Development action with informed and engaged societies

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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Tomas de Guerra
(War Takes)

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Producida por Faction Films y Citurna Producciones.

Tomas de Guerra es una película documental que conduce a los espectadores al interior de la vida en Colombia, a través de sus protagonistas, las directoras de Citurna Producciones, Adelaida Trujillo y Patricia Castaño, y su colega Colbert García.

Tomas de Guerra busca retratar la manera en que la guerra altera todos los aspectos en la vida de sus víctimas: desde sus posibilidades de supervivencia económica hasta su estabilidad física y emocional. Con el colapso del más reciente proceso de paz (1998 - 2002), la intnsificación de la guerra civil y la puesta en marcha del Plan Colombia, los protagonistas y sus familias enfrentan serias contradicciones y difíciles decisiones: ¿deben dejar el país? ¿deben asumir sus compromisos con la patria? ¿deben dejar sencillamente que la vida pase?

Desde conversaciones con guerrilleros en medio de la selva hasta elegantes cenas y encuentros sociales, los protagonistas muestran como ellos no pueden ser juzgados en términos convencionales: sus vidas rompen con los estereotipos, forzando al espectador a reconsiderar sus propios preconceptos y juicios.

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