PEOPLE STORIES
BUILDING TRUST

Travels in Asia showed José Carlos León Vargas that poverty has no borders. From Mexico’s educated middle classes, he dedicates his life to solidarity with the poorest of the poor, starting with those on the outskirts of his home town. Mike Lowe reports:

At the recent IofC Creators of Peace conference in Sydney, Chea Vannath described her long journey home – for herself and for her wounded country. Susan Korah writes…

A global deal on climate change depends on building trust, says Geoffrey Lean, veteran environmental journalist and editor of the UN Environment Programme’s magazine Our Planet. He talks to Michael Smith.

One of the panelists at the recent Caux Forum for Human Security, Lucy Nusseibeh’s own life has been a story of building bridges – initially the cultural divide between upper middle class British society and her husband’s circumstances as a dispossessed Palestinian aristocrat.

At 34, Emmanuel Aliba Kiiza became the youngest ever Prime Minister of Eastern Africa’s oldest kingdom. Mike Lowe meets him in Australia.

The new President of Initiatives of Change International, Rajmohan Gandhi, shares his grandfather’s peace-building mission. Mike Lowe reports.

Learning to be change-makers and trust-builders, young people from 11 countries spread out across Asia. Carole Khakula from Kenya is one of them:

A Muslim imam and a Christian pastor: former enemies, now internationally renowned peacemakers. Two Nigerians have been taking their message of hope around the world. Mike Lowe reports.

From Nagaland to Melbourne. From facing tigers in the jungle to Aboriginal smoking ceremonies, by way of the Refugee Healing Trail. Mike Lowe talks to Visier and Pari Sanyü.

People Building  Trust

In suburban Paris, residents are learning to engage in dialogue to address the split developing between the West and the Muslim world. Frédéric and Nathalie Chavanne report