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GLOBAL UPDATE is a four page newsletter published every two months by Initiatives of Change-International. Two pages consist of latest news, with the last two pages, 'People Building Trust', giving in greater depth the story of a changemaker. Free email subscriptions are available via the 'Email Updates' service in the right hand column.

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Global Update No 22: July 2010

Issue 22 reports on the launch of the new film An African Answer and of the All Africa Conference, both taking place in Kenya. There is also news of the next phase of the Gandhi 'voyage of dialogue and discovery' in Romania, Japan, the USA and Mexico. Creators of Peace Circles were held in Kenya's troubled Rift Valley, Muslim-Christian dialogues have taken place in Australia and the findings of the economic and social impact of the United Nations were presented at a ‘Greencoat Forum’ in the UK. There is no People Building Trust in this issue but instead 2 pages of extra news.
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Global Update No 21: May 2010

Issue 21 reports on the Gandhi 'voyage of dialogue and discovery' in Indonesia, South Africa, Nairobi, Kenya and Palestine.  There is also news of the Tools for Change conference in Kuala Lumpur and the launching of the new book on Trustbuilding by Rob Corcoran in Richmond. In People Building Trust one young educator shares why she believes Lebanon’s 18 different communities could find a common history to teach future generations.
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Global Update No 20: March 2010

Issue 20 reports on the recent Life Matters course which took place in Australia. Hope-Sierra Leone has coordinated a series of reconciliation and symbolic reburial ceremonies around the country. A new book on Trustbuilding by Rob Corcoran has been published. There is also news of Rajmohan and Usha Gandhi embarking on a six-month ‘voyage of dialogue and discovery’ starting in Indonesia in March, plus news from Sudan, UK and Indonesia.  In People Building Trust Mike Lowe reports on how travels in Asia showed José Carlos León Vargas from Mexico that poverty has no borders.
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Global Update No 19: January 2010

Issue 19 reports on the fifth Parliament of the World’s Religions, which took place in
Melbourne, 3–9 December 2009. Liverpool Hope University, UK, hosted an IofC forum in November. There is also news from the United States, Copenhagen, Uganda, the UK and Ethiopia. In People Building Trust Susan Korah writes about Chea Vannath, who was sent to a forced labour camp in Cambodia by the Khmer Rouge.
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Global Update No 18: November 2009

Issue 18 reports on the fifth Creators of Peace international conference in Australia and also Initiatives of Change Ethiopia being officially launched in Addis Ababa. Nigerians Imam Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye have won the prestigious Fondation Chirac Prize for Conflict Prevention. There is also news from Switzerland, the Ukraine and Taiwan. In People Building Trust Mike Smith talks to Geoffrey Lean, veteran environmental journalist and editor of the UN Environment Programme’s magazine Our Planet, who says "A global deal on climate change depends on building trust".
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Global Update No 17: July 2009

Issue 17 reports on Archbishop Tutu launching the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the Solomon Islands, Michael Henderson's new book, plus news from the United States, Egypt, Nigeria, Brazil and India. In People Building Trust Mike Lowe interviews Emmanuel Aliba Kiiza, the youngest ever Prime Minister of Eastern Africa’s oldest kingdom.
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No 16: May 2009

Issue 16 reports on the launching of the Imam and the Pastor film in Arabic, plus news from Malaysia, England, Action for Life, a new book by Michael Henderson and the death of Bill Porter. In People Building Trust Mike Lowe reports on the new President of Initiatives of Change International, Rajmohan Gandhi, sharing his grandfather’s peace-building mission.
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No 15: March 2009

Issue 15 reports on young Tibetans in search of global vision, plus news from India, Australia, Jammu, Kashmir, Moldova, and the launching of a new book about the late Kim Beazley. People Building Trust reports on young people from 11 countries learning to be change-makers and trust-builders, working in different parts of Asia with Action for Life.
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No 14: January 2009

Issue 14 reports on a series of eight three-day dialogues for parliamentarians, paramount chiefs and local leaders in Sierra Leone, plus the 12th annual Metropolitan Richmond Day breakfast and forum organized by IofC’s Hope in the Cities programme. There is also news from Ghana, Kenya, Cambodia and India. People Building Trust reports on a Muslim imam and a Christian pastor, former enemies from Nigeria, who have been taking their message of hope around the world.
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No 13: November 2008

Issue 13 reports on a special 'Sorry Book' that is helping Kenyans move towards reconciliation, plus news of the first of two dialogues for Sierra Leone's leaders aimed at building trust, news from Italy, Switzerland, South Africa, France and India. People Building Trust reports on the care and healing Visier and Pari Sanyü are giving to refugees in Australia.
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