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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Community leaders in Baringo plan to end cattle raids in their county

Pokot, Ilchamus, Tugen and Turkana communities came together over two days in March in Baringo, Kenya seeking the means to finding lasting peace. Joseph Karanja reports.

Monday, December 17, 2012
Workshop for peace practitioners features in Kenyan national press

The Chaplain to the Kenya Defence Forces, the Rt Rev Bishop Alfred Rotich, gave his advice and blessing to participants at a workshop for peace practitioners in Nakuru, Kenya. Addressing the final meeting on 23 November, he said, ‘I can see and I can feel, from your expressions and the way you are with one another, that you practise peace.’

Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Faith leaders pray at scene of bomb blast in Kenya

Seven people were killed by a bomb that tore through a bus in the Nairobi suburb of Eastleigh on Sunday 18 November. At the time of the explosion, Imam Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye were addressing a group of Muslim and Christian leaders in Eastleigh. During the night there were reprisal attacks, leaving six people dead.

Friday, April 13, 2012
Media and mediation in Chad

Pastor James Wuye, Imam Muhammad Ashafa and Dr Alan Channer were invited to Chad by the United Nations from 24 March – 2 April. Their visit, under the theme ‘Media and Mediation’, was part of a bid by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to build skills in mediation and peace-building amongst a newly-forged network of Chadian mediators.

Thursday, November 10, 2011
Susan Korah
Nigerian interfaith duo bring peacemaking expertise to Canada

Theirs is not a rags-to-riches saga or even a tale of a steep ascent from obscurity to power and glory. Yet when Imam Mohammed Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye speak, Heads of State, Heads of Mission and other world leaders listen in respectful silence. Sometimes they even sign peace accords after hearing their words of wisdom. Canadians of many diverse backgrounds had a rare opportunity to meet them and hear them in person at a panel discussion on 1 November at St Paul University, Ottawa.

Friday, November 4, 2011
‘An African Answer’ comes to Washington DC

Nigerians Imam Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye, formerly bitter enemies, were in Washington 26 - 31 October for the US launch of the documentary An African Answer.

Friday, April 8, 2011
Canadian screenings of 'The Imam and the Pastor' and 'An African Answer'

Screening at St Paul Univeristy of The Imam and the Pastor and the first screening in Ottawa of An African Answer, hosted by Initiatives of Change and Saint Paul University

Monday, March 28, 2011
Peter Riddell
Imam and Pastor film screened for 170 Muslim Prison Chaplains

One hundred and seventy Muslim Prison Chaplains from prisons all over England and Wales watched the film The Imam and the Pastor last Sunday 20 March at their annual conference. It was followed by a presentation of how the film can be used in prisons to assist strategies for reducing violence and reoffending.

Monday, January 10, 2011
We Are Family Foundation honours Imam Ashafa and Pastor Wuye

Over 600 people filled the room at the eighth Annual Celebration Gala of the We Are Family Foundation on October 26, 2010 in New York. Among the honourees were Imam Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye for their work of peacemaking in Nigeria and other parts of Africa.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Reconciling Africa

Francesca Holloway reviews An African Answer on the Faith section of The Times website, having attended the UK public launch of the film.

IofC in Brief

Who we are: Initiatives of Change (IofC) is a world-wide movement of people of diverse cultures and backgrounds, who are committed to the transformation of society through changes in human motives and behaviour, starting with their own.

 

Purpose: We work to inspire, equip and connect people to address world needs, starting with themselves, in the areas of trustbuilding, ethical leadership and sustainable living.

 

 

Omnia Marzouk, President, IofC International
'Nothing lasting can be built without a desire by people to live differently and exemplify the changes they want to see in society.'