Integrated Program for Community Development (IPCD)

Integrated Program for Community Development is a post-tsunami development program implemented in 29 villages and 79 schools from Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur, Pudukottai and Kanyakumari districts with the support of Canadian Red Cross.

Celebration of National Nutrition Week in IPCD Crèches

The Crèches in all the IPCD intervention districts celebrated the National Nutrition Week in the month of September 2011. The theme for the year's celebration is 'on the steps of nutrition lies the emancipation of next generation – This is our vision and conviction'. As the theme intends to address malnutrition issues and improve the nutritional status of the community primarily through creating awareness, the IPCD staff focused on improving the nutritional status of the children attending the crèches and their families through the same strategy. The objective of the celebration was to create awareness among crèche children and their parents on the importance of nutrition, its impact on overall development of an individual especially the children, appropriate dietary intake and healthy lifestyles.

Events like healthy children competition, cooking competition and lecture on the importance of nutrition especially in childhood by the Medical Officers and Village Health Nurses from the Government Primary Health Centers and Sub Centers marked the celebration. Community representatives and Panchayat leaders actively participated in the events and distributed the prizes to the winners. In all 13 creches, 324 children and 280 parents attended the event. The parents appreciated the staff for organizing such a knowledgeable event and promised to implement the learning's in their day to day life.

Master Training of Trainers (MToT) on Youth Curriculum

A four-day training on Be Safe "Youth Curriculum" for the selected IPCD staff was organized from 15th to 19th September 2011 at Thanjavur District. The objective of the training was to develop potential trainer's team to facilitate youth curriculum trainings for the teachers and school peer educators in the six IPCD intervention districts. The training focused on enhancing participant's knowledge and facilitation skills through innovative and participatory approach.

Major topics in the module included concept of violence among children, types of violence, violence vs discipline, child rights, international laws pertaining to child rights and violation, addressing issues of violence among children and handling disclosure related to violence. Ms. Judi Fairholm, Director, RespectED: Violence and Abuse Prevention, Canadian Red Cross, Canada, Mr. Manimaran, Manager, Humanitarian Values & Livelihood programs, Canadian Red Cross, Chennai and Mr. M.Karnan, School Program Officer, IRCS TNB were the lead facilitators for the training program. Nine school program coordinators, six district coordinators, six selected village coordinators and two state branch representatives actively participated in the training. The youth curriculum training by the trainers with support from the lead facilitation team will be rolled out in the school in this quarter.

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