Gandhi-Mandela-Freire Fellowship Programme
Self and Eco-Socio-Spiritual Transformation.
The Grounding of Peace, Reconciliation, Civic Engagement, Sustainability, Social Communication, Creative Regeneration and Engaged Spirituality in Compassion . Fostering Dialogical and Inclusive Community, Common Good and Eco-Socio-Spiritual Futures in Public and Private Spaces.
Jointly initiated by the Indian Social Institute, New Delhi, India and the Loyola Institute of Peace and International Relations, Kochi, India. The Indian Social Institute holds a Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. The fellowship has been further developed, nurtured and now based at the Multiversity Platform, Loyola Extension Services, a registered charity as well as the social lab and incubation centre of Loyola College of Social Sciences (LCSS), Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), India. A (growing) number of like-minded institutions have offered moral support for this effort. (Note: This website belongs to the Multiversity Platform, Loyola Extension Services/LES Multiversity, Loyola College of Social Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram, India.)
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Brief Profile of Nirmal Khatri
GMF 22 Programme Co-ordinator (Email)
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Final Year Student of Development Studies, National College, Kathmandu University, Nepal.
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Started working in the education sectors since 2015 coordinating with European development agency in rebuilding public schools in Nepal which were damaged by the disastrous Nepal earthquake of 2015.
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Humanitarian action nurturing a compassionate common good especially in difficult/crisis times (emergencies) -- relief, rescue and rehabilitation of the human community (as well as ecology where possible) in various districts in Nepal.
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Present major focus: Virtues-Value based education for an inclusive and compassionate Common Good, preventive medical, health and healing practices, and liberative technologies in remote/isolated areas .
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Co-leading Virtues in Movement – Global in Nepal (VIM-Nepal), initiating relief action related to Covid 19 Pandemic and its impact in rural Nepal.
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Co-leading Aankura Rising Nepal – an NGO aimed in nurturing environment friendly authentic vernacular Nepali architecture.
Accomplishments
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Complete Reconstruction of 3 Public Schools , 2 in Nuwakot (Shree Bhumedevi Primary School, Gahare and Shree Lamagaun Basic School , Lamagau Nuwkot) and 1 in Kavre ( Shree Saraswoti Primary School, Kankre, Kavre) -- Under my Project Leadership, being closely associated with Hugging Nepal – A Spain Based NGO ( 2015 to 2019).
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Awarded as Best Youth of the Year of Panauti Municipality in 2021 for the work to fight against humanitarian crisis in Covid 19 – Pandemic.
Present Concerns
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Culturally-sensitive, glocal sustainable development practice (people, planet and culture friendly).
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Bottom Up leadership approach as well as critical followership culture.
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Virtues, values and meaningful/authentic living to harness Simple Living, Simple Thinking, Simple Being.
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Eco-socio-spiritual rural livelihood, nature rights and active dialogue-based cultural relativism i.e not only tolerance but also deep appreciation of meaningful and nurturing co-existence.