The Communication Initiative Network

Where communication and media are central to social and economic development

E-magazines


CI Stories

The following are stories received from network members on how they are using The CI and Soul Beat Africa to support and inform their work. If you have experiences or anecdotes on how we have made a difference to your work, please tell us your story! Click here to add your story.



Increased Profile of Our Organisation Through Your Website

I would like to let you know that from the information posted on your website, Super Buddies was able to get funding for our children's radio drama that is currently being aired on our national radio.

- Read More...

Opportunities through Drum Beat Connections

Last year, through its presence in the Drum beat publication, the CICI [Creative Inner City Initiative] was approached by a Singapore organisation called Artventure.

- Read More...

Encouragement through The CI

We are not even on the radar of NGOs when it comes to volume of funding or people served, or, whatever stats are used to determine "impact" but we are there in one one sub-location of Kampala, called

- Read More...

Discussions are useful

I have used the Drum Beat Chat discussion archives to inform 2 new books – one on AIDS Ideology, and one on AIDS and Behaviour.

- Read More...

Connecting through Experiences in Nicaragua and South Africa

I remember...way before we were on the air, and when we were still struggling to write a first script and get some money, I saw a very small thing somewhere, a one paragraph blurb, that talked about a

- Read More...

Resource for News Articles in Bangladesh

I am a subscriber and regular reader of your outstanding site. Drum Beat is one of my favorite E-magazines. I referred your site to dozens of people.

- Read More...

Utility of Comminit

I'm doing some work for IDRC on impact assessment of ICT4D projects, and just wanted to write and say how very useful have been the ICT4D evaluation links and summaries provided by CI.

- Read More...

Access to Drum Beat in Rural Tanzania

I am happy to report that one of our GSM providers, CELTEL company of Tanzania has activated GPRS and so we in rural areas will be able to access internet by using a special modem.

- Read More...

Suriname Project Inspired by South African Project

I am the director of Projekta, an organization regarded as one of Suriname's leading NGO's in the fields of gender, participatory processes and community development.

- Read More...

Help Seed The CI Network

Jobs and more...

Journalist/Reader Connection

What are the best possibilities for journalist-readership connections? (you may choose more than one; please add clarifying comments)