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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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HIV/AIDS Library Project

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The HIV/AIDS Library Project aims to make information about HIV/AIDS available to young people and others at risk of infection in Nigeria. The project was established by Teachers Without Borders (TWB) in an effort to address the lack of access to information in Nigerian homes, schools, and communities. The project involves advocacy to establish reading rooms at homes and HIV/AIDS libraries in schools, communities and community teaching and learning centres (CTLCs).
Communication Strategies

The project involves training stakeholders to establish and implement programmes that promote the culture of gathering for reading and learning sessions to prevent HIV/AIDS. Specifically, organisers carry out:

  • Sourcing for and providing materials on HIV/AIDS to homes
  • Sourcing materials for schools to establish school HIV/AIDS libraries
  • Sourcing materials for communities to establish community HIV/AIDS libraries either in community halls or CTLCs.


TWB also mobilises already-existing libraries to dedicate sections to HIV/AIDS materials.

Development Issues

HIV/AIDS.

Key Points

The project aims to promote the culture of reading in homes, schools, and communities to prevent further spread of HIV/AIDS.

Partners

TWB, State University of New York at Buffalo, Center for Applied Technology in Education (CATE), University of San Francisco, Aids Relief Foundation, Jane Goodall Institute, Humanitus Foundation, New Horizons for Learning, Nigerian I.T. Professionals of America (NITPA), Palm, Respect, Seattle Public Schools, UNESCO, United Nations, University of Washington, World Links for Development, Association for Lifelong International Education Starting From Childhood AIESC, The Companion Flag, Digital Partners.

Sources

Email sent from Raphael Oko to Soul Beat Africa on August 1 2004.