Alex is the Assistant to the Executive Vice President of Initiatives of Change International. Originally from South Africa, she has lived in Brazil, the United States and the United Kingdom, where she is now based. In 2012, she served as the Communications Director for the Caux Forum for Human Security. She completed an MPhil in Politics (Comparative Government) from the University of Oxford in 2011, focusing primarily on Central African politics and power-sharing governance.

A regional teachers dialogue will take place in Lira in the northern part of Uganda from 30 May to 5 June 2012. This region has experienced war and human suffering for over 25 years. In order for development to take place many young people need to find hope and peace. Participants are expected from Southern Sudan, Eastern Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Kenya.

The Cameroon Association for Moral Re-Armament/Initiatives of Change (CAMRA/IC), in collaboration with the African Co-ordination Group (ACG) of IofC International, is pleased to announce that an All Africa Moral Re-Armament Conference will take place in Yaounde, Cameroon, from 7 to 11 May 2012 on the theme: 'Governance, Leadership and Corruption in Africa - what hope for the Continent's youth?'

Initiatives of Change Rwanda – UBUPFURA in partnership with Farmers’ Dialogue International invite you to an INTERNATIONAL FARMERS’ DIALOGUE 19 – 22 NOVEMBER 2011 at Notre-Dame de Fatima / Ruhengeri Parish, Musanze District (89 kms from Kigali) - Rwanda

'Change in Progress' is a tool designed to equip and transform teenagers, helping them to make better choices in their lives by going through a five day camp acquiring skills in leadership, moral and spiritual discovery, art of service, identity, importance of nature and constructive peace building. This will be followed by the second phase of another five days of field work, putting into practice what the have learnt by offering their time in clinics, old age homes and orphanages as well as cleaning up their communities.

Mbindyo Kimanthi is a young and budding filmmaker from Nairobi Kenya. He graduated in June 2011 from Daystar University with a Degree in Communications (PR & Electronic Media). In summer 2011, he received training in communication and presentation, photography, filmmaking and the use of social media for change during the Creatifs Media training in Caux, Switzerland. Previously, he was part of Harambee Africa Leadership Programme 5 in Ethiopia in 2009 where together with like-minded visionaries, they developed a vision for the Africa they want to see.