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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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Indian Folklife and the National Folklore Support Centre Online Portal

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  • M. D. Muthukumaraswamy (ed.)
Indian Folklife, (IFL) is a quarterly newsletter and research journal published by India's National Folklore Support Centre (NFSC). It is offered as a free downloadable resource in PDF format through the online portal of the NFSC. The portal is sponsored by the Ford Foundation and the Tata Education Trust.

The NFSC portal offers a research section which includes the Indian School of Folklore lectures, film screenings, and archival list of workshop topics on arts, crafts, dances, and folk performing arts. A wiki is available for NFSC contributors of research. It also offers community spaces for events posting, among other communication services. Click here to view wiki topics.

The portal also offers the following digital community archives: Nari Kurava; Jenu Kuruba; Seraikela Chhau Archives; Kerala Archives: Madhya Pradesh Archives; and Orissa Archives. Click here to view trailers of some of the ethnographic films from the archives.

The Indian Folklore Research Journal of the NFSC publishes original and unpublished research papers, book reviews, resource reviews, and announcements in the discipline of Indian folklore. It is published annually by the NFSC.

Each issue of the IFL newsletter is dedicated to a special issue addressing various themes closely linked to the "dilemmas and anxieties of folklife". Themes include, for example: "Ecological Citizenship, Local Knowledge and Folklife: October 2000"; "Globalization and Tribes of Northeast India: July 2006"; and "Folklore and Environment: January 2008". Click here to view IFL topics and access the issues.

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Email from Dr Mahendra Kumar Mishrato The Communication Initiative on May 8 2009. Photos by Manikandan of Villupuram, India.

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