>From: Warren Feek <[log in to unmask]>
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>To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Drum Beat - 4 - The Communicat
>Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 16:18:34 -0700
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>Drum Beat - 4 - Communication and Change News and Issues
>October 13, 1998
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>The email and web network from THE COMMUNICATION INITIATIVE partnership -
>The Rockefeller Foundation, UNICEF, USAID, WHO, BBC World Service, CIDA,
>Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Soul City, The Panos
>Institute, UNFPA. Information, ideas, linkages and dialogue on
>communication, development and change.
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>Contact: [log in to unmask]
>Web Site: http://www.comminit.com
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>This Drum Beat focuses on communication interventions, programmes and
>strategic thinking. The normal pattern with a balanced focus on Programmes,
>People, Materials, Web sites, Featured on the Communication Initiative web
>site http://www.comminit.com, etc - will be resumed in the next issue.
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>1. ENTERTAINMENT - Girl Child - Asia - UNICEF and partners have formally
>launched Meena, the animated films and related communication activities on
>girl child issues, in South Asia. Peter Ustinov narrated a 20 minute
>documentary on Meena with a parallel drawn to overall child rights issues
>and principles. Meena is also joining the UNICEF country programmes in
>Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Laos, Cambodia and Bhutan as part of their
>communication strategies. The Meena programme will be a feature of the
>International Children's Day of Broadcasting. Contact Christian Clark
>[log in to unmask]
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>2. ENTERTAINMENT/NEWS/INFORMATION - Peace - Somalia - NGOs and community
>radio stations are producing a series of radio programmes which will be
>broadcast throughout Somalia. The magasine programmes include interviews,
>plays, discussions and songs. The work is based on participation and
>feedback from community groups in Somalia and refugees in other countries.
>These groups also provide taped material regarding their activities for
>peace. Contact Pam Collett and Jim Lindsay [log in to unmask]
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>3. NEWS/INFORMATION - Human Rights and Sustainable Development - Global -
>OneWorld has relaunched its Radio Service which is a fully automated
>Internet-based radio programme exchange. Any radio broacaster with an
>Internet connection and an audio-capable computer is invited to join this
>rapidly expanding global network - either to download available progammes
>for local rebroadcast or to submit programmes. It's all free-for-use.
>Contact Mark Lynas on [log in to unmask] and/or web site on
>http://www.oneworld.org/radio_news
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>4. NEWS/INFORMATION - Cairo Plan of Action - China and Thailand - As part
>of it's contribution to progressing the Cairo Plan of Action on population
>and development the Rockefeller Foundation is interested in promoting
>expanded discussion on the science and strategies related to population and
>development issues. As one element of this the foundation has organised and
>supported a visit to China and Thailand for journalists from leading media
>organisations [13-21 October, 1998]. The background paper, highlighting
>issues and themes that the journalists may want to consider, includes
>reference to Thailand and China achieving similar reductions in population
>growth rates but by very different routes. Contact Karen McAndrew
>[log in to unmask]
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>5. NEWS/INFORMATION/ENTERTAINMENT - Children's Education - Colombia -
>'Ricon del Cuento' [The Story Telling Corner] is a 47 part television
>series designed to promote a love for reading books in children 4 to 8
>years of age. It is set in Alekos' house, the Ricon [corner], a "house full
>of adventures, books and magic things collected and constructed during his
>many years on the road as a painter, story teller, cook and writer..
