. location -	India
354	The Severely Marginalized People of Routa and Gopalpur Villages	Human Development Training and Facilitation by Wayne Ellsworth of ICA Japan, and Peter Lasrado of partner HDCI, for The Severely Marginalized People of Routa and Gopalpur Villages In Madhepura District, Bihar, India, October 2014 Funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan	Nearly 250 people eagerly participated for four days from Routa and Gopalpur villages. They recalled what has happened in their villages since the flood of 2008, then listened to a Planetary Evolution talk. For the first time, they deeply understood how the world is rapidly changing. They realized their very existence here depends upon creating a new future. We all learned the steps necessary to change our lives, using the Octave of Learning system. The Economic, Social, and Educational Principles of Community Development had a resounding impact, especially the Village Educational Principles. They have school buildings, but the teachers are sub-standard, and the children from the project’s pre-schools are teaching their teachers and their parents! Sub-Groups of the participants wrote practical vision elements, thought deeply, then decided priorities and actions for working together for the next six months. location -	India
357	Allium School built on mountain top in Haiti	Three engineers firm were contacted in order to submit a proposal for the building construction. They all went to visit the site; for some it was their first time in a rural area at 1000 m altitude.	The school project successfully mobilizes communities. It generated great interest. Eight hundred forty two people had worked in this project either as unskilled labor or semi-qualified workers or technician. In addition this project had also built local capacity to design and monitor actions that addresses the issues tackled by school management plans. Parents especially value new ways to participate in their children education.	Haiti
386	Well Water in Dodja (Ouedo), ICA Benin	Built a big well equipped with energy generator in the village of Dodja (Ouedo) in the district of Abamey Calavi situated at 20 km from Cotonou. This well is used by community members and children of the local primary school.	Completed construction on a sealed pump well in partnership with ICA Benin, a local NGO. We are currently laying pipes to distribute water to a local primary school 1/4 mile from the well. The 240 children that attend this school go 8 hours a day, every day, without any water at all. This will probably be the only clean water they receive all day. Ouedo is a village with 2 previous wells over 50 years old that are dead-in-the-ground. The residents have had to gather unsanitary water from a long distance. This new well is equipped with a generator to help facilitate a large distribution of safe water to the entire community. In order to ensure the sustainability of the well, a monitoring committee of five village members has been created to work with ICA Benin on maintenance and and up-keep.	Benin
390	community Centres, Bihar	Second stage construction for the two community centers are almost finished. The third village has just settled the land dispute, and the contractor has just begun on the ground work for the third multi-purpose center. When completed, we will have finished 8 centers and done a variety of trainings in each village.		India