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The Communication Initiative

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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21st century Africa and C4D

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I strongly agree with you [Robert Agunga] that C4D is both an academy and a profession. It is unfortunate that in the 21st Century Africa we are still failing to include C4D in our curriculars. As a Community Health Worker I came across C4D in a workshop. Although the expert barely touched the essentials on C4D, I have since then read extensively and schooled myself in C4D. I must say here that my skills are yeilding tremedous benefit to my community. I see more and more behaviour change in my community as a result of my work.

I hope in the years ahead you will be able to collaborate with other institutions in Africa to start even a diploma program . C4D is a must if Africa has to rise from the current quagmire of politico-social and economic chaos which has given rise to increase health crisis.

Like you said, I am staying tuned.

(Cross-posted from Dealing with the Problems of Difficult Settlement or Solution In the World - with apologies for duplication)