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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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UNICEF Photography

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Beginning with print publications, films, and exhibitions, photography, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), has played a crucial role in their work since the agency was founded in 1946. Now more than ever, the Internet, social media, and proliferating new applications on mobile devices provide additional ways to spread the word.

These platforms are also starting new conversations about children and about UNICEF’s mission: to ensure their rights to good health, an education, and protection from harm.

The UNICEF Photography website provides examples of ways that online tools can be used to tell the stories of children around the world. The features of the site depict the challenges and joys of daily life by linking photos to various perspectives of their subjects' stories.  The images and captioning can be shared via social media or email to further spread their individual messages.  RSS news feed subscription service also allows users automatic updates to the online imagery.

The UNICEF Photography website is organised into the following feature groups:

  • Photo of the Week
  • Photo Essays
  • Can You See Me?
  • In Focus
  • iPhone App link

The Photo Essays section offers stories depicting children's lives in the context of several topics, including Child protection, Education, Health, HIV/AIDS, Environmental issues, and UNICEF history.  The topic "Child's View" provides photo essays composed of images taken by children and young people.

In other sections, Can You See Me? profiles individual children across the globe, while In Focus features reports on children's lives and UNICEF's work on their behalf.  The iPhone App link provides users an opportunity to download UNICEF Photography for the iPhone.  This provides a mobile platform for viewing and sharing images and stories, and a mapping tool for referencing essay geographies.  Availability for Android and Nokia mobile platforms is under development.

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English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Chinese

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UNICEF Photography website, November 14 2011.

Image © UNICEF/NYHQ2008-1308/Olivier Asselin