A world that is more compassionate, resilient and inclusive.
To make global social emotional learning curricula accessible to individuals and institutions.
A world that is more compassionate, resilient and inclusive.
To make global social emotional learning curricula accessible to individuals and institutions.
Resilience
Compassion
Interdependence
Conflict
Resolution
Common
Humanity
We have an international team of senior facilitators trained in globally recognized curricula. We have been the first to bring the Community Resiliency Model® and the Emotional CPR community programs to the South Asian region. Our flagship community initiative- Cross Border Classrooms promotes peace through dialogue between countries under conflict. We are proud to have established a presence in over 40+ countries. Our work is concentrated in the South Asian region and we have a presence in the African region through our affiliates.
Formal and informal educators including Ministries of Education
Changemakers like social justice advocates, people leading non-governmental organizations, humanitarian workers, mental health professionals, leaders/innovators that work at and lead social enterprises
Peace trainers, peace advocates, peace educators, anyone working in conflict resolution and prevention of violent extremism, policy making, etc
Social Enterprises, corporates, media houses and other for-profit organizations
Anokhi Parikh, PhD
Director & Founder
Anokhi founded The SEL Lab in 2020 with the goal of making Social Emotional Education accessible. For the 15 years, Anokhi’s work has been focused on promoting non-violence and finding peaceful solutions to socio-political realities of the world through social emotional learning. She is India’s first certified teacher for the Community Resiliency Model® by the Trauma Resource Institute, California, US and Emotional CPR, Atlanta US. She has also been trained in Compassionate Integrity Training by the Center of Compassion, Integrity and Secular Ethics, Life University, Atlanta, Georgia, US. She is a Certified Peace Educator from the Global Peace Institute, UK and has also completed two levels of Trauma informed leadership trainings with Thomas Hubl. As of 2022, she is also certified as a SEE Learning® facilitator by the Emory University.
She has spent 10 years of her career working in Kashmir and Manipur and has to date she has worked across 40+ different countries across the world.
She represented India as a global changemaker at the Peace One Day and taught the world’s largest global lesson in SEL on World Peace Day in 2020. Currently, she is focusing her work in the South Asian region.
She has previously been the Director of The Foundation for six years and worked with UNESCO MGIEP as an individual consultant for their Prevention of Violent Extremism program for two years. She is currently also the Director of Social Emotional Intelligence at Walking Tree Ventures. She is a mom to a young daughter and lives in Mumbai with her family.
Anokhi founded The SEL Lab in 2020 with the goal of making Social Emotional Education accessible.
For the past 15 years, Anokhi’s work has been focused on promoting non-violence and finding peaceful solutions to socio-political realities of the world through social emotional learning. She is a Co-Creator and facilitator of the Empathy & Resiliency Methods Training Program. She is India’s first certified teacher for the Community Resiliency Model® by the Trauma Resource Institute, California, US and Emotional CPR, Atlanta US. She has also been trained as a facilitator for the Compassionate Integrity Training Program by the Center of Compassion, Integrity and Secular Ethics, Atlanta, Georgia, US. She is a Certified Peace Educator from the Global Peace Institute, UK and has also completed two levels of Trauma informed leadership training with Thomas Hubl. As of 2022, she is also certified as a Social Emotional & Ethical Learning Facilitator (Emory University).
Anum is the Global Youth Strategist for the Charter for Compassion, an empathy & compassion cultivation facilitator, and writer.
With roots in India, Pakistan, the Middle East, and Canada, she is passionate about the fluid interrelation of cultures and perspectives and is a strong advocate of social justice and reform. Her work is rooted in the belief of a metaphysical alignment of the core human values of empathy and compassion.
Shane is an Adjunct Professor and faculty member of the Center for Health, Well-being at IE University, Spain. Shane joined the team in 2022.
Shane has worked internationally as a facilitator, trainer, and educator in a wide range of areas from Health and Well-Being, Peace and Global Education, Youth Work for professionals to Teacher training workshops. He is a Co-Creator and facilitator of the Empathy & Resiliency Methods Training Program. He has over two decades of experience working for local peace and human rights organisations, as well as larger International NGOs and educational institutions in the Global North and South. Over the past number of years, Shane has developed & led the CIT (Compassionate Integrity Training) Global Education Network. He has also nurtured CITs strategic partnership with UNESCO/MGIEP. Shane joined the Charter for Compassion Team as Education Lead in 2022 to continue co-creating and expanding compassion throughout the education community around the world.
Ashiya has studied Biomedical Science at University and completed a masters in Bioethics and Medical Law.
She is a qualified Primary School Teacher and teaches children from ages 7-11 years old. She is also a Trauma Perceptive Practice Trainer and Community Resiliency Model (CRM) Facilitator. Ashyia is a passionate advocate of Compassionate Integrity Training and began her CIT journey with a course for educators in Spring 2020, the training resonated with her so much, spurring her onto become a facilitator, and learning more about helping communities in particular those who have suffered adversity and want to build resilience and spread compassion. She implemented SEE (Social, Emotional & Ethical) Learning at her school and considers Social, Emotional Learning a cornerstone and educational right for every child.
