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ICDP in Bangladesh

"Children will grow up in a safe and caring environment"

How it started

In 1993, the ICDP programme was implemented in the villages around Dhaka through ICDP cooperation with World View International. The focus was on the prevention of nutritional blindness and enhancement of adult-child relationships. 

In 2014, a study about ICDP was conducted by Nafiza Ferdowshi, “An ICDP base line study of three cases of mother-child dyads in socio-economically underprivileged families”. It was her master’s thesis at the Department of Special Needs Education at the University of Oslo.

In 2018, ICDP was contacted by a Gerd Eli Haaland, a Norwegian medical doctor working in Dhaka. Several months later, Gerd Eli Haaland started to work on her vision and went through the first stage of ICDP training. She continued her training up to trainer level, which she achieved in 2020. 

The first 5 years in Bangladesh have come to an end, and we are applying for a new 5 year period, and our goal is to expand even more. Thanks Digni for believing in this project and supporting us!

Since 2019 ICDP has expanded a lot:

Children reached by December 2024:

5013

We have reached families in 40 districts of Bangladesh! See map under!

Awareness has been raised among 1563 caregivers through ICDP caregiver groups.  Facilitators aim is to increase knowledge on positive parenting and ensure the healthy development of children.

Training of Fascilitators (TOF) has been held 19 times across all of Bangladesh. 256 facilitators from different NGOs and organizations have been certified through three workshops. 

Training of Trainers (TOT):  From Nov 26th we have a total number of 12 Bangladeshi Trainers. They have gone through a 2-year programme to obtain their diploma.

Partnering with UNICEF

UNICEF and NB provided Facilitator Training (TOF) for the staff of Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (MoWCA). Out of 103 Facilitators, 89 certified got in October 2024. 16 Participants dropped out due to the personal and organisational internal responsibilities and challenges.
Read more about the collaboration here
Where are we in Bangladesh?
Through UNICEF and other partner organizations, ICDP-training of caregivers and facilitators spreads among 40 out of 64 districts, and eight divisions across Bangladesh.
Our

Staff

Employees at HCDP main Office and District Offices 

Nelson Sarkar

Director of Normisjon 

Bangladesh

Angela Lovely Mondol

Normisjon Main Office

Project Coordinator

Sajeda Akter Boby


Trainer of Trainer

Rumi Zengcham

Normisjon Main Office

Trainer

Olivia

Normisjon Main Office

Trainer

Sornolota Tudu

Finance Coordinator  Normisjon

Trainer

Simon Pronoy Rozario

Normisjon Main Office 

Program Assistant

Protap Chandro Barmon

LAMB training Coordinator

Trainer

Smita Hasdak

LAMB MESH ICDP Coordinator

 Trainer

Willson Soren

Manager of DLP

Assistant Trainer

Sujoy Sarkar

Manager HRDP Moulvibazar

Assistant Trainer
Our

Partner Trainers and Assistant Trainers

Trainers and Assistant Trainers from our Partner Organizations

Kamrun Naher

Trainer in LLDC


Trainer

Asha Mondal



Trainer

Philomena Gomes

Volunteer in Healing Heart

Trainer

Roselima Rozario 

Volunteer in Healing Heart

Trainer

Jesmin Ara

SIM Child Safety Team

Joint Coordinator

Trainer

Nafiza Ferdowshi

Associate Professor Department of Educational and Counselling Psycology

University of Dhaka

 Assistant Trainer

Merilyn


Assistant Trainer

Dipaly

LAMB

Assistant Trainer
Our

Norwegian supporting staff

Gerd Eli Lindtjørn Haaland

Medical Doctor and Family Therapist

International Trainer

Karen Rebbestad Løkken

Medical Doctor at LAMB

Assistant Trainer

Mirjam Artmark Aanensen

Normisjon Country Manager for Bangladesh