Professor from University of Michigan visits ICWO

Indian Community Welfare Organisation, is a non-profit, non-governmental, organization who has worked with multiple marginalized and poor communities with a specific focus on women and child development for the past 20 years. ICWO is based in AP-216, 18th Main Road, ’I’ Bloc, 6th Street, Vallalar Colony, Anna Nagar West, Chennai.Prof. Root, Professor and Director, Office of Global Activities of University of Michigan, School of Social Work visited ICWO and interacted with Mr.A.J.Hariharan, Secretary, ICWO. During the meeting various possibilities of students exchange program were discussed. It was decided for the next academic years students from University of Michigan will visit ICWO and Madras Christian College for a international student internship program. Prof. Root was very impressed with the range and quality of the programs that were described by Mr. A.J.Hariharan and Ms. Devika Thilak of ICWO. He commented: “ICWO has a diverse and comprehensive set of programs.

They are taking some of the most pressing problems facing the community—problems that are too often ignored.  But ICWO is devoting time, energy, and a basic commitment to finding solutions.A.J. Hariharan, Secretary of ICWO, told the reporter, a eagerly looking forward to work with students and professors of University of Michigan “It is extremely important that the learning of ICWO over the past 20 years is shared with the international developmental workers to fine tune the implementation pattern for effective intervention across the world. Sharing the knowledge is so important so that the people need not to wait to experience on their own and rather learn a decade of experience in just a couple of months. The successful, innovative, cost-effective, replicable model can be adopted anywhere in the world to support the multiple marginalized poor community in a crisis situation.”Indian Community Welfare Organisation can be contacted on 044-26184392, 65515742,Fax: 044-45536392, Mobile: 98401-88821. Email: fieldmaster2000@gmail.com, fieldmaster2000@hotmail.com
Website: www.icwoindia.org