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The Communication Initiative

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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Regional Children's Reporting Awards 2015

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Journalists from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region are invited to submit their child-focused journalism for the 4th Annual Regional Children's Reporting Awards. The awards are hosted by the Media Institute for Southern Africa (MISA) as part of their Children & The Media Project. Through a partnership with Save the Children International, MISA is working to: create opportunities and safe spaces for the production of children’s media; sensitise journalists on child rights; develop codes of ethics for reporting on children’s issues and rights; and promote fair, honest and accurate reporting on the experience of childhood.

The 2015 Awards comprise of the following categories:

  • Print news (750 words or less)
  • Print feature (between 750 words and 2500 words)
  • Photography
  • Radio documentary
  • Radio News

An awards ceremony will be held on December 5 2015 in Lusaka, Zambia.

Click here for more information about the awards.

Application Info

Click here to download the entry form in PDF format.

Journalists from across the SADC Region are invited to submit. Entries should be emailed to childrensreportingawards@misa.org or physically submitted at National MISA offices at the following addresses:

MISA Zambia
Plot No.3814
Martin Mwamba Road
Olympia Park
Lusaka
Tel: +260 211 294 28

MISA Lesotho
House No.1B
Happy Villa
PO Box 14130
Maseru 100
Tel: +266 223 20941

MISA Namibia
21 Johan Albrecht Street
Windhoek West
Windhoek
Tel: +264 61 232 975

MISA South Africa
23 Duncombe Road
Forest Town
Johannesburg
2193
South Africa
Tel: +27 646 8790

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MISA website on October 19, 2015.