July 2001
ICDP
- LATEST NEWS
In Amanecer there is a
project named Semillitas which means ‘little
seeds’. This is also a very suitable name for what SD(B) funding has been able to do in Amanacer and in
Ukraine. There are exciting possibilities emerging in both
countries for substantial funding from outside Subud to make
possible extensive programmes of ICDP (International Child
Development Programme). It is hoped to initiate a national
programme in Ukraine, working through educational
institutions, and UNICEF in Colombia approached Lailah
Armstrong offering funds secured from the Italian Government
for work with children. It is making a real difference in
the life of whole communities. There is the case of
Jennifer, a 14 year old Colombian girl, who was pregnant and
in despair. She received help from ICDP facilitators and
subsequently trained to become a facilitator herself. Her
attitude has completely changed and she is now training
older women.
Without the initial smaller
sums that SD(B) was able to give to enable Lailah to travel
and set up the materials for these projects, the larger
programmes would not take off. SD(B) is able to support this
work because of the donations of Subud members. Lailah has
recently given seminars in Argentina, Paraguay and
Uruguay.
THANK
YOU
Susila Dharma
NEW
INFANTS’ HOME, DNEPROPETROVSK, UKRAINE
Victor Gregorovich, the new
director, was very grateful for the donation from
SD(Britain). His first priority, he said, was a computer for
bookkeeping and for storing information on the children to
be admitted. With the £500. Lena bought a computer and
printer: £450 with £50 in reserve for additional
software and computer cartridges.
These, and any other assets
that we purchase for the home, will remain the property of
Zina Andreyeva (a Subud member) who runs the Parenting Club.
The doctor knows this and has agreed to it.
Renovations should be
finished by July. When everything is in place the first
group of 10 children will be admitted.
The home in the future could become a training centre for ICDP in co-operation with the Psychology Department of Dnepropetrovsk University, where Julia Sitenko, a Subud member, works. Doctor Gregorovich is open to this idea and a meeting is being arranged with him during Lailah Armstrong’s visit in June. Laura Lesley