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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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Protecting Ourselves and Each Other: A Child Rights & Protection Resource

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This workbook from Bantwana, an initiative of World Education and John Snow, Inc., was created for and by children to help them understand their rights and responsibilities and to discuss ways to respond to violations or abuses of their rights. The booklet is organised into 5 sections and contains information, stories, essays, poems, and drawings around the 7 most commonly identified child rights abuses and violations, including: child labour, child neglect, defilement, domestic violence, drug and alcohol use, early marriage, and denying education. It contains a supplemental section on community mobilisation for youth and adults.

Under the Western Uganda Bantwana Program (WUBP), district government, and non-governmental organisation (NGO) stakeholders met and planned the contents of the booklet with Bantwana staff, selecting issues of greatest concern for children in Western Uganda. Children from WUBP child protection clubs then contributed stories, essays, poems, and artwork around these issues.

This tool can be used by child rights clubs, teachers, caregivers, and other organisations working to strengthen community child protection services.

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56

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Bantwana website, August 11 2011.

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