26th September 2013 On Saturday, 21st September 2013, a group of hateful individuals attacked and indiscriminately killed and maimed many children, women and men in a mall in Nairobi, Kenya. These reprehensible actions were calculated and aimed to create fear and terror in all of us. I condemn these hateful actions. GNRC members around the […]

 An article by Rev. Keishi Miyamoto, President of Arigatou International, was published today at the prestigious and widely read World Economic Forum Blog. Continue reading Rev. Miyamoto Writes about Listening to Youth on World Economic Forum Blog

 The Interfaith Initiative to End Child Poverty (IIECP) — the fourth Initiative by Arigatou International kicked off in Nairobi by holding its first Interim Steering Committee Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya from the 19th to 20th August 2013. The meeting settled on 3 priority areas for the initiative which are to mitigate spiritual root causes of

GNRC Secretary General Dr. Mustafa Y. Ali joined the United Nations Commission on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC) in expressing grave concern over the indiscriminate chemical attacks in Syria that also killed many children. Speaking at the GNRC Secretariat in Nairobi, the GNRC Secretary General asked all parties in the Syrian conflict to

From 24 to 30 July, Initiatives of Change in cooperation with Child-to-Child Trust organized in Caux, Switzerland a conference titled Children as Actors for Transforming Society – Making Children’s participation work.  Arigatou International was invited to participate on the panel Safe Environment for Children that addressed how to strengthen children’s participation to ensure a safe

Rev. Fred Nyabera of Kenya has been named the director of Arigatou International’s new multi-stakeholder initiative to reduce poverty’s devastating effects on the world’s children. The initiative, first announced at the fourth global forum of the GNRC in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in June 2012, was tentatively titled Mobilizing Faith-based Resources to End Child Poverty.