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Building peace through improved land governance in West Africa
On 4 November 2021, Initiatives of Change Switzerland and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (Peace and Human Rights Division) organised a webinar in the framework of the Geneva Peace Wee... Read More
2012: Merel Rumping – Going out on a limb
When Merel Rumping from the Netherlands first visited Caux in 2012, she had a goal in mind – ‘to explore how I could contribute to a more just world through my professional activities’. Read More
The Young Ambassadors Programme goes online
The Young Ambassadors Programme (YAP) went online for the first time this summer, after six years of continuous growth and development and a pause in 2020 for reflection and adjustment to the new real... Read More
2011: Lucette Schneider – Choices which make the magic of Caux
For many years, Lucette Schneider from Switzerland organized the team which gathered in the early mornings to wash, peel and chop vegetables for the kitchens of the Caux conference centre. Read More
2010: Mohan Bhagwandas – Addressing the crisis of integrity
Mohan Bhagwandas is all too aware of his carbon footprint. In the 13 years from 2006 to 2019, he flew 17 times from his home city of Melbourne, Australia, to Switzerland to take part in the Caux confe... Read More
2009: Rajmohan Gandhi – Bridges between India and Pakistan
25 distinguished Indians and Pakistanis came to Caux in 2009 with the aim of building bridges between their countries. The man who initiated the gathering was Rajmohan Gandhi, a grandson of Mahatma Ga... Read More
2008: Learning to be a Peacemaker – ‘An eye-opener to the world’
2008 saw the launch of an unusual course on Islam’s approach to peacemaking for young Muslims and non-Muslims, devised by Imam Ajmal Masroor from the UK. The course’s coordinator, Peter Riddell, descr... Read More
2007: Mohamed Sahnoun – Healing wounded memories
The Algerian diplomat Mohamed Sahnoun was President of Initiatives of Change International from 2006 to 2009 and founded the annual Human Security Forum at Caux. Read More
Remaking the World: Experiences from Mexico, Germany and Colombia
Discover inspiring initiatives of Caux Peace and Leadership alumni from Mexico, Colombia and Germany. Read More
2006: Zeke Reich – Across walls of fear
Zeke Reich is a psychotherapist at a community mental health clinic in Washington DC who has been to the IofC conference centre in Caux several times over the years. He remembers an encounter which ha... Read More
Remaking the World: Experiences from Eswatini and Colombia
The eighth edition of the CPLP Talks recognizes the courage shown by CPLP alumni in responding to the challenges that the world is facing. Below alumni from Eswatini and Colombia describe intiatives t... Read More
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