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2005: Omar Salad Elmi – Clearing the cloud of mistrust
‘There are two people in the Somali delegation whose names include Omar,’ said the man from the allocation team at the Initiatives of Change conference centre in Caux. ‘As we didn’t have any informati... Read More
2004: The Housekeeping Team – ‘My dream of serving the world came true’
Before you arrive in your room in Caux, someone from the housekeeping team will have been there before you, to check that it is clean, that the bed is made up and the light bulbs work. If you can’t wo... Read More
2003 : Burundi – Ten years of political dialogue
Between 2003 and 2013, Caux was the scene of seven political dialogues between deeply divided Burundian leaders. They brought together representatives of political parties and armed rebel movements, f... Read More
2002: Erika Utzinger - 200 metres of history
The archives of the Caux Conference and Seminar Centre, now held by the Canton of Vaud, are an endless source of precious information. Swiss archivist Eliane Stallybrass describes the work to preserve... Read More
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