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Going back to his routes

The Black Heritage Today 2010-2011 magazine features Kojo Jantuah walking along the slave routes of West Africa, on an epic journey to finding healing and reconciliation and discovering his identity - and his destiny.

How could this happen to me? – a personal experience

My tears and screams were too much for me to bear. I remember even wishing to die rather than to stay in this condition… That morning I had woken up early, prepared my son to go to school and given my loving wife a big hug. I had told her as usual that I would take her for a special treat as I had done before, not knowing what was awaiting me.

Growing up without a Dad

They say we all have a duty to forgive our parents; no parent has ever been perfect!

Reflecting on God’s call on my life

Andrea Cooper from London reflects on her experience of taking part in a course on ‘God’s call on your life’

'Sober' from day to day

Sander discovered he needed a power greater than himself to overcome an addiction to sex.

 

Nottingham Printer Makes Community Impression

Richard Hawthorne has initiated trust-building community dialogues in Nottingham for the past two decades. Altaf Mohammed Abid catches up with him to know more about Initiatives of Change’s role in the community.

Michel Kipoke, Peace Pioneer in Africa

Frédéric Chavanne pays tribute to Michel Kipoke, a fellow fighter for peace.

An unexpected meeting with the German President

Leif Hovelsen

As a young man during World War 2, Leif Hovelsen fought in the Norwegian resistance. He was captured by the Gestapo and sentenced to death in a concentration camp, but a series of unexpected delays to his execution meant that he survived. An encounter with God while in prison led Leif to forgive his captors and after the war he worked in Germany sharing his experiences of suffering and forgiveness and working to rebuild relationships and trust.

Goretti Nguyen
Goretti Nguyen

was born in Saigon, Vietnam, and migrated to Australia when she was eight years old. As a teenager she remembers thinking to herself, 'When I grow up I want to help people.' But how was she meant to do that? She searched for that answer for many years.

Irène Laure

was in the French Resistance during World War II. She wanted every German dead and their country 'wiped off the map of Europe'. But only a few years later German and French leaders said that she did more than any other individual to reconcile their countries after hundreds of years of enmity.

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.'