The Gandhi ‘Voyage of Dialogue and Discovery’, began last week in Jakarta, Indonesia. The journey will take Professor Gandhi, President of IofC International, his wife Usha, and teams accompanying them to countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle-East, Europe and the Americas, in his words, ‘with a hope for honest dialogue and a desire for collaboration’. Rob Lancaster from Canberra, Australia, reports:

The second annual Tools for Change KL took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 2010, organised by PICCSO (Performance Improvement Centre for Civil Society Organisations), a programme branch of IofC Malaysia. The 80 attending came from NGOs and IofC teams in Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia, and individuals from countries as far apart as China, America and Australia.

Three generations joined the faculty of the recent Life Matters Course in Melbourne, Australia, 5-14 February.

The fifth Parliament of the World’s Religions took place in Melbourne, 3–9 December 2009, with over 6,000 from 200 countries representing all the world’s major faiths. Part religious festival, part pageant, the Parliament was above all a massive conference and meeting of hearts, minds and spirits.

Author, Michael Henderson, speaks about forgiveness with the launch of his new book "No Enemy to Conquer" in a Perth home on 28th November. Lindsay Cartwright reports...Read more >>

Jacques Chirac Foundation Prize for Conflict Prevention awarded to the Imam Ashafa and the Pastor Wuye, in the presence of Kofi Annan and Nicolas Sarkozy.

The 5th Creators of Peace International Conference took place in Sydney, Australia, 30 September – 4 October. A programme of Initiatives of Change, Creators of Peace is a women’s initiative which challenges and empowers women to become active peace-makers. It works partly through the methodology of ‘Peace Circles’ which have been trialed or established in 25 countries around the world. This conference brought some of these women together.

A recent Talent and Quiz Night conducted by Global Club was a fundraiser for the coming Basketball and Lifeskills Camp to be held on 27th-29th November. Rob Wood reports...Read more >>

A two-day Life Matters workshop took place 29–30 August 2009 in Blacktown, one of the most multicultural areas of western Sydney, conducted by Initiatives of Change.

As the Caux Conferences 2009 come to an end, Australians share their experiences. Read more >>