Bikalpa Training Center

30/07/2026

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28/07/2026

Reinvigorating AVP in Nepal – March & April 2026 🌿

This spring marked a beautiful season of rebuilding, renewal, and hope for the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) in Nepal.

Together, John Michaelis, Sue Wozniak, Don McPhee, Ram Paudel, and Sharada Sharma shared an inspiring journey of learning, connection, and transformation. In Kathmandu, 21 passionate participants completed the Training for Facilitators (T4F), ready to carry the spirit of AVP into their communities, organizations, and everyday lives.

What made these workshops truly special was not only the learning, but the way we learned together—with open hearts, deep listening, laughter, consensus, meaningful dialogue, and the courage to embrace mistakes as opportunities for growth. Every voice mattered. Every story was honored.

Peace is not simply something we teach. It is something we live, one conversation, one relationship, and one act of compassion at a time.

This journey reminded us that the greatest transformation begins within ourselves. When we choose empathy over judgment, understanding over division, and love over fear, we become living examples of the peaceful world we hope to create.

Looking ahead, Ram dreams of nurturing a dedicated AVP facilitator team in the Pokhara region—a community of people who grow not only in facilitation skills, but in compassion, self-awareness, collective care, and the courage to serve others with humility.

Every new facilitator is a seed of peace. Every workshop plants hope. Every heart that changes has the power to change a community.

Thank you to everyone who walked this journey together. May the ripple of peace continue to grow across Nepal and beyond. 💙🕊️

31/01/2026

31/01/2026

Two fruitful days spent with social activists from different Civil Society Organizations—GNHA, ERDCN, ECCA, SFD, and EEC—while facilitating the follow-up Creating a Culture of Peace and Justice retreat.

Games, meaningful interactions, heartfelt discussions, and visits to the mountain areas filled us with joy, belonging, sharing, and caring for one another.

Our sincere gratitude to German Nepalese Help Association for creating this beautiful opportunity of sharing and caring for our lead facilitators, Ram Chandra and Sharada. 🌿🤍

24/12/2025

Our lead facilitator Ram Chandra Paudel and Sharada Sharma facilitated a fruitful and joyful two days follow up training with managers and leaders of Civil Society Organizations in Kerala, India. They were attended last year Nov 2024 5 days training workshops. The training was facilitated with peaceful and experience based approach. They appreciated facilitation process so much and at the end they created a local song and preformed it at the closing ceremony. The song is as follows: Is it not God’s grace that,
The two great souls from Nepal came to Ananthapuri,
Doctor Ram and his loveli wife,
They were like pearls,
We remember,
How many sessions they took for us before,
Affirmation and Leadership qualities,
And, several games to change ourselves,
Motivation and sweet songs added to our learnings,
There were a lot of opportunities to learn,
By seeing hearing understanding,
Heart touching discussions,
Great were the variety to kindle our imagination.
It seems countless,
We, pray to God let us be bestowed with such great opportunities in future also

24/12/2025

Honored to facilitate 5 days (11th -15th Dec, 2025) leadership and communication skill training to the representatives of civil society organizations in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala India. The training was activities based, games and sharing! Thank you our lead facilitator Ram Chandra and Sharada Sharma. Translation of the song: Ram sir and Sharada mum came from Nepal,
And we all assembled Mitraniketan premises five days,
Welcomed all with flowers, lighted the divine lamps,
We were given new affirmative names.
Patient Prathapan and Smart Shivan helped with translation,
Different way of teaching, practical way of learning.
We experienced qualities of a leader, necessity of motivation.
Through SWOT followed goal setting. To be followed in life
Enjoyed games and reflection is learning.
We wish our fellow participants and Guru Ram auspiciousness
the best to the teachers, participants and to everyone!

29/10/2025

Fruitfull two days with representatives of Civil Society Organizations in Beni- follow up training on Communication and Leadership skill development ! बेनिका नागरिक समाजका अगुवाहरु सँग नेतृत्व बिकास तथा संचार सीप सम्बन्धि २ दिने पुनर्ताजकी तालिमका उपलब्धिपुर्ण २ दिन ! Thank you Ram Chandra and Sharada for the good facilitation !!