February 2016

COTE D'IVOIRE:

REPORT OF THE WAYNE MISSION FROM 11 TO 25 January 2016

 As part of the Youth at risk reinsertion project in the region of Agnéby-Tiassa, project executed by ICA-CI in collaboration with ICA-Japan, Mr. Wayne Co-director of ICA-Japan conducted a mission of 15 days to make a final evaluation of the project.

RUNNING OF THE MISSION
 
Activities during his stay were as follows:

Meeting with the executive management of ICA-CI focused on running the project management and year 2 project that will start on March 1st 2016. The arrangements for year 2 project execution and especially the efficiency in management of the three sub-activities. The best control of the financial managements while respecting the budget lines and providing the right supporting documents for accounting.

The second activity concerned the administration of a questionnaire for evaluation of the beneficiaries to help us to see the rate of our project realization according to our schedule and also to know whether the beneficiaries have learned something from the different trainings given by ICA during this year. This evaluation has also allowed us to see if we contributed to the economic recovery of the village and its visibility in marketing terms.

                     Survey at Aboudé Dadié           Visit to vinyl house in Aboudé Dadié

This activity took place in the 6 villages (Bonikro, Ekissiho, Badoukro, Boka-Oho, Aboudé-Dadié and Aboudé Boa Vincent) that benefited from the year 1 project. We also made field visits to see how the palm tree, chicken and vegetable raising are developing.

We also made visits to the 5 new villages that were selected for the second year: Andepo, Mure, Segbevi, N'chompo and Dè-obodjè. His visits were intended to increase sensitization started in August 2015 in the new villages that were selected for Year 2. The sensitizations essentially carried on the three activities (vegetable raising, Agroforestry and chicken raising) contained in the project of reinsertion of youth at risk. In addition to these activities, we told them about the different trainings that will support their reinsertion through the project funded by the Japanese government.

Sensitization meeting in the village of Monsieur Mure

From 23 to 24 January 2016 we conducted a mission in Brobo to see the activities that ICA-CI  had carried out in some villages from 1996 to 2003 with funding from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Japan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Tokyo Union Church and AICAF.

The team visited the tomatoe fields in Pindikro and CAPMR, where young people are engaged in this activity with their hearts set because they realize many personal projects they can accomplish from the income of their tomatoe production.

 
Visit of tomatoes’ farms production in Pindikro


 Visit in Mr. Amani’s field of 2 hectares of tomatoes

The delegation visited the village chief, Nanan Brobo TCHIDJI Marie, and Mr. Alexis ESSI, the Resident Mayor. The two authorities have expressed the wish to see ICA-CI resume its activities in the region to support and train the youth Ahaly. This will for ICA-CI’s return is due to the fact that there is no company throughout the region to employ all of Ahaly’s youth. So that ICA-CI will help to contribute to the reduction of the unemployment rate.

      Visit to resident mayor of Brobo         Visit to Nanan Tchidji Marie Chief village of Brobo

Wayne said that the visit of our delegation was also part of the objective for the resumption of activities in the region and also the reopening of the ICA-CI School, to mark its effective presence in the region.

The delegation thanked the authorities and promised to do everything possible so that the youth could benefit again from ICA-CI support through ICA Japan and their partners.

  
Visit to ICA-CI office in Brobo