TRANSPARANCY

Meeghan and I had a very productive meeting today at Goodwood Medium Prison. Part of partnering with DCS in rehabilitation is to do comprehensive and clear reporting, daily, monthly and quarterly. We received all the new and updated annexures today. They are very clear and will assist us to track attendance of our programme participants. We are excited to add the new annexures to our reporting.

And we look forward to continue working hand in hand with DCS and to take LOVING ACTION for our beautiful South Africa!

Back at Goodwood Prison

We are BACK!!! I must say that 6 weeks is a looooong time away from something you enjoy so much. Even if the holidays were wonderful it is GREAT to be back!

Meeghan and I had such inspiring sessions today. In our first 2hour session we had 14 participants (including Welcome and Louis who are in coach training) and another14 participants in our second 2hour session.

The guys were excited to start the year off diving deeper into their journeys of self discovery and to walk the change they had welcomed into their lives. What stood very clear for me today was CHOICE: each one coming today CHOSE to be there... simply because they had chosen to make themselves a priority. It was stunning to see their commitment to SELF and the process.

For myself - I feel so energized and so RICH after our sessions. Lots of windows were opened in the circles - lots of gifts for my journey of Guidance and Learning.

I look forward to update you weekly on our processes within the Goodwood Prison! Watch this space ; )


IN GRATITUDE
Karina

Inspiring Journeys

A stunning day of sharing and caring in Prison. So good to be back with our team of inmates (coaches n students). They are sooooo geared for 2011 and have a clear vision on how to take SmilingOne - The Responsible Individual to an even bigger audience inside prison this year.

I am right now reading some of the letters given to me by our coach students in Brandvlei Maximum Prison. Collin Duda shares: "The first step in my life-changing journey was the hardest and one I had to do on my own. By the Power of Sharing I was injected with a Change of Attitude and a Wave of Knowledge filled me. Since then I never look back... I keep on looking deeper into myself... and I fell IN LOVE with myself..."

♥ W O W ♥

I am in AWE of their sharing and feel so proud to walk the journey with them!

We are LOVING ACTION for our beautiful South Africa


IN GRATITUDE
Karina

Prison Processes to start again

Prison Processes to begin again!
I am preparing for tomorrows prison process, looking through submitted writings of our course participants inside prison. I am so touched by the sharing. Lumkile writes:

"We learn from our challenges. Especially when they press our button. 'Button' helps me to notice where I am stuck. Then I start to realize I have a responsibility to explore challenge and what it means to my life."

I am excited about starting our prison processes again for 2011. The holiday has been wonderful (enjoying 'empty spaces') - however, being back in action is GREAT! I know that our team inside is excited too. The festive season and the long holiday December/January is always quite a stretch and also a challenging time inside prison. To be back in session is so fruitful for all of us!


IN GRATITUDE
Karina