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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.
 
Co-founder Victoria Martin is pleased to see this work continue under Wits' leadership. Victoria knows that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction.
 
We honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades. Meanwhile, La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA) continues independently at cila.comminitcila.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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SBC Warehouse and Behaviour Change Matters

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"Our goal is to bring people and content together to maximize knowledge-sharing and management and to encourage the spread of ideas."



SBC Warehouse is a social and behaviour change (SBC) knowledge platform for information, education, and communication (IEC) resources and training materials developed or produced by United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) India. Alongside the SBC Warehouse is an e-newsletter called Behaviour Change Matters that is distributed 6 times per year.



First, the knowledge platform allows anyone with IEC and training requirements related to improving the lives of children through UNICEF's programme interventions to search or browse and download what is already available from UNICEF. Site users can find and share SBC documents, testimonials, reports, and capacity-building resources. Users can also request master copies of original digital artwork or audio/video materials for their own reproduction and use through an online interface. The platform also encourages discussion and sharing on SBC evidence and practice.



Second, in each edition of the Behaviour Change Matters newsletter, UNICEF India highlights examples of best practices from the field and human-interest stories cutting across programming sectors. For example, Volume 25 (October 2023) explores SBC in the distant corners of the rural Indian landscape that has been brought about through people's own voices. For instance, stories from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh showcase how community radio and community engagement have helped overcome the immunisation backslide caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Shanti Devi, a community member in Khamaria village who took part in a UNICEF-COLLECT risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) programme, says, "Earlier I was afraid of getting my children vaccinated. I would panic when the child got a fever. But after attending your awareness meetings, I realized that we were putting our children's lives at risk without being informed about the significance of immunization."

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Various, including: English, Assamese, Bengali, Dogri, Gujrati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Tamil, Telagu, Urdu
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Emails from Nicole Juneja to The Communication Initiative on September 14 2023 and November 2 2023. Image credit: UNICEF

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Click here to access the SBC Warehouse.
Click here to access past Behaviour Change Matters editions and/or to subscribe.