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

id	Project	Short	Description	Country
30	Model Community post-Katrina - USA	Holy Cross Neighborhood Association - local residents in New Orleans, USA are determined to become a model community following Hurricane Katrina. Holy Cross Neighborhood Association - local residents determined to become a model community following Katrina. Jean Watts, USA from ToPSurvey	Holy Cross Neighborhood Association - local residents in New Orleans, USA are determined to become a model community following Hurricane Katrina. Holy Cross Neighborhood Association - local residents determined to become a model community following Katrina. Jean Watts, USA from ToPSurvey	USA
53	Boulevard Improvement	The City of Denver, USA is intrigued by the process of a community group in Denver engaging a wide range of neighborhood groups, business and the city in improving one of the main Boulevards in Denver.	Fairly new community group in Denver is engaging a wide range of neighborhood groups, business and the city in improving one of the main Boulevards in Denver. The City is intrigued by the process we are using and the model. Topsurv	USA
172	Peru Construction of Windmill Systems	Windmill and water irrigation projects undertaken in Yesera and Arca de Noe Villages, Peru. Villagers, and people who came to report from the Japanese radio station FM CoCoLo, in Yesera village where the windmill projects were carried out.	Yesera Village where the project was carried out is located in the Asis valley. Spring water from an underground river is coming out around the green area. Elsewhere is rough land with only earth and rocks where there is no water. 3. The valley with a windmill installed. It is difficult to secure water for agriculture and drinking in this dry place where the water supply is inadequate. The windmill which uses the natural energy is effective. In order to enable the long term agricultural plan, the villagers will need to do the maintenance. In the ICAs project of 1996, the tower height was increased to catch sufficient wind. This time, overhaul was conducted to the old windmill which was not functioning because of the breakage of parts. At the same time, the methods of repairing were taught to the villagers. In the process of making plans, an exchange of the ideas was done with the university group in Lima who specialize in supporting rural development. The vertical axis sail-wing windmill which was installed by the ICA project last year, was destroyed because of the phenomenon of El Nino. All the parts of the windmill including the tower, gear and sail had fallen into the well by the flood of rocks and mud. Most of the parts were past retrieval except one. Even the rotor was built newly even though the rotor was taken out from the well by the villagers. The well in the east side of the village is big and has a large quantity of water. For this reason, two windmills were planned for installation. For the demonstrative reason, two different types of windmills: the vertical axis sail-wing windmill and the muitiblade windmill are to be installed. Taking the budget and efficiency into consideration, the rotor for the new multiblade windmill was ordered from the University in Lima, and the tower was constructed by the ICA staff. Installation of the Power Generating Windmill in el Arca de Noe Village. Although electricity goes through nearby Arca village, the electricty does not come into this village. In this project, one windmill system was purchased from a manufacture in Lima and installed for the purpose of electricity generation as well as to be a demonstration model.	Peru
186	VIETNAM - Improving Hanois Environmental Future	Putting vegetable floats on Thanh-Cong Lake again. These floats were a great environmental addition to the lake. At first, they were resisted, but now they ask for more and a few people spent days on the float, fishing for the now edible fish from the cleaned pond.	10 vegetable rafts were put on Thanh Cong lake in Hanoi in 2012. The Thang Cong lake was the project site that was contaminated with human sewage, dead fish and blue-green algae, and also many people would dump rubbish into the lake. Because of that, 10 vegetable rafts were put on the lake by the grant of Japan volunteer postal savings in 2008 in order to raise the environmental awareness of residents. Aquatic plants grown in rafts on the lake absorbed the polluted water. Therefore, they cleaned up the water. This project was a continuation of the previous project, and was intended primarily to transfer technology skills to local staff. Local materials were used, and then rafts were produced while teaching the local staff carefully. These Vietnamese built rafts were intended not inferior to ones made in Japan. In addition, the investigation of the possibility of using effective microorganisms to purify river, and environmental education for students attending elementary and junior high school near the lake were implemented.	Vietnam
188	Technology Transfer for Tropical Fruits and Agroforestry in Philippines	Technology transfer of the propagation of Tropical Fruits and its application for agroforestry in Philippines	ICA has finished distributing vegetable seeds in 14 sites; in addition, we will distribute fertilizers and seedlings of fruit trees in April. In this project, we have visited in many Mangyan villages. Most of Mangyan people have few chances to meet and see foreigners, and they usually show wariness to us the first time when we visit, because of their misunderstanding that ICA is a private company to look for the mining on the island. (Mindoro island has very rich mine resources). Therefore, ICA has explained to them that we are a NGO, not a private company; in addition, local staff have communicated with them and stayed in their villages. ICA operates this emergency aid agriculture replacement and expansion project until May. Several distributed seeds have already germinated in the beneficiaries gardens. Vegetables will come to their tables soon.	Philippines
