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2001: Cornelio Sommaruga - ‘Grüss Gott’
'I first met Cornelio Sommaruga at a private dinner party. He was then head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and was just back from Cuba, where he’d met with Fidel Castro, in the... Read More
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 for young people which offered courses in the values w... Read More
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 everyone in sight. Gente Que Avanza had arrived – and Caux... Read More
1998: Ningali Cullen – Journey of Healing
When Ningali Cullen came to Caux in 1998, she brought news of a growing people’s movement in Australia to acknowledge the truth about their history. Read More
1997: The Māori Queen – ‘Our people are moving forward’
She was a queen with the vision of a better future for her people. Discover the story of Māori Queen, Dame Te Atairangikaahu, and her visit to Caux. Read More
Yousef Khanfar: The Art of Seeing
How do we see the reality around us? And how can photos help show the humanity in people, even those at the edge of society? Read the report on Yousef Khanfar's inspiring workshop on photography. Read More
1996: Cardinal Franz König - 'On each visit I learn something new'
One of the enduring images of the 50th anniversary of the Initiatives of Change conference centre in 1996 is that of the Dalai Lama greeting the 90-year-old Cardinal Franz König. Read More
1995: Marta Dąbrowska – ‘Summer comes and Caux comes’
In the early 1990s, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, large numbers of Eastern and Central Europeans came to the Initiatives of Change (IofC) conferences in Caux. Many, like Marta Dąbrowska from Pola... Read More
1994: The Caux Round Table – Principles for Business
In July 1994, a set of Principles for Business was launched at Caux by the Caux Round Table (CRT), an international forum of business leaders which had been meeting there since 1986. Read More
‘Where Grieving Begins – Building Bridges after the Brighton Bomb’: a live interview with Patrick Magee
The second in Tools for Changemakers’ series of Stories for Changemakers took place on 25 August 2021, with an interview with Patrick Magee, who planted a bomb at the Grand Hotel, Brighton, in 1984, w... Read More
1993: Somalia – ‘If you can have peace in Galkayo, you can have it anywhere’
Among the Somalis at Caux in 1993 were Hassan Mohamud and Ahmed Egal, both from Galkayo, one of Somalia’s most violent cities. At Caux in 1993, together with other Somalis, they drew up a list of pote... Read More
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