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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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Petition Campaign for AIDS Orphans - Global

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The Association François-Xavier Bagnoud announced a "Call for 100,000" petition campaign for AIDS orphans and other vulnerableand AIDS-affected children throughout the world.
Communication Strategies

The Petition is available online, and Countess Albina du Boisrouvray, Founding President of AFXB will present the petition and its signatures at the upcoming UN conference - Follow Up to the World Summit on Children in September, 2001.
Development Issues

Children, economic development, HIV/AIDS.
Key Points

Currently (2001) it can be assessed that close to 200 million children are living in poverty, on the streets as orphans or in orphaned situtations around the world. Other AFXB projects include: Asha Sadan in India - Areas: prostitution, rehabilitation, unwanted children, HIV/AIDS, counselling; FXB-Rajastan Society in India - Areas: HIV prevention and voluntary counselling and testing; FXB Centre for Infectious Disease in India - Areas: HIV prevention and voluntary counselling and testing; Project Myanmar in Yangoon, Myanmar - Areas: former sex workers, reintegration, HIV/AIDS, vocational training, prevention; Project to assist the children of Rutobwe in Rwanda - Areas: AIDS and war orphans, income-generating activities, housing, education; Projects to assist AIDS and war orphans in Rwanda - Areas: AIDS and war orphans, income-generating activities, education, medical care, prevention; Project to assist AIDS and war orphans in Uganda -Areas: AIDS and war orphans, income-generating activities, education, housing; Project to assist AIDS orphans in South Africa - Areas: AIDS orphans, education, daily meals, income-generating activities; Project on Development in Bolivia - Areas: literacy, income-generating activities, food production, health promotion, environment; Project François-Xavier Bagnoud House in Colombia - Areas: orphans, HIV/AIDS, HIV treatment, medical care, prevention; Project Pedagogía de la Esperanza Montevideo in Uruguay - Areas: street children, prevention, education, health promotion, integration
Sources

Letter from Carol DeVoe (carol@globalvision.org) to The Communication Initiative.