Fellow Activities

IDG Goal: Goal 1 – Strong Interfaith CooperationDespite being one of the most religiously diverse countries in the world, South Africa continues to experience social fragmentation along faith lines, with communities often living side by side without truly connecting. To begin bridging this gap, an intimate interfaith gathering was held, bringing together 8 participants aged …

IDG Goal: Goal 1 – Strong Interfaith CooperationIn Dzaleka Refugee Camp, young people face a unique combination of challenges, climate vulnerability, social division across faith and cultural lines, and rising emotional stress, all without adequate spaces to process or respond to them. To address this, a youth-led initiative brought together 42 participants aged 16 to …

IDG Goal: Goal 8 – Religion as a Tool for PeaceRecognising that people across different faiths often struggle to find like-minded community members with whom they can reflect on shared concerns, this gathering brought together 25 Christians and Bahá'ís of combined age groups to focus on one of society's most pressing issues, the state of …

IDG Goal: Goal 6 – Access to Interfaith Education and Religious LiteracyTribal and religious tensions, bullying, post-school violence, and a lack of cross-cultural religious literacy in the school curriculum have created deep divides among young people in Namibia. To tackle these issues head-on, a Cultural Diplomacy Seminar Workshop was held in Windhoek, bringing together 50 …

IDG Goal: Goal 6 – Access to Interfaith Education and Religious LiteracyYoung people in Kenya largely lack structured opportunities to learn about faiths other than their own, with generational gaps, cultural barriers, and economic and digital divides all limiting meaningful youth interfaith engagement. To bridge this gap, a virtual engagement was held that brought together …

IDG Goal: Goal 3 – Universal Freedom and Protection of ReligionIn South Africa, growing tensions between religious communities, state institutions, and legal frameworks, particularly around religious freedom, constitutional rights, and the state regulation of religion, highlighted an urgent need for structured dialogue. In response, a two-day national Colloquium on Religion and Law was convened, bringing …

IDG Goal: Goal 6 - Access to Interfaith Education and Religious LiteracyIn hospitals across Canada, patients who speak languages other than English frequently face significant communication barriers that can lead to misdiagnosis, medication errors, and poor adherence to care plans. Recognising this gap firsthand as a physician, Dr Sukhmeet Sachal collaborated with a national language …

IDG Goal: Goal 7 – Cooperation with Non-Religious Actors In the business world, executives encounter colleagues from various faith backgrounds daily but receive little to no formal education on how to engage with them respectfully, a gap that creates missed opportunities and workplace tensions. To address this, 11 Executive MBA students ranging from their late twenties …

Coming from the Philippines, where disasters, both natural and human-induced, are a constant reality, I’ve been deeply interested in how interfaith and intercultural dialogue can play a role in crisis response. In line with this, I was invited to speak at a Theological Forum organized by the Saint Alphonsus Theological and Mission Institute, as part …