Information, education, and communication (IEC) is a process of working with individuals, communities and societies to develop communication strategies to promote positive behaviors which are appropriate to their settings.

Behavior change communication (BCC) is a process of working with individuals, communities and societies to develop communication strategies to promote positive behaviors which are appropriate to their settings AND provide a supportive environment which will enable people to initiate and sustain positive behaviors.

5 STEPS TO EFFECTIVE EMAILS:

1. Meaningful Subject Line
It is extremely important that you use a clear and detailed subject line in the email so that the person receiving the email to knows exactly what your email is about before they open it. A clear and detailed subject line helps the recipient quickly identify your email and know what it is about. The main thing is to make sure that your email is quickly seen as being an important message from a real person.

MORONI, Comoros – A teenage girl who is the only known survivor of a Yemeni jet crash is conscious in the hospital in the Comoros with bruises on her face and a gauze bandage on her elbow.

An Associated Press reporter saw the 14-year-old in a hospital in Comoros when the country's vice president visited her Wednesday. A nurse who treated the girl said she was "doing well."

The girl's father told French radio that his daughter could barely swim but managed to hang on long enough for rescuers to find her in the Indian Ocean. Read More »

The Khmer Empire was at its apogee during the reign of Jayavarman VII (1181-1215 A.D.). Its territory covered the current Cambodia, all of southern Vietnam, all of the current Laos, all of the current Thailand, and part of the current Malaysia.

Unlike the Khmers, Thais, known then as Siamese, were not natives of the region. The kingdom of Thailand, known then as Siam, did not appear in Southeast Asia until the mid-14th century. A well-known Thai historian, Sulak Sivarak, who was a Nobel Peace Prize nominee and the winner of the Right Livelihood Award said of the Khmer Empire: “It included everything right up to Lopburi and all of what is now Bangkok'.

Again, describing the Khmer Empire, Peter Janssan of the Hindustan Times quoted Sulak Sivaraka in his article on 18 June 2008: “Thai invasions of Cambodia, then in Read More »

SAN MIGUEL TOPILEJO, Mexico – As if marshaling for war, Mexico's government mobilized thousands of education officials and parents across the country to swiftly disinfect schools and monitor millions of returning students for signs of swine flu. 

High schools and universities open Thursday after a two-week closure intended to curb the spread of the virus. Younger children were ordered back to class on Monday.

Thousands of people in California are leaving their homes as a wildfire threatens the town of Santa Barbara.

The rapidly moving blaze has burned more than 500 acres, leading California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to declare a state of emergency.

Some 13,000 people have been ordered to evacuate as the blaze comes perilously close to the town centre.

The blaze is being investigated as possible arson, and three fire fighters are in hospit Read More »