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2011: Lucette Schneider – Choices which make the magic of Caux
For many years, Lucette Schneider from Switzerland organized the team which gathered in the early mornings to wash, peel and chop vegetables for th…
2010: Mohan Bhagwandas – Addressing the crisis of integrity
Mohan Bhagwandas is all too aware of his carbon footprint. In the 13 years from 2006 to 2019, he flew 17 times from his home city of Melbourne, Aus…
2009: Rajmohan Gandhi – Bridges between India and Pakistan
The pulsing beat of Pakistani rock star Salman Ahmad resounded around the Caux theatre. Ahmad, who is also a doctor and a UN Goodwill Ambassador, w…
2008: Learning to be a Peacemaker – ‘An eye-opener to the world’
Ajmal Masroor 2008 saw the launch of an unusual course on Islam’s approach to peacemaking, devised by Imam Ajmal Masroor from the UK. Th…
2007: Mohamed Sahnoun – Healing wounded memories
The Algerian diplomat and ambassador Mohamed Sahnoun was President of Initiatives of Change International from 2006 to 2009 and founded the annual…
Remaking the World: Experiences from Mexico, Germany and Colombia
The eighth edition of the CPLP Talks recognizes the courage shown by Caux Peace and Leadership Programme alumni in responding to the challenges tha…
2006: Zeke Reich – Across walls of fear
Zeke Reich is a psychotherapist at a community mental health clinic in Washington DC. He vividly recalls an encounter at the Initiatives of Change…
Remaking the World: Experiences from Eswatini and Colombia
The eighth edition of the CPLP Talks recognizes the courage shown by Caux Peace and Leadership Programme alumni in responding to the challenges tha…
2005: Omar Salad Elmi – Clearing the cloud of mistrust
Peter Riddell works for Initiatives of Change in the United Kingdom and has accompanied peacemakers in the Somali diaspora for over 15 years. He de…
2004: The Housekeeping Team – ‘My dream of serving the world came true’
Before you arrive in your room in Caux, someone from the housekeeping team will have been there before you, to check that it is clean, that the bed…
2003 : Burundi – Ten years of political dialogue
Between 2003 and 2013, Caux was the scene of seven political dialogues between deeply divided Burundian leaders. They brought together representati…
2002: Erika Utzinger - 200 metres of history
The archives of the Caux Conference and Seminar Centre, now held by the Canton of Vaud, are an endless source of precious information. Swiss arch…
2001: Cornelio Sommaruga - ‘Grüss Gott’
At the turn of the century, Cornelio Sommaruga was President of the Caux Foundation and later of IofC International. Andrew Stallybrass worked alon…
2000: Angela Starovoytova and Kostiantyn Ploskyi – Taking off the masks
Around the turn of the Millennium, many young Ukrainians came to Caux. Some of them took leadership in Foundations for Freedom (F4F), a programme f…
1999: Gente Que Avanza – Latin America hits town
It was a Red-Letter Day in July 1999 when more than 40 young Latin Americans burst through the front door of Mountain House, Caux, and hugged every…