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The Drum Beat - Issue 125 - Communication & Change News & Issues
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from The Communication Initiative...global forces...local 
choices...critical voices...telling stories...

Partners: The Rockefeller Foundation, BBC World Service Trust, The 
CHANGE Project, CIDA, The European Union, Exchange, FAO, Johns Hop-
kins University Center for Communication Programs, The Panos Insti-
tute, Soul City, The Synergy Project, UNAIDS, UNICEF, USAID, WHO.

Chair of Partners Group: Denise Gray-Felder, Rockefeller Foundation 
dgray-felder@rockfound.org

Director: Warren Feek <wfeek@comminit.com>
Website: http://www.comminit.com


A very happy new year to all.

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1. Children's Assembly - Bihar, India - In Oct 2001, 183 children 
aged 10 to 17 drawn from different districts of Bihar took over the 
Bihar Legislative Council's special assembly hall to hold their own 
day long session, with the Council Chairman as observer. The partici-
pants, both girls and boys, were drawn from various backgrounds - 
award winners, non-formal schools, shelter homes, government schools. 
Role-plays, picture-language sessions and discussions formed part of 
the process. After 2 days of brain-storming exercises, they presented 
their concerns on the Global Movement for Children agenda. 
http://www.comminit.com/pds11-2001/sld-3361.html 
Contact Augustine Veliath <aveliath@unicef.org>


2. VISION - Nigeria - a project initiated by EngenderHealth to im-
prove family planning and reproductive health services and to assist 
USAID/Nigeria in developing a strategic framework for the future of 
its family planning and reproductive health programme. VISION also 
aims to establish models of high-impact, high-performing family plan-
ning and reproductive health service delivery networks across 3 
states - Bauchi, Enugu and Oyo. The programme models in these states 
will be tested by 5 local government authorities per state. 
http://www.comminit.com/pds11-2001/sld-3527.html 
Carrie Svingen <csvingen@engenderhealth.org>


3. Non-Violent Week at School - Western Europe - an awareness 
raising campaign to prevent violence and promote school wellbeing was 
held Oct 8-12, 2001. Non Violent Week is an activity of the CONNECT-
fi 006 Network activities. The aim is to place safety and social 
wellbeing on the school agenda in the beginning of the school year. 
Several schools in Finland, Ireland and Norway organised various ac-
tivities during the week. Posters were used to announce the campaign. 
These are available in English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Ger-
man, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish. 
http://www.comminit.com/pds11-2001/sld-3355.html 
Contact Ulla Salomäki <ulla.salomaki@health.fi>


4. Study on Community Orientation to HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care & 
Support - South Africa - The Bambisanani Project involves development 
and implementation of home-based care systems in an area of the East-
ern Cape strongly affected by high levels of migrancy-related 
HIV/AIDS prevalence. The study was conducted in primary (ave. age 13) 
and high schools (ave. age 18), with the addition of a household sur-
vey (ave. age 40) in each of 3 areas. It reports on community re-
sponses in terms of a wide range of indicators, and outlines the 
problems of developing an integrated response to HIV/AIDS in deep ru-
ral areas. Recommendations for project implementation, and for moni-
toring and evaluation are presented in the report. 
http://www.comminit.com/pds11-2001/sld-3358.html 
Contact Warren Parker <warren@cadre.org.za>

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The next DB Classifieds - Vacancies will be issued Jan 16.

Please contact Carey Hooge to advertise your vacant posts - 
mailto:chooge@comminit.com


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5. Rory Peck Trust - Global - promotes the work, safety and secu-
rity of freelancers working in news and current affairs broadcasting 
worldwide. The Trust subsidises training in hostile environments, ad-
vises on insurance and provides financial support to the families of 
those killed or seriously injured during the course of their work. 
http://www.comminit.com/pds9-2001/sld-2996.html 
Contact <rptrpa@dial.pipex.com>


6. Media Centre de Dakar - Senegal - has trained over 50 young 
women and men, aged 16-30, in all aspects of current audio-visual 
production. Beyond comprehensive technical training, coursework in-
cludes units on film theory, script writing, graphic design, re-
search, and approaches to participatory communication. As of August 
2001, 20 student films had been completed which deal with a wide 
range of community issues: child labor, genital mutilation, drug 
abuse, alcoholism, environmental abuses, etc. 
http://www.comminit.com/pds9-2001/sld-3005.html 
Contact Sonia Marcus <smarcus73@yahoo.com>


