iDC and
Clementine Communications

In future, iDC’s communication programme will be run through the affiliated company, Clementine Communications.

Since its founding in 1988, iDC has provided the following development communication services:

• Developing project briefs: telling the story of projects – their objectives and strategy, challenges and achievements;
• Tracking the progress of a project by journalists and photographers;
• Writing and illustrating stories of change – the impacts of projects on the lives and livelihoods of beneficiaries;
• Developing policy briefs, focusing on the approach to addressing specific issues in project implementation – for dissemination, particularly, to other agencies engaged in similar work;
• Implementation strategy – for dissemination, particularly, to other agencies engaged in similar work;
• Producing text, photographs and video clips for dissemination through social media;
• Graphic design and editing of project documents and reports;
• Training in writing project proposals and reports, the use of community-based theatre and role plays within community engagement strategies, and the use of imaging techniques in cross cultural communication.

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Now, working through the affiliated company, Clementine Communications, will enable fresh approaches in its communication programme. It will continue with the development communication services indicated above. And there will be a widening of its offerings to the private sector and to individuals not involved in humanitarian or development work. The programme will include:

• Extending the reach of the Nairobi Writers Club that it founded in 2025, through its podcasts and publications;
• Providing similar courses on writing to the Creative Writing Workshops launched in early 2026;
• Developing consultancies and courses on interpersonal communication within social groups and within organisations; one-to-one counselling; experiential training approaches; photography and video skills.