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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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Documenting and Communicating HIV/AIDS Work: A Toolkit to Support NGOs/CBOs

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This toolkit offers instruction on how non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and community-based organisations (CBOs) can plan and develop HIV/AIDS-related documentation and communication skills, and share best practices information.

Based on the practical experiences and participatory approaches of the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, this toolkit is designed to be used by organisations and trainers who support NGOs/CBOs. It can be used flexibly, with one or a group of NGOs/CBOs, and during training workshops or technical support visits.

The toolkit has five sections that cover the concepts, planning steps, and skills involved in carrying out effective documentation and communication work, as well as information cards about developing specific products. Sections of the toolkit include:
  • Introduction to the toolkit
  • Section 1: Introducing documentation and communication
  • Section 2: Making a plan for a documentation and communication product
  • Section 3: Making an overall documentation and communication plan
  • Section 4: Building documentation and communication skills
  • Section 5: Information cards – for developing documentation and communication products

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International HIV/AIDS Alliance website, December 11 2001, December 15 2003, and September 2 2014.

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