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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 project is now in the second five year cycle receiving support from Digni, a Norwegian government donor agency for development work. 

Since 2019 ICDP has expanded a lot:

Children reached by October 2026:

7370

We have reached families in 41 districts of Bangladesh! See map under!

See map under!

Awareness has been raised among 2436 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. 335 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 17 Bangladeshi Trainers. They have gone through a 2-year programme to obtain their diploma. 8 assistant trainers will soon be added to this number. We have 1 Trainer of Trainers
Where are we in Bangladesh?
Through UNICEF and 16 other partner organizations, ICDP-training of caregivers and facilitators spreads among 41 out of 64 districts, and eight divisions across Bangladesh.
Our

Staff

Employees at HCDP main Office

Rana Dipankar Mazumder

Director of Normisjon Bangladesh

Angela Lovely Mondol

Project Coordinator

Fascilitator

Rumi Zengcham

Senior Training Coordinator

Trainer

Olivia

M&E Officer

Trainer

Roselima Rozario 

GBV Focal Point

Trainer

Sornolota Tudu

Finance Coordinator 

Trainer

Labio Tripura

 

Assistant Trainer

Taiwaba Langchiang

 Office Assistant
Our

Staff

District Offices 

Smita Hasdak

LAMB MESH ICDP Coordinator

 Trainer

Willson Soren

Manager of DLP

 Trainer

Sujoy Sarkar

Manager HRDP Moulvibazar

Trainer
Our

Partner Trainers and Assistant Trainers

Trainers and Assistant Trainers from our Partner Organizations

Sajeda Akter Boby


Trainer of Trainer

Kamrun Naher

Trainer in LLDC


Trainer

Asha Mondal



Trainer

Philomena Gomes

Volunteer in Healing Heart

Trainer

Protap Chandro Barmon

LAMB training Coordinator

Trainer

Jesmin Ara

SIM Child Safety Team

Joint Coordinator

Trainer

Dipaly Murmu

LAMB


Trainer

Nafiza Ferdowshi

Associate Professor Department of Educational and Counselling Psycology

University of Dhaka

 Assistant Trainer

Tasmia Lubaba

Healing Heart

Trainer

Edna Velasco

CUP

Assistant Trainer

William Bony

Shedboard

Assistant Trainer

Provat Chandra Das

LAMB

Assistant Trainer

Bikash Chandra Roy

LAMB

Assistant Trainer
Our

Foreign supporting staff

Gerd Eli Lindtjørn Haaland

Medical Doctor and Family Therapist

International Trainer

Karen Rebbestad Løkken

Medical Doctor at LAMB

 

Trainer

Mirjam Artmark Aanensen

Normisjon Country Manager for Bangladesh

Fascilitator