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Jayne is empathetic, non-judgmental, patient, and persistent. She is optimistic, trustworthy, sharp minded and creative with a very good common sense and a good sense of humor. In her roving position in an international organization, Jayne has traveled to many African countries Her fire to train as a mediator was ignited by the success of Gacaca village courts in Rwanda after the 1994 genocide. Currently based in Nairobi, Kenya, Jayne is the Executive Director and founder of Peace Warriors Organisation (PWO), a grassroots women-led NGO of peace builders and mediators throughout Africa. Jayne is a mediation coach and trainer at Interaction Management Associates (IMA) based in Arizona USA.

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She has a Master’s degree in Education and has held several positions in education sector including Education and Schools Leadership Advisor in the Ministry of Education in Rwanda, secondary school principal and a teacher. She is also a mentor at Mastercard Foundation. In the past, she has held a position as a program officer in Transformative Leadership in Kenya where she was very instrumental in the development of the women political parties charter. Jayne was a 2021 finalist in the USIP Women Building Peace Award.

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Faith Mukami is a sociology graduate and a certified professional mediator in Kenya with a vast experience working in community development sector for over fifteen (15) years gaining in-depth experience in women issues, trauma healing, conflict management

and resolution, economic empowerment among others. For years, mediation has proved an effective tool for peace building among individuals, families, communities, governments, and business.  Faith, has used mediation in her life situations, and now helps her clients achieve win-win agreements in conflict resolution avoiding the tedious, expensive court processes and fragmented litigation.

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Grace is a community worker, peace builder, a mediator with Peace Warriors Organization which is a grassroots organization. Grace having worked in water conservation, tree planting along the riparian area and school greening, she is very instrumental in natural resources mediation specially enclosure in riparian area, down and upstream river blockage issues and irrigation dispute. Grace formerly worked in UNICEF in the department of women development programs dealing with women and youth making her a very skilled and experienced women and youth mediator.

Harriet started her career in a multi-cultural and multiethnic environment, she understands firsthand that people want to be happy, effective, and successful in their lives and that they have within themselves the resources to achieve these goals. Her work is based on the belief that integration of different therapeutic approaches, tailor-made to individuals is the most effective way to help people use their resources to increase self-awareness, improve decision-making, solve problems and create the lives they desire.

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Harriet began her career in the mental health field as a student at Daystar University when she was appointed for the role of President of peer counselors. In this role, she conducted person-centered and group therapies in stress management, skills development , process oriented group therapy and psychoeducation . 

She is an experienced meeting facilitator an focus-group leader.  She regularly incorporates recognized and accepted therapeutic approaches, in training for behavioral changes, as well as offering Existential Psychotherapy (talk therapy addressing life meaning, goals & choices). 

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Harriet also worked for Come Together Widows and Orphans Organization (CTWOO), a Kenya NGO as a counseling psychologist. Harriet engaged her clients in one-on-one cognitive behavior therapy, anxiety reduction, stress management, interpersonal group therapy, and facilitated support groups. Harriet’s ability to make her clients feel at ease as well as her ability to use multiple psychological tools to think outside the box has earned her a stellar reputation among her clientele.

Harriet is a certified mediator and combines her mediation skills with her psychological skills. Now Harriet brings her many talents to BlendKenya as our in-house counseling psychologist-cum-mediator.