On photo above: The new group of facilitators with Joyce Larnyoh, their ICDP trainer. Luce Manou, coordinator and future ICDP trainer is in the centre. On the far right is their contact at the town hall of the city of Yopougon, the largest municipality in West Africa.
A group of 16 people linked to the Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Côte d’Ivoire (MELCI) has completed their training and became certified facilitators of the ICDP programme, in May 2025.
The Lutheran Mission is committed to extending the ICDP approach to more organizations,
“The expansion of ICDP will soon be a reality, thanks to the impact of our graduation ceremony for facilitators. The facilitators come from the Organization of Islamic Confessional Educational Establishments (OEECI), the Ivorian Institute for the Promotion of the Blind (INIPA), the Social Center, the Center for the Protection of Early Childhood (CPPE), the Alliance of Religious for Integral Health and the Promotion of the Human Person (ARSIP), the Pastors of the Council of Religious Guides of Yopougon and the MELCI. The ICDP graduation ceremony took place under the patronage of the 1st Deputy Mayor of the Yopougon municipality where ICDP activities are implemented. The Municipality has contributed significantly to the ICDP activity resulting in many doors now being open to us.” – Luce Manou.
Photo above is showing one of the caregivers who attended the ICDP course, who gave an emotional testimony about the impact of the programme on her family.