ACTION FOR LIFE

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This is just to let you know that a decision has been made that we will not have any more Action for Life programmes as such.
Instead we will have another similar and advanced programme which will be decided later this year and we shall let you know whenever that happens.
Thanks for your patience and interest.
- AfL Team -

 

"Be the change you want to see in the world"

Mahatma Gandhi

Action for Life is a community of change-makers within Initiatives of Change. An intergenerational, multi-faith and multi-national community, it operates through training programmes and small mobile teams, working in partnership with local and regional IofC networks. The fifth Action for Life course ran from 1 November 2010 for five months, starting in India and with ‘action teams’ going to East Africa, South-East Asia, Eastern Europe and the Pacific. See newsletters and photo albums of their journeys.

For aims and background of Action for Life, see more >>

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Mobilizing a change-generation

Ten years ago a Chinese teacher launched an initiative to ‘develop a new generation of change-makers’. Today it is happening. Mike Brown reports from Africa…

Lives changing – from the participants

Mediatrix Masava, Kenya

I made the best decision to participate in Action for Life5 and I won’t ever regret it. The programme helped me to move out of my comfort zone, to think about what the world needs and how I can contribute to bring a difference. I have learnt to put things into action instead of just writing them down and telling others. How important it can be when I obey the inner voice. My next action is to listen to the inner voice every morning, and to support my country in eradicating tribalism.

Bui Khue, Vietnam

AfL has been an eye-opening experience to new knowledge, people, cultures and way of living. And even beyond that, it has been an inner journey that has brought me awareness of who and where I am. I always felt burdened when someone told me that it was hard to work with me. I used to think that it was their problem – or, even if I might be wrong, they were wrong too... More >>

Dana Lazar, Romania

What have I learnt in Action for Life? First, that I have a life. I am a human being, capable of loving and caring for others, not a robot invented to serve herself and a materialistic society. I learnt that my mistakes are precious because, accepted and shared with others, they can create unexpected answers. We can help each other just by opening our hearts and being honest.

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