Comments on: Trauma healing program ‘Kumekucha’ supports ‘sustainable agents of resilience and community strength’

By: Esther Oyiela

Esther Oyiela — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 17:59:32 +0000

Angie and Tecla, this is the best program to tackle trauma, understanding cycles of violence and strategies of CVE. I am pretty sure this will easily welcomed in Kenya. Great work, team GSN!

By: Angi Yoder Maina

Angi Yoder Maina — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 18:14:06 +0000

Thanks Katie…

We have recently finished an adaptation to Ethiopia and are starting the piloting of the program also in Ethiopia. We also hope in the coming months to adapt the Kenyan version to work with more closely with the Kenyan police and other security forces. This is life giving work, we have been so grateful for 91��Ƶ’s continual support.

By: Katie Mansfield

Katie Mansfield — Tue, 21 Aug 2018 19:04:55 +0000

It was a gift to have Tecla Wanjala and Angie Yoder Maina with us talking about the Green String Network at the STAR for WPLP (Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program) participants in Nairobi in 2016! Angi has been instrumental in adapting and translating Elaine Zook Barge and Carolyn Heggen’s Village STAR into multiple East African contexts, starting with Somalia in the Quraca Nabadda curriculum and then developing Morningstar in South Sudan and now Kumekucha. They have worked with local artists in each place to adapt the cycles of violence and breaking free/building resilience pathways. What a great example of how the foundations that inform our work – destigmatizing trauma responses, understanding cycles of violence, and strategies for breaking free and building resilience – can be adapted toward healing and resilience building in many contexts. Go Green String Network!