Integrated Community Development Program - Smile always Foundation - We are dedicated to care children, promote independence and build strong families through activities with the resources available.
“We are dedicated to care children, promote independence and build strong families through activities with the resources available.”

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Integrated Community Development Program

ICDP is a family-centered initiative by Smile Always Foundation that supports both children and their families in underprivileged communities.

  • 590 children receive education support (books, uniforms, supplies, coaching)
  • 600+ families benefit across 10 villages
  • 50 savings groups with 500 members promoting financial literacy

Key Focus Areas:

  • Education for children
  • Group formation & capacity building
  • Health & literacy awareness
  • Vocational skills training
  • Savings-based credit system
  • Support for income-generating activities

 

Group Formation and Development

Integrated Community Development Program strengthens the capacity of identified cluster group members in the communities. Cluster Group Formation encouraged, the Members learnt new skills and developed to realize their potential. The ICD Program at present has saving groups members.

  • To develop new community groups consists of members in the target communities with the help of Area Development Organizers to create an opportunity of working together in groups and contribute in their own development.
  • Conduct Need based basic literacy classes for saving group members by Community Facilitators to make them to learn basic literacy which needed for establishing their self reliance.
  • We arrange skills training in different skills to group members to equip with new skills by program staff at all levels to build the capacity of the group members.
  • We offered Vocation skills training in different skills to group members to learn new skills by training Instructors to learn new skills to earn their income.

 


Skills Training

The Group Members are trained and learnt new skills. ICDP will organize training for the members of new groups in

  • Group Management and Leadership
  • Simple accounting
  • Kitchen gardening and training
  • Poultry rearing and small business

Environmental awareness and social forestry and other skill development for group members and their family members. The training is continued for existing groups members.

Need Based Literacy and Social Awareness

Literacy rate increased and 80% participants are neo-literates. The Integrated Community Development program conduct classes for groups Members. Through this activity the group’s members have received need based Literacy training and makes them aware of social stability. Community Facilitator is appointed for conducting daily classes while Field Staff oversee the overall program. 15-20 classes are conducted in a month in the evening time for one to two hours as per their convenience after they return from their work. The follow-up Courses will be undertaken for the Group Members who completed Primer Level courses.