Dr Alan Channer is Director of FLTfilms

The third Eastern Africa Youth Forum will take place in Kigali, Rwanda, 18-24 February, 2013 with the theme 'Moral values; key to a brighter future'. The forum, just like the previous ones, will bring together young people (18-35 years) from nine countries of the Eastern Africa region, who are eager to bring change in their society.

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?'