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“Naivasha Mindful Leader Training” Independent evaluation report by Sue Upton, September 2016
What has changed as a result of the intervention?
Since Dr Adarves-Yorno’s 2016 visit, Mindful Leader training has been incorporated into the prison’s formal education programme, with the support of the Officer in Charge. A fulltime course runs from Monday-Friday and there is also a shorter Wednesday afternoon course. Both are taught by inmates who are trained teachers and who participated in Dr Adarves-Yorno’s training workshops. A Self-Discovery and Mindfulness Handbook developed by Dr Adarves-Yorno and colleagues forms the basis for the ongoing training in the prison, with the idea that the Mindful Leaders’ groups will add contextual aspects to this handbook. The Mindful leader training has the enthusiastic support of the Director of Rehabilitation and Offender Management of the Kenya Prison Service. Continue reading
The Impact of the Mindful leader training in Naivasha prison
As a result of Dr Adarves-Yorno’s work the Mindful Leader training has been incorporated into Naivasha prison’s formal education programme, supported by a small team of staff. The original 80 participants meet on a weekly basis and a further 80 trainees attend full and part time classes. Meetings and classes are coordinated by a core group of Mindful leaders. The University of Exeter Business School provides materials and equipment facilitated by the Africa Prisons Project. The impact of the intervention can be seen at individual, group and institutional levels, and is starting to manifest in wider society. Continue reading
Kiplagat Kirui Alvin – Behavioural Changes in My Life.
“The mindful program thought me to think positively in my life. I know this program will continue even as we go outside the world especially to our families.”
Anthony Muga Ayatta – My Life Experience.
“My life in prison has been traumatising as I did not know any techniques, methods or knowledge on how to cope. Depression, anger, anxiety, fear and uncertainty had been the order of the day in prison life. But now I am proud to be coping positively through being resilient and mindful.”
Justus Chumba -To be Useful.
“The programme has put the lights in my mind and prints a new patterns of thought that I couldn’t realise that it would happen sooner.”
Peter Leposo – My Life Since I Encountered Mindful Learning.
“I was not the kind of a person I am today as I speak, not aware of myself and the surrounding, being oppressed by the adversities and with lose of hope in the life despite and in spite of life imprisonment.”
Simon Ndungu – Mindful Leader
“The worst prison for an individual is their head (mind) and it can be the greatest jail for a person.”
“I have also the capacity to inspire and empower others, by first being willing to dedicate myself to my personal growth and development as a mindful leader.”