The Drum Beat - 31 - Communication and Change News and Issues
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The e-mail and web network from THE COMMUNICATION INITIATIVE
partnership - The Rockefeller Foundation, UNICEF, USAID,
CHANGE, WHO, BBC World Service, CIDA, Johns Hopkins University
Center for Communication Programs, The European Union, Soul
City, The Panos Institute, UNAIDS. Information, ideas, linkages
and dialogue on communication, development and change.
Director: Warren Feek
mailto:wfeek@coastnet.com
http://www.comminit.com
PROGRAMMES
1. "Nashe Maalo" (Our Neighborhood) - Macedonia - a 1/2 hr.
children's TV series launched by Children's Television Work-
shop, Search for Common Ground in Macedonia and Common Group
Productions, targeted to ages 7-12 and focused on conflict
resolution and intercultural understanding, debuted 17 Oct.
1999. Broadcast weekly on Macedonia's A1, it follows the lives
of 5 children from 4 ethnicities - Macedonian, Albanian, Turk-
ish and Romani. Each episode tracks their daily adventures as
they slowly come to accept and embrace each other. Visit the
series online: http://www.cgponline.org
Contact Lisa Shochat
mailto:lshochat@sfcg.org
2. Applied Broadcasting Centre (ABC) Ulwazi - South Africa -
has trained over 300 community radio broadcasters from over 40
community radio stations (CRS) in S. Africa in the past 2 yrs.
They produce and distribute educational and developmental radio
programmes. Through special training sessions for CRS person-
nel, they demonstrate how to "localise" content by producing
further programmes and how to extend the usefulness of their
own programmes through phone-ins, discussions and news-items.
Thus, CRS personnel understand and "own" material, and feedback
and evaluation are an important aspect of distribution.
Contact John van Zyl
mailto:abctraining@classicfm.co.za
3. Center for Health Policy & Strategic Studies - Nigeria - a
health NGO seeks partners for technical assistance and funding
support for a youth centered initiative - "YOUNG 2000" (YOUth
Network for Good knowledge and practices in general and repro-
ductive health). 3 components - 1) Youth Net-C: grassroots net-
work to distribute condoms and disseminate simple information
packages on safe and responsible reproductive knowledge, habits
and practices in secondary and tertiary institutions throughout
Nigeria; 2) Youth Edition: 15-22 min. radio shows on safe and
responsible sexual knowledge, habits and practices in youths;
3) Youth Advocates Network for better health in Nigeria: an ad-
vocacy/pressure group demanding accountability and better
health programs from local, state and federal legislators and
executives.
Contact Akintola B. Odutola
mailto:Eodutola@msn.com
4. Children's Participation - Lebanon - UNICEF Beirut has net-
worked among NGOs to integrate the concept of participation in
their summer activities for children. Trainers worked with over
2,000 children representing all regions, all age groups, and
all sectors: working children, children in conflict with the
law, and children with special needs. The children prioritized
problems, suggested solutions, and elected members of their own
groups to represent them in presenting these problems to offi-
cials and decision makers.
Contact Aida Jammal
mailto:ajammal@unicef.org
5. "Soldiers of Peace, A Children's Crusade" - Columbia - a 45
min. documentary, about the Colombian children's peace movement
nominated for the l999 Nobel Peace Prize, will be shown on CNN
International 5-7 Nov. 1999. The film provides a template for
the constructive use of non-violence.
http://turnerlearning.com/cnn/soldiers/
IMPACT DATA
6. A recent study shows that "Twende na Wakati", a Tanzanian
radio soap opera, has resulted in behavior change and family
planning adoption nationwide. Married women who listen to the
show are more than 2x as likely to adopt family planning than
non-listeners. Non-listeners are 1/2 as likely to engage in
frequent discussions about family planning. Data from 79 family
planning clinics indicate that the soap opera increased both
new and continuing family planning visits to Ministry of Health
clinics, and that it has been the source of referral for about
25% of all new clients. About 23% of Tanzania's adult popula-
tion listens regularly to the show; the average listener tunes
in at least once a week. Regular listenership increased from
47% in 1994 to 58% in 1997. -- from "Effects of an Entertain-
ment-Education Radio Soap Opera on Family Planning Behavior in
Tanzania".
http://www.comminit.com/power_point/id_twende/
RESEARCH
7. A research team from the School of Public Health at Curtin
University of Technology in Perth, Australia is working to
evaluate the effectiveness and suitability of a training model
for health radio programming. Survey:
http://www.curtin.edu.au/curtin/dept/health/hp/RadioComm
Contact Phillippa Farrell
mailto:farrellp@health.curtin.edu.au
STRATEGY
8. 'The Art and Science of Health Promotion': Please review &
send comments on the article - excerpt: "Successful health
promotion relies on the art of putting new ideas into action,
and...applying what is already known. Even if there were no new
scientific breakthroughs for another 10 yrs. we could...reduce
premature death considerably through what is the core art of
public health - advocacy...In Kenya and Zimbabwe new science in
HIV prevention is not needed in the short term. What is needed
is the art to develop the political will to acknowledge the re-
ality of sexual behaviour and confront it honestly and realis-
tically." -
by Rob Moodie
mailto:rmoodie@vichealth.vic.gov.au
See http://www.comminit.com/misc/art_science.html
& use the comments facility on the C.I. web site.
