ICDP - International Child Development Program
In Bangladesh, ICDP is run by HCDP (Healty Childhood Development Porgram), a project of Normisjon Bangladesh.
ICDP Bangladesh wants to reach out to parents, teachers and caregivers in Bangladesh to make healthy strong children and families, and to strenghten to the bound between children and their caregivers.
Through UNICEF and other partner organizations, ICDP-training of caregivers and facilitators spreads among 40 out of 64 districts, and eight divisions across Bangladesh.
Healthy Childhood development Program (HCDP), facilitated by international certified trainers in ICDP, aims to provide training at the facilitator level to NGOs and local organizations in Bangladesh. The training under ICDP focuses on organizations working with:
- Families and Children: Addressing neglect or abuse prevention, promoting peace through group meetings and home visits. This includes working with various family contexts, such as general families, those from ethnic minority groups, families in stress and poverty, families and children under protection, and parents in prison.
- Vulnerable Children and Orphans: Prioritize vulnerable children and orphans’ families within the communities.
- Primary Health Care Programs: Building competency and sensitizing caregivers about their role in the development of children.
- Schools: Collaborating with teachers and parents to create a positive classroom atmosphere and enhance communication between pupils and their parents. e) Children in Institutions: Sensitizing and improving the quality of care.
- Special Needs Children: Sensitizing caregivers about the psycho-social needs of their children and building their confidence as caregivers
