The Communication Initiative
Development action with informed and engaged societies
The Communication Initiative
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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Generation Hope

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Generation Hope is an interactive, phone-in radio programme launched in June 2011 in an effort to provide young people with the opportunity to engage in national dialogue and share their views on issues relevant to them. It is a project of Internews in Afghanistan which is broadcast on 43 partner radio stations on the national radio service Salam Watandar.

Communication Strategies

Generation Hope allows callers to ask questions of experts and decisionmakers and is designed to provide a platform for national debate and dialogue between young people from different provinces and different ethnic groups. Within the first few weeks of Generation Hope being on air, callers between 14 and 24 years of age discussed topics such as drug addiction, participation of youth in politics, depression, cricket, and music. Generation Hope is planning to expand its production team to include young people for 6 provincial partner radio stations.

Development Issues

Youth.

Key Points

Generation Hope is part of the Afghanistan Media Development and Empowerment Project (AMDEP), a November 201-October 2011 project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). As part of the USAID investment in the growth of an independent media sector in Afghanistan since 2002, AMDEP will continue to build the capacity of local, independent media through technical support, equipment upgrades, hands-on training, business development, and strengthening of media industry institutions, networks, and associations to increase media professionalism and standards of practice. USAID is also supporting citizen and civil society access to multimedia training, production and distribution facilities, and facilitating the use of new technologies to build platforms for citizen media access. For more information about AMDEP in PDF format, click here.

Sources

Internews website and USAID website - both accessed on August 23 2011.