From within to beyond

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Keshab Dahal

The experience of having shared time with people from different nationalities, cultures, and faiths enriched my perspective and increased my curiosity to know and love people who are different from me. The world would be a boring place if it were not so diverse. I also developed an interest in recognizing the value of the individual and their struggles. Throughout this entire process, I developed a better understanding of the culture for social change. There are a lot of people on this path and there is always room to develop fellowship with the entire community of practitioners.

I now can say that the experiences I have mentioned have given me three guiding insights: individual change is powerful, caring for change in the individual is essential, and dedication to the care of others is an honor. So if someone were to ask me those same two questions now, ‘if everybody in my country is like you, what kind of country it would be and do you want to live there’, what would my answer be?

My answer is that Nepal is becoming a better place and I am eagerly working towards it.

 

Keshab Dahal
About Keshab Dahal

Before dedicating his time to volunteer service with IofC India, Keshab Dahal served as a Country director to Detroit2Nepal Foundation and worked with the Peace Research Institute of Oslo PRIO. He has studied and worked in the field of peacebuilding in six countries and holds a Master of Philosophy in Peace and Conflict Transformation. Currently, he is part of IofC India’s Outreach Team, which travels across India and Nepal reaching out to individuals and communities. He facilitates training on Ethics in Public Governance and has served as a coordinator for Initiating Change from Within to Beyond, an eight-week training for young adults. He is also currently serving as a board member of IofC Nepal.

NOTE: Individuals of many cultures, nationalities, religions, and beliefs are actively involved with Initiatives of Change. These commentaries represent the views of the writer and not necessarily those of Initiatives of Change as a whole.