7. Streetwize Publications - Australia - addresses issues of con-
cern to young people and other target audiences by using stories from 
their lives. Streetwize has produced hundreds of resources on a wide 
variety of subjects and formats, including comics, magasines, bro-
chures, posters and infocards. Some examples include: Show, Not Tell 
- a series of comics about HIV/AIDS for the Vietnam Youth Foundation 
in Hanoi; Reconciliation - a comic, poster and kit looking at the is-
sues of Reconciliation from young people?s perspective and how they 
can get involved in the process; and, It?s Not Right - a resource for 
indigenous women on the subject of family violence. 
http://www.comminit.com/pds11-2001/sld-3363.html 
Contact <stwize@streetwize.com.au>

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The 2nd round of the Call for Opinions on Competencies: Communication 
for Development/Social Change is underway. This second survey takes 
15-20 minutes to complete. Please contribute:

English -  http://www.comminit.com/competencies2/
Français - http://www.comminit.com/competencies2/french.html
Español -  http://www.comminit.com/competencies2/spanish.html

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STRATEGIC THINKING

8. TB and HIV: Counseling & Testing in Tandem - Cote d'Ivoire - 
HIV counseling and testing services were established at the 2 tuber-
culosis centers in Abidjan in 1989 and were extended to 6 centers in 
the interior in the first half of 1994. Characteristics of counseled 
patients, acceptance rates of HIV testing, and HIV serologic results 
were analyzed for all 8 centers from 1994 to 1996. Temporal trends in 
HIV seropositivity rates were examined for 2 two centers of Abidjan 
from 1989 to 1996. 
http://www.comminit.com/st2001/sld-3408.html 
Contact Dr Lucien Y Abouya <yla0@cdc.gov>


9. Assessment of the Level of Implementation of the Zimbabwe Na-
tional HIV/AIDS Policy & Accessibilty of the National AIDS Trust Fund 
by Civil Society, by Felicity Lydia Sekai Hatendi - this study, un-
dertaken between Aug and Oct 2001, sought to ascertain levels of 
awareness about the 1999 Zimbabwe National Policy on HIV/AIDS docu-
ment and National AIDS Council Funds by Civil Society (including 
NGOs), progress in the implementation of these initiatives and make 
recommendations for their improvement. 
http://www.comminit.com/st2001/sld-3398.html 
Contact <felicity_hatendi@yahoo.com>

EVENTS

10. Let Africa Live! 1st African Young People Aids Coalition will 
be held Jan 23, 2002 in Mombasa, Kenya. The conference will focus on 
the prevention needs of young people and look for appropriate ways 
capable of bridging the existing communication, language, and experi-
ence sharing gap between young HIV/AIDS activists in Africa. 
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2002/640-event.html 
Contact <afyoac@hotmail.com>


11. International Conference On Renewable Energy For Rural Develop-
ment will be held Jan 19-21, 2002 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Considers fu-
ture technologies, in the medium- to long-term time frame, to address 
the technical issues for future development of these renewable energy 
sources. 
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2002/439-event.html 
Contact A.K.M. Sadrul Islam <sadrul@me.buet.edu>


WEB SITES

12. Itrainonline - offers materials and links to resources on top-
ics ranging from computer and Internet basics to highly technical ar-
eas and the ways that civil society and development organisations can 
increase their impact using these tools. 
http://www.itrainonline.org/


13. Recycle World International Non-profit Corporation (RWINC) - a 
group of professionals from Canada and Chile who are working to pro-
vide used, recycled and refurbished equipment to be sold at the low-
est price possible or donated toward the neediest sectors. 
http://www.rwinc.org


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Sophie K. Ly, Secretary General of AMARC for the past 7 yrs, has been 
succeeded by Marcelo Solervicens. Mr. Solervicens has experience in 
the field of community radio, international relations and other so-
cial issues. He began working with AMARC on Dec 1, 2001 and took full 
charge on Jan 1, 2002.

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MATERIALS

14. 'Latin Politics, Global Media' edited by Elizabeth Fox & Silvio 
Waisbord - 13 media experts examine how the intersection of global-
isation and democratisation has transformed media systems and poli-
cies throughout Latin America. 
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-3490.html 
Contact <utpress@uts.cc.utexas.edu>


15. 'Empowering Young Workers in the Coffee Industry: The Example 
of CESESMA', by Harry Shier - gives an overview of experience working 
in development projects for youth employed in the coffee-growing area 
of Matagalpa, Nicaragua. The work involves a wide range of methods, 
including regular workshops, practical work around organic agricul-
ture, traditional crafts, music and dance, and active back-up and 
support for the promotional work the young people themselves are car-
rying out in their own communities. 
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-3820.html 
Contact <info@creativexchange.org>

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The Drum Beat seeks to cover the full range of communication for de-
velopment activities. Inclusion of an item does not imply endorsement 
or support by The Partners. 

Please send material for The Drum Beat to:
The Editor - Deborah Heimann 
mailto:dheimann@comminit.com

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