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WHAT WE DO... SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association which, since 1980, has been providing assistance to populations that are victims of armed conflicts and natural disasters by meeting their vital needs: drinking, eating, shelter. Committed to the fight against diseases linked to unsafe water, the world's leading cause of mortality, SI provides expertise in the areas of access to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene promotion, as well as in the essential area of food security and livelihoods. Present in 20 countries, supporting over 4.8 million peop...

1.1 Historical background of development communication Development Communication involves the strategic use of communication for alleviation of social problems evolving societies ( wilkins, 1996). The term ‘development communication’ was coined in 1972 by Quebral, who defines the field as: ‘the art and science of human communication applied to the speedy transformation of a country and the mass of its people from poverty to a dynamic state of economic growth that makes possible greater social equality and the larger fulfilment of the human potential” (Quebral, Nora, 2001). Don’t was...

Changes in the journalism profession have made journalism education challenging. For instance, the growth of the internet has given everyone the ability to generate and distribute information. This includes news materials and photographs, shared across public platforms without any professional or editorial scrutiny. As a result of this democratisation, journalists are struggling to adapt to this new reality, where they compete daily with a larger society that has blurred the lines between creators and consumers of news. Constant changes in the profession have raised interest in the quality an...

Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid This,  Dr. Tony Leachon, former adviser to the National COVID-19 Task Force noted,   is the country’s most  pressing need.  And former Secretary of Health as well as Social Welfare and Development Dr. Esperanza Cabral, narrating the stories of her patients who were denied access to health care services in our hospitals agreed. Citing RA 8344, which stated that “you cannot turn away patients without first stabilizing him or her and that if the patient needs admission but cannot be accommodated, the hospital is obligated to arrange for transfer to another fa...

Country: United States I am a Professor of Communication in the School of Media and Communication at Temple University in Philadelphia. Currently, I serve there as director of the Master of Science in Globalization and Development Communication program. And, I am Chair of the Scholarly Review Committee for the International Association for Media and Communication Research. Ongoing research addresses communicative action and cultural change, participation, and program assessment. Recent publications include: Jacobson, T. and Pan, L. (2014) “The Concept of the Public Sphere, with Reference t...