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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 ...
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1991: Anna Abdallah Msekwa – Creators of Peace
Anna Abdallah

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!
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At the Stream of Life - Reflections on the fresco of the Caux dining room
Lennart segerstrale fresco dining-room Water

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...
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1990: King Michael of Romania – ‘Evil cannot last indefinitely’
King Michael of Romania, Queen Anne and young Romanians in Caux 1990

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...
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1989: Michel Orphelin – Theatre of the heart
Michel Orphelin acting in Caux

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’. ...
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1988: Joe Hakim and Marie Chaftari - ‘I am not a victim’
1988 square.

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...
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1987: Mother Park Chung Soo – ‘A new door began to open’
Mother Park

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...
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1986 - Work Week: A facelift for the Caux Palace
Benches Work Week 1986

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...
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A journey, not a destination
Zeindab Dilati

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.
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1985: Renée Pan – Dropping the burden of revenge
Renée Pan photo David Channer

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...
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Rest in Peace, Marianne Spreng!
Marianne Spreng - crop square

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...
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1984 - Amie Zysset: The great adventure
Amie Zysset in Caux

Forging a network of problem-solvers to build a secure and sustainable future

The Summer Academy on Climate, Land and Security 2021 brought together 29 participants from 20 countries. From Egypt and Senegal to the United States and Thailand, zoom windows opened for six hours ev...
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Forging a network of problem-solvers to build a secure and sustainable future
Summer Academy 2021 screenshot square

1983: Folker and Monica Mittag – Found in translation

The wedding of Folker and Monica Mittag in April 1983 resulted from an encounter in Caux ‘which changed our lives for ever’. Folker was a German businessman; Monica a Swiss interpreter. Discvoer how t...
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1983: Folker and Monica Mittag – Found in translation
Folker and Monica Mittag wedding

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