189	Agroforestry in Maharashtra	Agroforestry in Maharashtra, India	Agroforestry in Maharashtra, India	India
200	Organic Agriculture - Kenya	Projects of capacity and building basis organic agriculture and establishment project of reservoir of initial stage for resident of Kajiado District Isinya area, Kenya.	Projects of capacity and building basis organic agriculture and establishment project of reservoir of initial stage for resident of Kajiado District Isinya area. ICA Japan	Kenya
203	Agricultural Training Exchange Kenya Zambia	ICA Zambia conducts various rural development projects such as sustainable agriculture development and income generation. Two agriculturist were sent as trainees to Kenya to learn integrated rural development approaches so that they can implement projects more effectively.	ICA Zambia conducts various rural development projects such as sustainable agriculture development and income generation. Two agriculturist were sent as trainees to Kenya to learn integrated rural development approaches so that they can implement projects more effectively. - ICA Japan	Zambia
221	Promoting Self-relianace of low caste women in rural Nepal	Promoting kitchen gardening, for food self-sufficiency and improving nutrient condition of villagers, in 5 village development committees of Parbat District, Nepal.	We are promoting kitchen gardening, for food self-sufficiency and improving nutrient condition of villagers, in 5 village development committees of Parbat District Nepal. Staff visiting villagers kitchen garden, advising how to grow vegetables utilizing sustainable agriculture techniques. We wish to continue supporting leadership development and followup programs, so that kitchen gardens which are in touch with nature and sustain villagers life, will spread throughout the area.	Nepal
232	Business Incubator - Peru	a team of 30 trained entrepreneurs in a typical rural district of the Sierra. Create appropriate alternatives to attract youth to settle permanently in their rural community in the Sierra. Provide a more diverse selection of products and services in the rural Sierra, Peru.	Business Incubator: Designed to diversify the economic base of rural districts and involve youth in the development of their communities and region. This successful model will be ready to replicate widely after it becomes self-sufficient in three years. ICA-Per__ has created a preliminary plan to assist in locating funding for this important demonstration project. Objectives: Form a team of 30 trained entrepreneurs in a typical rural district of the Sierra. Create appropriate alternatives to attract youth to settle permanently in their rural community in the Sierra. Provide a more diverse selection of products and services in the rural Sierra to make life more attractive and satisfying for residents of all ages. Be fully self-sufficient after three years to be sustained with its own income. Serve as a demonstration ready for replication in other rural Districts.	Peru
233	Empowered Mothers - Peru	120 single mothers to be Promoters in Peru, in order to transform the lives of 2,000 single mothers to a new lifestyle of independence and role models Change the life pattern of these 2000 women so their children and the next generation in the community have new images of being a successful woman	Empowered Mother: This project is designed to empower single mothers to be fully included in the dynamics of society, and to be respected leaders in their community. Trained single mothers will organize and lead groups of 10 women to become success models for their communities, like being a successful entrepreneur while being a good mother. ICA-Per__ has created a preliminary plan to assist in locating funding for this important demonstration project. Objectives: Demonstrate the viability of full empowerment of single mothers Train 120 single mothers to be Promoters, in order to transform the lives of 2,000 single mothers to a new lifestyle of independence and role models Change the life pattern of these 2000 women so their children and the next generation in the community have new images of being a successful woman Serve as a model for replication throughout the communities and neighborhoods of Peru	Peru
249	Sustainable Agriculture - Kenya	The three-year program, initiated in 2006, is now operational in 12 villages and equips the local Maasai people with skills and knowledge regarding sustainable agriculture in the Kajiado District, Kenya.	ICA Kenya operates a grassroots partnership program in Isinya, within the Kajiado District. The three-year program, initiated in 2006, is now operational in 12 villages and equips the local Maasai people with skills and knowledge regarding sustainable agriculture. The program is funded by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency and implemented cooperatively with ICA Japan. - Kenya	Kenya
268	Improving Quality of Life of Street Children in Bangladesh	Long range project for street children in Phulki, Bangladesh, involving schools, nutrition, housing, medical care and advocacy	Phulki Project Under this project, the children are provided access to non-formal basic education and basic life skills training. Basic education covers the basic part of the elementary schooling which includes alphabet learning, counting, addition, subtraction, multiplication, deviation, signature, learn how to read and write and understanding of meaning and basic theme etc. And under life skills they are taught healing techniques, citizenship, love, respect, herbal medicine, natural agriculture, social justice, environmental restoration, micro-credit, responsible internet access, leadership skills, basic computer knowledge. They are also made conscious about child rights, health and hygiene, disability, sanitation, HIV/AIDS, STDs, drug, environment etc. The children are offered learning materials including books, notes, monthly scholarship, school bag, school dress, Tiffin, stipend. Sport facilities, cultural and extra curricular activities like dance, drama, and water, electricity