In 2025, ICDP reached five areas in the eastern, western, and southern parts of Ethiopia. The facilitators were enthusiastic and highly motivated. After completing one round of parent groups, many facilitators continued with a second and even a third round.
The reports we are receiving from facilitators are remarkable. Some parents who had never expressed love to their children began saying “I love you” after attending the training. Their children even asked what had caused this change.
One mother shared that when her children learned she was attending the parent group, they said, “This is the right biblical teaching. Please tell the pastor so that all parents can receive this training.”
Another mother told her daughter that she loved her. The daughter replied, “If my father ever said he loves me, I think I would faint from joy,” because she had never heard him say those words. Another girl asked her mother, “Can’t you tell the pastor that all fathers should take this course?”
ICDP Ethiopia 2025: Certification of facilitators
Number of facilitators trained and certified in three locations: 61
Number of trained parents: 251
Children reached: 600
In addition, three facilitator trainings took place in Bishoftu, Dire Dawa, and Awasa. These new facilitators are now in the process of recruiting parent groups to start their sessions.
Number of new facilitators: 56
Their own children to be reached: 160