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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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Ageless Mind and Spirit: Faces and Voices from the World of India's Elderly

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The product of an 8-year-long oral history project, this hardcover book features 140 black-and-white photographs, with accompanying histories, of 400 elderly people all over India. Although some of these people are famous or accomplished, many are ordinary people commenting on what it means to be elderly in India. The issues and perspectives highlighted by these stories are also familiar on a universal level. Each story is accompanied by a large-format environmental photographic portrait of the person and a biographical note.

The book features a foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 11/30/1999 - 00:00 Permalink

Aging is an issue that concerns both the developed and the developing countries in equal measure. The task of sensitising the young is especially difficult in today's times when media is only worshipping youthfulness. I had seen this book's exhibiiton in Bombay a few years and I think it does a good job of highlighting some of the issues and getting the uninterested to pay attention to an important, universal concern.