http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/ http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/9/information-on-safe-sex Children and young people in Thailand often lack knowledge about the HIV virus and the ways you can prevent AIDS. ICS is investing in a programme to change this. Even before the end of this year, teachers and health workers will attend workshops that train them to pass this knowledge Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:38:08 +0200 http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/9/information-on-safe-sex http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/21/lighting-for-100-households-in-laos Thanks to an ICS investment, two villages in Laos now have portable and rechargeable lamps. The Sunlabob Pico Lantern was developed specifically for households in rural areas that are not connected to the electricity grid. The villages, Ban Van Ngoua and Ban Keng Khoum, can now provide lighting for one Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:26:20 +0100 http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/21/lighting-for-100-households-in-laos http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/35/new-direction-same-goal New name, logo, house style and newsletter. A lot has changed at ICS in a short period. Although the core of our work has stayed the same – socio-economic improvement and protection of children – we have taken a new course. Development cooperation with a business slant.Better futureCreating Change. The Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:29:28 +0100 http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/35/new-direction-same-goal http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/23/borrowing-a-tractor-from-the-rice-bank Besides rice, farming families in Cambodia will soon be able to hire agricultural machinery and borrow small amounts of money from two of the nine rice banks created with the support of ICS. That is a result of the success of the rice banks. Lending rice at reasonable rates to farmers in times of hunger Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:29:54 +0100 http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/23/borrowing-a-tractor-from-the-rice-bank http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/36/rice-bank-starts-drink-water-company Since September, at least 1600 households in Beng and Kok Mon have had access to clean drinking water. Together with ICS, management of the rice bank in Prasat Labouk invested more than five thousand dollars in the construction of a water purification installation. The installation pumps, purifies and bottles water Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:32:12 +0100 http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/36/rice-bank-starts-drink-water-company http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/41/collaboration-between-sunlabob-and-ics ICS is the first Dutch organization to enter into collaboration with Sunlabob, a company established in Laos that specializes in sustainable energy solutions for remote areas.Communities in remote country areas are generally not connected to the electricity grid. ICS believes it is important that these communities can also have sustainable Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:44:52 +0100 http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/41/collaboration-between-sunlabob-and-ics http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/45/teachers-share-knowledge-in-tanzania Two teachers from the Prinsentuin College are in Tanzania this week. They are visiting the Simanjiro Animal Husbandry Vocational Training Center (or SAHVTC) in Emboret. The two teachers are helping the teachers of this Maasai school to develop and implement practical lessons. This is useful because vocational education in Tanzania Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:49:29 +0100 http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/45/teachers-share-knowledge-in-tanzania http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/70/ics-netherlands-office-receives-special-visit On 14 May 2012, we had a surprise visit at ICS in Nunspeet from the couple Jennifer and Wilber from Busia (West Kenya). This couple comes from one of the working areas of ICS. The visit was a fantastic experience for us, because we were able to hear from them Wed, 16 May 2012 14:55:28 +0200 http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/70/ics-netherlands-office-receives-special-visit http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/48/great-results-for-busia-schools-kenya Busia district scored as the second best in the 2011 national school exams of in Kenya, after Nairobi district. Before Busia scored at the lower bottom. ICS has been supporting 1/3 of the total number of schools in Busia through its CriSIP (Children Rights in School Improvement Program) program since Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:49:05 +0100 http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/48/great-results-for-busia-schools-kenya http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/52/unicef-chooses-for-ics-latrines Unicef has decided to adopt the ICS design for latrines (developed and established with Unicef funds) in Busia as THE design for their sanitation program in the whole of Kenya. Apparently, ICS has been one of the few organizations in Western Kenya receiving Unicef funds to be successful in realising Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:57:07 +0100 http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/52/unicef-chooses-for-ics-latrines http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/56/ics-maize-project-popular-among-farmers Great news from Africa: for our new maize project in Kenya, 500 groups of farmers  signed up.  ICS made a selection out of these groups, because the farmers must meet certain criteria; for example having an official certificate.  After selection, 72 groups of farmers remained. Each group of farmers consists Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:41:27 +0100 http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/56/ics-maize-project-popular-among-farmers http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/59/start-construction-milk-collection-centre ICS has commenced building a collection centre for milk in the village of Emboret in Tanzania. This centre will be the place for the Masai to sell their milk and thus make some income. The collection point will be run by a local Masai cooperation, the Emboret Dairy Cooperative Society, Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:22:20 +0100 http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/59/start-construction-milk-collection-centre http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/62/barclays-approved-funding-ics-asia We are pleased to inform you that Barclays has approved a funding to ICS Asia. This is the second year that Barclays provided us funding. This funding is for the Aflatoun Child Social and Financial Education programme in Sisaket, Thailand. Aflatoun is a network of 72 organizations worldwide that strive Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:30:42 +0100 http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/62/barclays-approved-funding-ics-asia http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/64/kenyan-equity-bank-new-partner-ics Equity Bank is officially partnering  with the Investment in Social Economic Change program (ISEC). Equity Bank is the biggest bank in Kenya today. This week the bank is training 18 farmer groups in Butere/Khwisero, Kenya. The bank has provided 9 staff persons for this exercise to train farmer groups on three technical Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:37:23 +0100 http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/64/kenyan-equity-bank-new-partner-ics http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/65/call-for-nominations-the-larissa-award-2012 ICS partner The African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) organizes The Larissa Award. This is a biennial award dedicated to the memory of Larissa who passed away tragically at the age of five. During her short life she brought immense pleasure to her family and friends. Larissa was highly sensitive, intelligent, Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:21:13 +0200 http://ww.ics.nl/nieuws-en-US/65/call-for-nominations-the-larissa-award-2012