Mobilizing Smart Responses to Climate Change

As climate change accelerates and its impact on the planet worsens every day, we, as a species, must act quickly and smartly to bring about massive social and behavior changes that will counter the damage being wrought – and even imagine restoring the equilibrium that is the miracle of planet Earth.

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Launch of Participatory Research Toolkit

We are very pleased and proud to provide open access to this online Participatory Research Toolkit authored by two of our Associates – Suruchi Sood and Carmen Cronin – as well as by Kelli Kostizak. Launched in the context of Rain Barrel Communications’ 10th anniversary, it gathers in one place a wide variety of research tools developed over a 20-year period and used in multiple social and behavior change communication projects around the world. Examples are provided from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Mozambique, Nepal, Rwanda, and Sierra Leon. All of the tools presented have been tried and tested in the field. A majority of them have been used with adolescents, but they have also been used by children, women, men, key influentials and, indeed, whole communities….

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From a Hurricane, a Butterfly Emerges

Deeply moved by the devastation hurricane Maria had caused in Puerto Rico in September 2017, I was determined to support the recovery work on the island, hoping that my knowledge of humanitarian assistance operations and my newly acquired method of trauma recovery called Somatic Experiencing could be my small contribution towards the island’s reconstruction….

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Panoramic View from the SBCC Summit

Rain Barrel's co-director, Robert Cohen, participated in the excellent 2018 SBCC Summit in Bali.  He was honored to have been asked by the steering committee to help draft the Final Declaration, including post-conference feedback and suggestions from participants.

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Zambia Adopts Rain Barrel Communication Designed Strategy to End Child Marriage

We are pleased to learn that the advocacy and communication strategy our team designed to support efforts to end child marriage in Zambia has been endorsed by the Ministry of Gender. According to the country office of UNICEF in Zambia, which commissioned the consultancy, the strategy document will guide national social and behavior change communication-related activities going forward…

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