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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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Maisha Bora Curriculum (Healthy Lives)

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A Peer Education Manual on Reproductive Health, STI, HIV and AIDS Focussed on Strengthening Values, Reforming Attitudes, Imparting Knowledge and Developing Life Skills
The "Maisha Bora" (Healthy Lives) Curriculum offers life skills-based HIV prevention education for young people and was designed as a guide for peer educators to promote sexual and reproductive health knowledge and positive healthy behaviours.

Published by the International Youth Foundation, the manual was developed in recognition of the fact that "young people are one of the most vulnerable groups who account for the greater percentage of new HIV infections. However, when young people are provided with the right information and relevant life skills and living values, they become an important stimulus for peer and societal behaviour change."

The manual contains five modules:
  • Module 1 Introducing the program and ground setting
  • Module 2 Risk, values and attitudes
  • Module 3 Imparting knowledge
  • Module 4 Developing skills
  • Module 5 Action planning, report writing, evaluation and close
Languages

English

Number of Pages

183

Source

Health COMpass website on November 10 2013.