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International Child Development Initiatives

ICDI is a Dutch non-profit organisation with a world wide brief, and a focus on developing countries. ICDI promotes the well-being of children growing up in difficult circumstances. We work to improve the policies and practices which affect these children by assisting in the development of local capacity (of children, their communities, organizations, and authorities). We believe in the power of children and young people, supporting their rights and addressing the underlying causes for the problems they face.

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Community art in Nicaragua
01-05-2012

The collaboration between ICDI and Hopebox (www.hopebox.nl/) has lead to a very inspiring community art workshop in Matagalpa region, where ICDI's partner organization, La Amistad, is implementing the Girl Power Programme.

You can download a visual report here: hbxwr_in_nicaragua_w.pdf

Rienke Enghardt, the Dutch artist who is behind the Hopebox project, has visited the region of Matagalpa with the support of ICDI and our local partner organization La Amistad.

Within the Girl Power Programme, Rienke has implemented some community art workshops with children and young people and painted walls to promote peace and solidarity in Rancho Grande, El Tambor and Matagalpa.

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ICDI Annual Report 2011 now available
11-04-2012

The ICDI Annual Report 2011 titled 'Girl Power' is now freely available via this website. In the report you can find a complete overview of ICDI's projects in the past year. You can also find the accountants report here. http://www.icdi.nl/publications/year_reports

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ICDI welcomes another beautiful child into the family
10-04-2012

On 7 April ICDI's Esther gave birth to her second son, Luca Aidan. All of us at ICDI are of course very happy and congratulate the new mother, her husband Huub and Luca's little big brother Manu.

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