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1992: Hope in the Cities – 'Where healing can take place'
In July 1992, 80 Americans arrived at the Initiatives of Change Switzerland conference centre in Caux with an urgent question: how to address racism, poverty and alienation in US cities. Three months ... Read More
1991: Anna Abdallah Msekwa – Creators of Peace
The 680 women – and some men – who packed the Main Hall of the Caux Palace for the launch of Creators of Peace 30 years ago came from 62 countries and a mind-boggling variety of backgrounds: a Mohawk ... Read More
At the Stream of Life - Reflections on the fresco of the Caux dining room
Discover the report on this summer's online event on Lennart Segerstråle’s masterpiece in the Caux dining room and watch the replay! Read More
1990: King Michael of Romania – ‘Evil cannot last indefinitely’
In the summer of 1990, six months after the overthrow of Communism in their country, 30 young Romanians came to Caux. It was their first time outside the Eastern bloc, and they had been hesitant about... Read More
1989: Michel Orphelin – Theatre of the heart
In spring 1946, when the first small group of Swiss visited the derelict hotel in Caux which was to become the Initiatives of Change (IofC) conference centre, they realized its ballroom could become a... Read More
1988: Joe Hakim and Marie Chaftari - ‘I am not a victim’
The Caux summer of 1988 at the Initiatives of Change conference centre began with a Mediterranean Dialogue, attended by people from all over the region, followed by a 10-day ‘youth training session’. ... Read More
1987: Mother Park Chung Soo – ‘A new door began to open’
Mother Park Chung Soo, a Won Buddhist nun, has been called the ‘Mother Teresa of South Korea’. She was already involved in humanitarian work in Korea when she came to the Initiatives of Change confere... Read More
1986 - Work Week: A facelift for the Caux Palace
As plans for celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Initiatives of Change conference centre in Caux got underway, Eliane Stallybrass began to dream. In 1946 the pioneers of Caux had volunteered their... Read More
A journey, not a destination
One year after the devastating explosion in Beirut, we meet Zeinab Dilati (also known as Zee) who took part in the Caux Peace and Leadership Programme in 2017, 2018 and 2019 as a participant, practiti... Read More
1985: Renée Pan – Dropping the burden of revenge
Renée Pan, a Cambodian refugee living in the US, came to Caux in 1985 on a mission – to learn how to forgive. Read More
Rest in Peace, Marianne Spreng!
The Initiatives of Change Switzerland Foundation has received the sad news of the sudden death on Saturday 21 August of Marianne Spreng, who has been a mainstay of the IofC centre at Caux for half a c... Read More
1984 - Amie Zysset: The great adventure
Amie Zysset from Switzerland was the heart and soul of the international family conferences which took place in Caux from 1978 through the 1980s. She died – aged only 60 – after many months in hospita... Read More