>amongst other things." Produced by Citurna, broadcast has commenced on
>public television and the programme has also been distributed to 1500
>schools in Colombia. Contact Adelaida Trujillo [log in to unmask]
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>6. INTERPERSONAL - Safe Motherhood - Cameroon - Amungwa Nche from Bamenda,
>Cameroon responded to a challenge from HealthLink's Child Health Dialogue
>newsletter to design games and exercises that can be used for learning
>about safe motherhood. Amunwa's idea, a variation on the game of snakes and
>ladders can be seen in Issue 11 of this newsletter. Contact
>[log in to unmask] [N.B. HealthLink Worldwide is the new name
>for the organisation previously called ARHTAG]
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>7. COMMUNITY MEDIA - Community Radio - Health - South Africa - The National
>Progressive Primary Health Care Network [NPPHCN] has commenced a project to
>utilise community radio as a vehicle for community residents to be informed
>about primary health care issues and to discuss their interests and
>perspectives related to health care and health rights. Two of the central
>activities are training health reporters in community radio stations and
>support for locally produced programmes, in local languages on the priority
>health issues in each community. Contact Gabriel Urgoiti
>[log in to unmask]
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>8. COMMUNITY MEDIA/AWARDS - Agricultural production - Namibia - For
>security reasons, during the Independence struggle in Namibia, the South
>African government banned the growing of fruits and vegetables in Kavango.
>Immediately following independence agricultural training programmes were
>used to promote local growing - with little success. So Lihepurura [a local
>NGO] and Oxfam worked together to fund 5 pilot farms and then organise
>local agricultural shows. Awards and competitions were integral to this
>strategy, covering everything from "Best Produce" to "Best Recipes Using
>Local Produce". From the pilot programmes in 1990, there are now 400 small,
>self-financing, commercial local market gardeners. Contact Chris Morry
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>9. AWARDS - Health and Development - South Africa - The annual Soul City
>Health Worker of the Year Awards were held on October 6th. The winner was
>Mr Steven Masondo from Wakkestroom, Kwazulu Natal. Steven single handedly
>established a primary school in his community; is currently involved in
>court action for the right to land; and has commenced an adult basic
>education programme with the community. These awards are judged by people
>from within the Health field. This process provides a focus on the value of
>work done by people working in health and helps to link community health
>action with Soul City's mass media and schools work - with substantive
>benefits to both. Contact Garth Japhet - [log in to unmask]
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>10. NETWORKS - Cinema - Africa - Over the last two years the list server on
>Cinema in Africa has grown and developed. It provides information on new
>resources related to African cinema and is a place to ask questions related
>to development and cinema in Africa. Contact Steve Smith [log in to unmask]
>To join send a message to [log in to unmask] and in the body of the text say
> subscribe african-cinema-conference
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>11. STRATEGY - CHANGE - Global - CHANGE, the USAID contract to advance
>strategic thinking and programme effectiveness in the area of Health
>Communication in Developing Countries has been awarded to a consortium led
>by The Academy for Educational Development [AED] and the Manoff Group. Thw
>work will take place over 5 years with an expected budget of USD 22
>million. Contact Elizabeth Fox [log in to unmask] Scott Ratzan [log in to unmask]
>Marcia Griffiths [log in to unmask]
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>12. STRATEGY - Knowledge and Development - Global - The Panos Institute has
>written a detailed response to the recently released World Bank "1998 World
>Development Report" [WDR] on Knowledge and Development. Panos asserts that
>"the limited focus (of the report) represents a missed opportunity...while
>the existence of information, communications and knowledge gaps is
>critical, just as important is the capacity of people to adapt, assess,
>evaluate, interpret, challenge and use the knowledge available..." This
>paper can be obtained from James Deane [log in to unmask]
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>13. STRATEGY - Health Communication - Global - The Department for
>International Development [DFID] in the Bitish government held the initial
>meeting of the group reviewing the best strategies for DFID in this area on
>September 30th 1998. Contact Geoff Barnard [log in to unmask]
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>14. STRATEGY - Communication and Social Change - Global - A network of 30
>people from 26 organisations, covering community groups to international
>organisations, have completed their Communication and Social Change meeting
>in Cape Town, South Africa. Outcomes included: a definition of
>communication and social change, including how it differs from both
>development communication and behaviour change communication approaches;
>descriptions of required progress in skills and delivery systems;
>strategies for building support; and some initial evaluation indicators.
>Plans were made to continue the network process. Contact Denise Gray-Felder
>[log in to unmask]
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Anne W. Bunde-Birouste
IUHPE Director of Programmes
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