are also ensured under this project. The project was inaugurated by a Member of Parliament. The project also had a first year celebration. Educational and urgent materials distribution day was witnessed by the City Councilor. Before the launching, parents and local partners had a consultation workshop using ToP followed by the formal inauguration, cultural day, sports day, and concluding ceremony. Phulki is a Bengali word used by ICA for its children life skills and education project whether the children are street, slum, orphan or underprivileged. Phulki (meaning Sparking ) combines literacy and life skills in which guardians, community, local government and local voluntary clubs/non-profits/business are partners for the project. Basic education focuses on teaching how to read, write and understand. It s including general aptitude, language both Bangla and English and quantitative aptitude. Life skills training and awareness raising program includes youth leadership development such as process of group discussion, basic facilitation, conflict management, sewing machine and dress making training, computer fundamental, health and environmental awareness such as sanitation, pure water, pollution, sustainability, HIV/AIDS, juvenile delinquency, differential association, citizenship, love, respect ethics and morality. Children are also given some opportunity to learn and practice their extracurricular activities such as drama, recitation, song, dance and other cultural events, and some Indore game and sports). Before starting the project we went to every door of this community and talked about our project and collected their opinion about it. We arranged a community meeting at commissioner s house where the guardians of the children were attended and shared their views about this project. We followed ORID method and they responded spontaneously. Their realization is that, they are poor but poverty is not the main issue of their life. The main problem is they do not know how they can overcome from poverty. Their dream is to establish their children as a successful person but they have no way to make it happened. If their children involve with income generation they can minimize the immediate hunger in their family. But if somebody wants to take the responsibility to make their children educated and skilled, they must appreciate it and now they are agree to remain hungry to wait for the bright future of their children. The children are offered participatory learning environment and learning by doing along with facilitative leadership and life skills make them to be skilled, conscious and committed future leaders despite their socio-economic disadvantage. The parents, local community leaders, local government and local clubs were brought together to help the slum street children do not spoil. The students love the school and ICA very much. They feel this school as their own organization. They comment that the education system is different here. Teachers are very friendly and helpful. They are learning new things, which are different than other schools. Leadership training is very exciting to them. They also love to learn life skill, which has very good practical orientation. Having awareness raising on different social issues like leadership, patriotism, love, respect, birth registration, vote, HIV/AIDS, etc., they share with their parents and neighbors, they are appreciated and honored which is the best achievement for them. When they think, they are the future leader of their community, they feel empowered and strength. This children want to change their society. Children under the project were asked to write something about the project, funder and ICA. They wrote in their own words in their local language ?	Bangladesh
355	North India Bihar Village Aid	1.99 million inhabitants, with 16,000 yen average annual income were flood victims in 2011. The 99 percent illiterate residents of Madepura county of India, live in a region that is the least developed	1.99 million inhabitants, with 16,000 yen average annual income were flood victims in 2011. The 99 percent illiterate residents of Madepura county of India, live in a region that is the least developed. It has various severe problems like discrimination, child labor, immigration, exploitation, low education, poverty, and sub-standard agricultural technology. ICA Japan began development in 2012 towards its resolution. ICA is supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japans NGO cooperation grant aid, and the local counterpart is HCDI.	India
365	Just Space in the City	the Chicago Sustainability Leaders Network (CSLN) and community members from across the city joined in engaging dialogue around the concept of spatial justice.	On October 7th, members of the Chicago Sustainability Leaders Network (CSLN) and community members from across the city joined in engaging dialogue around the concept of spatial justice. The event, called -Is it Just Space?, included an interactive panel discussion and small group conversations that discussed the relationship of space, public and private, to social justice issues. The event was collaboratively planned by ICA and Center for Humans and Nature (CHN). The evening started with small-group discussions, each facilitated to discuss specific challenges regarding space. While the topics were varied, the report backs from each group indicated a common interest in intentionally including communities in urban planning committees and the decision making process. The initial small groups then fueled the direction of the panel discussion which featured Julian Agyeman (Tufts University), Michael Bryson (Roosevelt University), Melanie Eckner (Uptown), and Orrin Williams (South Side). Book-ending the panel with audience participation created a space for group ownership of ideas and community expertise. In the final discussion, the group imagined furthering the conversation through a series of events and spaces that would be dedicated to greater community ownership of space and decision making.	USA