International Volunteers' Programme

The International Car Distribution Programme

ICDP’s objectives are to help all participants in car distribution plan for the future by developing new ideas for improving the present system or for introducing entirely new distribution formats. These solutions will be based on a deep understanding of the present system, using independent data collection and research. International comparisons between distribution system performance in many ...

TST programme of USTC

Alternative medicine in Bangladesh context means Unani/Ayurvedic and Homeopathic medicine. Government recognizes and patronizes allopathic (modern and western) medicine. This system through Government Institutions viz. hospitals and health care centres can offer services to only about 30% people. The other two systems (Unani/Ayurvedic and Homeopathic) can serve 50-60% people. Limited health man...

Recruitment of volunteers for a home-delivered meals programme serving homebound older adults: a theoretically derived programme among faith communities.

OBJECTIVE Home-delivered nutrition programmes that are federally subsidized by the US Administration on Aging seek to ensure that socially isolated older adults who are unable to purchase and prepare their own food have nutritious meals delivered to them regularly by both employed and volunteer staff. Unfortunately, there are long waiting lists in some neighbourhoods that are often due to a sho...

Evaluation of the International Child Development Programme (ICDP) as a community-wide parenting programme

BACKGROUND Many parenting programmes lack proper evaluation, especially under community-wide implementation. OBJECTIVE Examining the effectiveness of the eight-week International Child Development Programme (ICDP), implemented as a general programme. METHODOLOGY Non-clinical caregivers attending ICDP (N = 141) and a non-attending community comparison group (N = 79) completed questionnaires ...

International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)