WEB SITES
9. ProPoor is a repository of information on NGOs across South
Asia. Access regularly updated information regarding organiza-
tions, individuals, projects, publications, conferences, semi-
nars, workshops, vacancies and NGO site links.
http://www.propoor.org
10. New site from The Panos Institute for Journalists Collabo-
rating Across Borders. Designed as an interactive forum to help
grassroots journalists - in 4 languages. Partners are the Inde-
pendent Journalism Centre - Lagos, and the Center for War,
Peace and the News Media - New York.
http://www.panosinst.org
GATHERINGS
11. Annual UN World Television Forum will be 18-19 Nov. 1999 in
New York City, USA. TV executives and professionals, along with
NGO representatives involved in TV, will consider the impact of
TV on the central mission of the United Nations - the peace and
development of the human family. Workshops on news, education
and development.
Contact mailto:tvforum@un.org
http://www.tvforum.org
12. The International Conference on Media for Social Change
will be held 1-2 Dec. 1999 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Focus in-
cludes: Media for the Disadvantaged; Asian Broadcasting Beyond
2000; Communication for Poverty Reduction; and, Communication
and Sustainable Development.
Contact mailto:wif@panlanka.net
13. 1st International Workshop on "Innovative Marketing Commu-
nications (IMC-1): Promoting and Selling Training in the New
Millennium" - a collaborative opportunity for training execu-
tives and managers to discuss and master promotion and communi-
cation methods to market their products and services. 26 Feb.-
4 Mar. 2000, Cairo, Egypt.
Contact Dr. Ronny Adhikarya
mailto:radhikarya@worldbank.org
http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/imc-1
MATERIALS
14. "Improving the Transfer and Availability of Research Knowl-
edge Related to Urban Development" - Call for comments from
practitioners in developing countries on draft research -
Contact Ripin Kalra
mailto:maxlockc@wmin.ac.uk
15. "Health Promotion: Bridging the Equity Gap" - Call for case
studies for the 5th Global Conference on Health Promotion. Ex-
amples of evaluated projects which have directly or indirectly
improved the lives of economically and socially disadvantaged
populations. Esp. studies from developing countries demonstrat-
ing small-scale pilot experiences scaled-up to a larger popula-
tion. Deadline 19 Nov. 1999.
Contact Ingrid Cox
mailto:coxi@who.ch
16. "EDUTAINMENT: How to Make Edutainment Work For You: A Step
by Step Guide to Designing and Managing an Edutainment Project
for Social Development", by Dr. Garth Japhet has been reviewed
by Arvind Singhal. 'How does one initiate, design, manage, and
evaluate an edutainment project?...turn to Dr. Garth Japhet's
book...It offers tremendous wisdom for the communicative action
that must necessarily follow.'
mailto:garthj@soulcity.org.za
mailto:singhal@ohio.edu
http://www.comminit.com/misc/review_books/br1.html
PEOPLE
17. Research, Monitoring and Evaluation (RME) Officer needed.
Responsible for developing, coordinating and managing a re-
search, monitoring and evaluation system for Population Commu-
nication International's programmes. Frequent travel.
Contact Kate Randolph
mailto:kater@population.org
18. BBC World Service Trust is seeking 2 Legal Literacy Advis-
ers, with international experience in legal literacy education,
preferably in Asia. Development communication skills essential.
Apply by 4 Nov. 1999.
Contact Ann Cropper
mailto:ann.cropper@bbc.co.uk
19. Information and Communication Technologies - Enabling
Agreements: Infrastructure and Urban Development Department
(IUDD) of the Department for International Development (DFID)
is seeking Consultants to provide professional & technical ex-
pertise. Offering Enabling Agreements for 3yrs. to engage, at
short notice specialist support for up to �50,000 fee value per
engagement. Contact Gary Barton
mailto:G-Barton@dfid.gov.uk
http://www.dfid.gov.uk
More details & vacancies in the C.I. Vacancies section -
http://www.comminit.com/vacancies.html
20. Robert B. Lussier is retiring from UNICEF. He has been with
UNICEF for 15 yrs. including 12 yrs. as Director of Communica-
tion at the Canadian National Committee and 3 yrs. as Regional
Communication Officer in WCARO.
mailto:rlussier@unicef.org
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