About the Facilitators of Social Mobilization Training

Mr. Basu Dev Neupane, a noted trainer and researcher, has more than 25
years of experience as a development facilitator. More recently he is involved
in number of qualitative research, evaluation and studies.

He has spent about eight years (1987 – 1994) of professional life with South
Asia Partnership (SAP), as Training Coordinator and Acting Director, six years
(1994 – 2000) with CECI as Institutional Strengthening Specialist in Asian
Development Bank funded Micro Credit for Women Project, 3 years (2004 –
2007) with Action Aid Asian Regional Office, Bangkok as MDG Campaign
Coordinator.

He was instrumental in promoting the concept and philosophy of People

Centred Development in Nepal in late eighties and also promoting social
mobilization as a strategy for social change. Being an NGO leader, he has
played a pivotal role in formation of number of NGO’s & its networks in
Nepal. He is a founder Secretary General and Past President of NGO
Federation of Nepal. Currently he is the Chairperson of SAMUHIK
ABHIYAN, a leading national NGO in the area of capacity building of local
institutions, social mobilization and domestic volunteerism.

He is one of the principal contributors in writing a number of training manuals

that include Institutional Management, Social Mobilization for HIV Aids,
Animation Training Handbook, Gender, Local Governance, Advocacy,
Participatory Program Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Group Dynamics,
Training of Trainers etc.

He holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from Tribhuvan University and post

graduate diploma in Social Development from COADY International Institute,
St Francis Xavier University, Canada.

R. Manandhar is a trainer and development consultant. He has been at senior

management positions in INGOs and UN for 18 years. Now he is fully
devoting himself to developing people. Hence, he has become the pivotal
person in “Kabule — the Wise Leader”. Having taken up the overall
management of the organization, he is also involved in many of the
assignments as a Resource Person and Facilitator. He is associated with several
training organizations and NGOs.

Besides, he is a psychological counselor and delivers counseling sessions to

individuals and groups. He is also a writer and has been a regular columnist in
several magazines on philosophy, leadership and youth development. At
present he is contributing to The Himalayan Times (Nepal’s # 1 English daily)
as a columnist of ‘Leadership League’. Occasionally, he writes on
contemporary topics in national broadsheets like The Rising Nepal, Nepal
Samacharpatra and the Gorkhapatra.
What Participants of Previous Program Said:

This training on social mobilization has totally changed my previous concept.

Before the training, I used to think that as a District Coordinator my job is to
collect issues from communities, develop plan and seeking resources. But the
training made me realize ‘who I am’. Before training, I thought I would learn
new tools of social mobilization but now I learnt how to manage what we
already have.
Govinda Shahi, KIRDARC

As I felt, different illustrations and examples helped me to understand different

topics. Resource Person was very effective to facilitate and disseminate
knowledge.
Deepa Ramdan, GTZ

Got very important information based on field and other experiences. Course
materials made easy to understand subject matters and to retain the learning for
years.
Vijay Kumar Mandal, Aasaman Nepal

Could hear from trainers with long experiences in different organizations.

Subject matters have been internalized from within. Training was confined to
subject matters. Important issues were addressed seriously and got satisfying
answers.
Bhima Rai, KIRDARC
About the training organization:

“KABULE – the Wise Leader” was established in

2006 with the aim of supporting professionals who
wish their development. It is based in Kathmandu and
serving people in Nepal and around the world.

We believe that the potential inside each individual is

immensely powerful. We have specialized for years in
unlocking this potential in both individuals and organizations through
innovative courses in leadership, management and development.

Besides we have designed and delivered bespoke training courses to about a

dozen organizations. We also facilitate staff retreats of organizations to making
them full of fun and learning.

Some programs we have conducted are:

1. Inspiring Leadership and Team Building (10 groups)
2. NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming)
3. Advocacy and Influencing
4. Personal Competencies and Interpersonal Skills
5. Managing Diversity
6. Adult Learning Behavior
7. Development Project Designing (log frame & result frame based)
8. Positive Discipline
9. Report Writing
10. Project Monitoring and Documentation
11. Life Skills for Adolescents and Youths
12. Multilingual Education (MLE)
13. Have facilitated staff retreats to make them full of fun and learning

Contact: kabule@mos.com.np
URL: www.k-wiseleader.com