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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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Collective Healing: A Social Action Approach

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Subtitle
Supplement to Support Sustainable Use of Narrative Theatre
Published by War Trauma Foundation (WTF), this publication was produced to develop the skills and capacity of local committees facilitating narrative theatre for healing in communities in Burundi. The material explores five topics that publishers identified as relevant for the Burundian context: (Ubuntu) values, trauma, conflict resolution and mediation, leadership, and development.
The publication comprises training material which supplements the previously published intervention manual: "Healing Communities by Strengthening Social Capital: A Narrative Theatre Approach - Training Facilitators and Community Workers" (see related summary at the bottom of this page).
The material consists of a main supplement (published in English and Kirundi) and six electronic training modules (in English and Kirundi that can be downloaded on WTF website.)
The manual is divided into of four parts:
  • Part 1: Background and context
  • Part 2: Theoretical foundations
  • Part 3: Working with a community within a dynamic context
  • Part 4: Developing a supportive and healing environment
The publication is the result of a joint project of WTF and its Burundian partner Centre Ubuntu.
Publication Date
Languages

English and Kirundi

Number of Pages

40

Source

WTF website on January 17 2012.

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Click here to download the training manual in English.