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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Facilitator's Guide for Training on HIV and AIDS Stigma and Discrimination Reduction

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This guide, published by the Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) and World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), is designed to build the capacity of community members to enable them to lead a campaign on stigma reduction in their communities.

According to the publishers, the guide can be used as a generic manual for any training to address HIV- and AIDS-related stigma and discrimination. The guide is designed for participatory learning which encourages learning through: doing, sharing feelings, concerns, and experiences; discussing and analysing issues; solving problems; and planning and taking actions.

The guide lays out a systematic strategy for workshop discussions on issues such as moral judgments, stigmatising religious practices, and coping with stigma. It also includes illustrations on forms of stigma and discrimination adapted to an African social reality.

The project is funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) through the Civil Society Challenge Fund initiative.
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Languages

English

Number of Pages

47

Source

WACC website on July 14 2010.