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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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Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Celebrations - Mauritius

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Organised by the Halley Movement, celebrations for the 10th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child were held in the form of an Open Day for parents and out of school youth in Mauritius on November 20, 1999. Location for the celebrations was in Batimarais, a rural area in the south of Mauritius.
Communication Strategies

Celebrations included conferences on child sexual abuse and the Convention with special attention to child rights to education. Open Day involved volunteers of the Halley Movement. A booklet entitled Child Abuse - a shared community concern, published by the Halley Movement was distributed to the parents and the public at large.
Development Issues

Children, youth, rights.
Key Points

Batimarais was selected as the location for the celebrations because the Halley Movement is running its BETA (Basic Education To Adolescents) Programme there. The learners benefit from the BETA programme since 1998 in the following areas: Communication, literacy and language, numeracy and mathematics, natural sciences, arts and culture, computer literacy and life orientation. The Halley Movement is an NGO working since 1990 for the welfare of the child and the family in Mauritius and has also extended its work in the island of Rodrigues (Indian Ocean).
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Announcement from The Halley Movement.