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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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Centre for Communication & Reproductive Health Services (CCRHS) – Nigeria

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The Centre for Communication & Reproductive Health Services (CCRHS) is a non-profit organisation that uses integrated multi media communication strategies with emphasis in the use of Entertainment-Education (E-E) for social change and advancement of frontiers in troubled spots of human service system.

The organisation is making concerted efforts towards communication interventionsin the following areas:
  • Transfer and share lessons from successful community development programmes both in thinking and practice
  • Support community driven development approach and sensitisation to promote sustainability, participation and ownership.
 The project organisers say these issues are within the context of their organisational focus in reproductive health and rights development.
Communication Strategies
The central focus of CCRHS is Reproductive Health and Rights Development. CCRHS involves prevention of unwanted pregnancies / criminal abortion, adolescent sexuality education and counseling, HIV/AIDS/STI prevention and control, child spacing, youth development and community assessment.

The organisation guarantees freedom of all citisens to enjoy and control their reproductive lives without hindrance or harassment. A special focus on young people through Comprehensive Life Education programmes constitutes its project strategy.

CCRHS provides advocacy and leadership necessary to ensure protection and promotion of the health and social-economic circumstances of the people of Nigeria. To achieve these goals, CCRHS is involved in various activities with special focus on youth development initiatives through family life education or sexuality education for youths in secondary schools, promotion and support of state based initiatives for tackling HIV/AIDS issues in schools, development of stakeholders capacity for assessing the impact of HIV/AIDS on education system with advocacy and planning based on this, including support services for AIDS orphans.
Development Issues
HIV/AIDS, Health, Reproductive Health, Youth
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Dr Mohammed K Yahaya sent an e-mail to Soul Beat Africa on April 28, 2004