Testimonials
Innovation in India (27 Jan - 2 Feb, 2012)
"Pepal has given us a platform to develop a business model for corporate/NGO partnerships to improve the health of rural populations."
Keerthi Bollineni, Technical Support Manager, VMM
"I found the field visits provided a great opportunity to better understand the needs of the communities we are working with, and combined with the intense classroom based programmes, allowed me to develop new perspectives with which to approach the problem of energy poverty in India.
Matt Black, Independent Energy Consultant
"In the Innovation in India programme, Pepal succeeded in bringing together diverse teams that would not get a chance to work together otherwise. The diversity led to an inclusive understanding of the issues and consequently, better solutions. It was truly a unique and rewarding experience."
Yousef Alguwaifli, Acumen Fund Global Fellow, Water Health International
International Leadership Challenge, Uganda (18 - 24 September, 2011)
"I must say that I am thrilled by the possibility of introducing coffee growing in the North. With the soaring coffee prices on the world market, this could radically change the economic prospects of our farmers in the region."
Samuel Kawami, Executive Director, Send a Cow Uganda
“Inspiring, energising, challenging and highly rewarding. Pepal have created a unique format in which they combine quality participants, well managed, hands-on, experiential learning and excellent programme management. This powerful brew provided repeated opportunities for profound thought, engaging collaborative inquiry and tangible outcomes."
Robert Barnard-Weston, eco-entrepreneur,writer & consultant
Women's International Leadership Challenge, Uganda (16 -22 January, 2011)
"This is the most powerful executive programme that I have ever been on...Having a concrete project to work on meant that we were really making a difference, which felt fantastic."
Alison Hall, Marketing Manager, IBM
"Our project was clear, it was about saving lives...it gave me the confidence to approach people that I would have never contacted before and has shown me how important it is to be accepting and patient."
Beverley Allen, Area Donor Service Manager, NHS Blood and Transplant
"We were lucky to be part of the International Leadership Challenge Programme; our participants loved and enjoyed every bit of the training."
Morris Ayikanying, Blood Donor Officer, Uganda Red Cross
"I will definitely recommend this programme to other leaders, its tough at times and really pushes you out of your comfort zone but it is the best leadership programme that I have ever been on and I think everyone can benefit from this."
Jane Worsley, Director, CIC Group
"In the course of one week our young leaders became more confident."
Dr Samuel Kawuni, Executive Director, Send a Cow Uganda
"The inspiration and the insights that the team crystallized in just a few short days consisted of a consumer task force, the state farmer seasonal report to mine our data as well as a new approach to CSR."
Sean Krepp, Uganda Country Director, Grameen Foundation
"Make sure that you attend a Pepal programme. You will not go in as you came out. You will become a better leader."
Jacinta Magero, District Co-ordination Officer, NACWOLA
Innovation in India (26 April - 1 October 2010)
"It was exciting to see how quickly the theoretical framework could be applied to concrete case studies in the NGO sector, and how the lively and challenging debate improved individual outcomes."
Maria-Giovanna Pugliese, Former Technical Specialist, FSA, London
"Thank you for opening this world to me...It's all thanks to Pepal's vision that we are going through this amazing journey."
Dr Banu Golesorkhi, Director of Research, Pharos International, Brussels
Executive Development Programme (2008 - 2009)
"For us the programme is CSR, employee motivation and career/skill development."
Jozef Noben, Head of Project Management, Tibotec, Belgium
"Pepal has connected several different worlds, worlds which would never have connected otherwise."
Allan Ragi, Executive Director of the Kenya Aids NGOs Consortium (KANCO)
"This week will go down as one of the highlights of my time in Zambia, in fact it will probably remain a highlight of my entire professional career.
For the last 4 months I have been part of a small team working day and night to deliver a large scale conference on HIV prevention – “The Prevention Convention” and I am proud to say that this week – deliver it we did – and in some style!
Over 250 delegates came for three days to listen and debate the latest evidence on the Zambian epidemic and how best we might try to stem the flow of new infections. We were honoured that the President himself opened the meeting – I even managed to have a little bit of a ‘West Wing moment’ as a few of my lines sneaked their way into his speech."
