African development action with informed and engaged societies

After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. 

Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future. 

On the transfer, co-founder Victoria Martin expressed her pleasure to see this work continue under Wits' leadership, knowing that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction. 

As Wits, we honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades and look forward building from that strong base. This includes co-founders Warren Feek (1953-2024) and Victoria Martin as well as La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA), which continues independently at lainiciativadecomunicacion.com with links to The CI Global site. We are also eager to forge new partnerships and entertain new ideas as we consider how best to contribute to social and behaviour change in our rapidly evolving environment.

If you are joining the International Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) Summit in Panama, please join Wits and CILA on Monday, 22 June, to share your thoughts and suggestion for the relaunch of the Communication Initiative. We will be in Pacifica 5 from 12-1:25 for the Refuel, Reflect, and Renew Lunch Series: The Communication Initiative: celebrating a driving force for Communication for Social Change and the way forward. We will reflect on the legacy of Warren Feek and family in creating the Communication Initiative, consider the contributions of CI over the years and then turn our attention towards the future in this dynamic session. 

If you are unable to join us in Panama, we still want to hear from you. Please contribute your thoughts by following this link: https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026 or reaching out to ci_surveys@commint.com

You can also follow the QR Code:

 https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026

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Mobilising Communities on Young People's Health and Rights: An Advocacy Toolkit for Programme Managers

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This 97-page toolkit, published by Family Care International, is designed to guide programme planners and managers through designing, conducting, and evaluating advocacy campaigns for young people's sexual and reproductive health (SRH) rights, ensuring that existing policy commitments are implemented at the community level. Adaptable to any number of other social and development priorities, such as maternal health, gender-based violence, and child marriage, the toolkit provides prototype worksheets and other tools at the end of each chapter.

The toolkit follows a step-by-step process and includes the following chapters:
  • Advocacy for the Implementation of Policies;
  • Conducting a Situation Analysis for an Advocacy Campaign;
  • Working with Partners on an Advocacy Effort;
  • Training on Advocacy for Policy Implementation;
  • Translating Advocacy Objectives into Activities and Materials;
  • Preparing Advocacy Messages, Materials, and Other Media; and
  • Monitoring, Evaluation and Implementing an Advocacy Campaign.
The toolkit is also available on CD-ROM.
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97

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Email from Janayna Albino to Soul Beat Africa on July 1 2008; and Family Care International website on October 8 2008.