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Lost in Translation: Volunteering at the Caux Refuge

When the first Ukrainians arrived at the Caux Refuge, Eliane and Andrew Stallybrass were amongst the first volunteers to welcome them at the Villa Maria and to offer their support. Eliane knew that le...
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Lost in Translation: Volunteering at the Caux Refuge
Eliane Stallybrass

Training of Trainers and Facilitators in Caux: 'Only the beginning'

What happens when 26 IofC trainers and facilitators from 12 countries embark on a three-day learning journey in Caux on designing and facilitating participatory learning experiences? At the opening se...
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Training of Trainers and Facilitators in Caux: 'Only the beginning'
Training of Trainers Caux October 2022

'First, understand the problem!'

A key objective of the ‘Summer Academy on Land, Security and Climate’ is to build an inter-disciplinary community of professionals, each of whom are each seeking to forge solutions to problems of envi...
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'First, understand the problem!'
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'Seemingly small things can bring a lot of good to someone's life.'

Ekaterina Gross has been working as a liaison officer at the Caux Refuge project since April 2022. Here she reflects on her mission of supporting the Caux Refuge residents in their new life in Switzer...
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'Seemingly small things can bring a lot of good to someone's life.'
Ekatarina Katia Gross

Our Annual Report 2021 now available!

We are happy to present our Annual Report 2021, covering all of last year's activities and the celebrations of 75 Years of Encounters!
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Our Annual Report 2021 now available!
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Caux in the Belle Epoque

Sunday 19 June 2022 saw crowds of visitors and local people gathering in the park of the Caux Palace for the inauguration of a ‘Caux Belle Epoque’ self-guided walk.
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Caux in the Belle Epoque
Caux Belle Epoque Andrew Eliane Stallybrass J Coté June 2022

Arpan Yagnik: Mountains to climb

Arpan Yagnik, a participant of last year's Creative Leadership conference and team member of the IofC Hub 2021, talks to Mary Lean about creativity, fear and vocation.
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Arpan Yagnik: Mountains to climb
Arpan Yagnik

'If it wasn’t already my job, I would probably be doing it anyway.'

Maria Raffin is originally from Moldova, but has been living in Switzerland for 17 years, two of which in the village of Caux. A neighbour to the Caux Palace, she very quickly stepped in to support th...
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'If it wasn’t already my job, I would probably be doing it anyway.'
Marina Raffin, photo: A. Slyvinska

A family split between Ukraine, Germany and Switzerland

As the war in Ukraine has been raging for 3 months, Oksana Stelmakh, a nurse from Kharkiv, reflects on how the situation has impacted her family, now scattered over 3 different countries. Since her ar...
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A family split between Ukraine, Germany and Switzerland
Oxsana at the Caux Refuge (photo Anastasia Slyvinska)

'Ukraine and our children have a great future!'

Before the war in Ukraine broke out, Nadia Donos enjoyed her dream job as a Ukrainian language and literature teacher. Now based at the Caux Refuge, Nadia continues to teach children in Ukraine full-t...
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'Ukraine and our children have a great future!'
Nadia Donos (credit: Sophia Donos)

‘We were incredibly lucky’

For more than a week Anatolii, Tetiana, and their three sons lived without electricity, heating or water in freezing temperatures in the village of Horenka near Kyiv. After a long journey through Ukra...
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‘We were incredibly lucky’
Anatolii and Tetiana Ukraine interview 2

Young Ambassadors Programme 2021: Learning to listen

When Indonesian law student Agustina Zahrotul Jannah discovered the Young Ambassadors Programme (YAP) on Google she felt both excited and hopeless: excited because she hoped it might give her the skil...
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Young Ambassadors Programme 2021: Learning to listen
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Help the Water Warriors save water in Kenya

Water Warriors is a groundbreaking collaboration between experts and activists in Kenya, India and Sweden launched by Initiatives for Land, Lives, and Peace (ILLP), the organizers of the annual Caux D...
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Help the Water Warriors save water in Kenya
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