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75 years, 75 stories
"My story is not special, or mine. It belongs to this conference centre. It is 75 years long and contains hundreds of thousands of train rides, walks, talks, teas, conversations, and quiet moments of ... Read More
Spring cleaning at the Caux Palace
Our hospitality team is using the calmer winter months to transform the Caux Conference and Seminar Centre. Cleaning out storage rooms and offices feels like a treasure hunt in the vast, 29,500 square... Read More
New year, new address in Geneva!
As all organizations, we have been impacted by Covid financially but it has also impacted our way of working. Working remotely has now become the new normal for our team and so we’ve decided to downsi... Read More
Culture, origins and freedom
"Time and again, encounters with people who have different cultural roots from me have challenged and often overwhelmed me. But it is these encounters that have allowed me to keep growing, both in my ... Read More
‘Afghanistan gave me roots, Denmark gave me wings’
Abeda Nasrat came to Denmark as a refugee from Afghanistan at the age of two. She now studies Law at the University of Copenhagen and works as a student assistant at the Danish Institute for Human Ri... Read More
What does it take to be an entrepreneur?
Global Entrepreneurship Week in November 2020 included e-space, a three-day hybrid event, which offered a range of master classes and conferences. Rainer Gude, Co-Director General of Initiatives of Ch... Read More
Environmental peacebuilding must define our era
The theme of 2020’s Geneva Peace Week was ‘Rebuilding Trust after Disruption: pathways to reset international cooperation’. On 6 November, Initiatives of Change and the Geneva Centre for Security Poli... Read More
Tools for surviving a crisis
During Global Entrepreneurship Week in November 2020, Initiatives of Change Switzerland took part in e-space, a three-day hybrid event, which offered a range of master classes and conferences. Annika ... Read More
The courage to offer hope
Harshani Bathwadana from Sri Lanka describes how she found the hope to bring hope through education to thousands of girls. Read More
The Courageous Listener: Bearing Our Own Discomfort
Listening is a powerful tool that can have powerful effects on its recipient. It is also a difficult one to master. On 5 November 2020, Initiatives of Change Switzerland led an online workshop on the ... Read More
Swiss Digital Days 2020 - Online Workshop: Update your digital soft skills
Initiatives of Change Switzerland held a one-hour online workshop on 3 November 2020 on the topic of soft digital skills. Read More
Freeing girls to study
"One act of compassion continues to have a great impact on my life." - Redempta Muibu from Nakuru, Kenya, describes how taking part in the Caux Peace and Leadership Programme in 2015 inspired her to s... Read More