It feels good when you transform somebody's life positively and even best when you transfer life skills to undeserved humans.
This has been my wonderful experience for the past months.
We are now in the second phase of the Creative skills 4 Peace project that aims to transform prisoners to Prisonpreneurs. After they acquired entrepreneurial ICT skills, I now had to train them on how to produce items that will generate income.
After receiving the award of 500 000 FCFA donated by Local Youth Corner to purchase the necessary equipment and material for the production of items, we setup the a documentation facility in the computer lab.
Our inmates especially my #InmateSisters are now capable of producing season cards, tags for key holders and dresses, produce documents (typing, editing and printing), design logos and posters, just to name a few.
When the inmates will leave the prison, they will have to integrate back in our society as useful citizens by starting their own business. At this level most of them are already ready for the job market or to begin a start-up.
In addition they received classes on banding which included labeling, packaging, logo, naming etc
Personally I am very impressed with the results of this project. It has been so far a heart touching journey working with inmates that are ready to make a difference.
I have as well gained a lot of additional skills such as bringing hope to persons that thought that they had lost all in life.
Today I uphold the power of being hopeful and understand the meaning of endurance.
Where there is hope, there is life!
Dear Sophie,
Well done my sister for the great work you are doing. It is so wonderful hearing that those people can now make money that will be useful for them to keep away from crime after finishing their jail terms. Kudos to you!!
Love
Busayo
Dear sister Busayo, thanks you for your kind words my sis.Yes, they are ready! I thank God for strengthening me. glory be on to him.
Very inspiring project, well done Sophie.
Thank you very much Sharon. I feel lifted up.
Hi Sophie,
Is your training done there now? When do most of the inmates get out? It will be great to hear individual, success stories when they come out.
Hello dear Jill, The training is not yet done. Presently I do followup, mentoring and production. We also had a branding trainer who came to deliver some lessons. Yes! I will hopefully share their success stories. Thank you and stay tuned!
Hello hon:) You're welcome. Looking forward to the next update...
Dear Sophie,
It is so good to know that you have been able to offer this skill building, confidence building work in your country. Some years back I was able to get into the prisons for women here, and for 10 years met with the women and listened to their stories. There was good reason that their lives had gone off track. If more women in prisons could have the chance to tell their stories here in WorldPulse, so much more would be known about what women have gone through. Offering ICT skills and ways to independently earn money is such an excellent plan. Bravo!
Love,
Tam
Dear Tam, Thanks for all the support and courage that you have given to me during this journey. You are one of those who really inspired me during this project that was frightening at the beginning. ...And now your comment has come again to give me more valuable ideas. Wow !
I believe it is important to find a way to introduce them to World Pulse so they can say their many stories or if they agree I can say it for them. Well, I think about that.
Dear Tam thanks again for your sweet words. Keep on the great work.
Sophie, how rewarding this must be for you. You are giving a new life to #InmateSisters.
Beth
Hello Beth, Yes! They love me. I am bringing hope and joy to them and a new way of life that will be rewarding. Thank you dear.
Hi sister Sophie
Thank you for the job you doing with the inmate, you have really change their lives l believe that their lives shall not be the same when their will be out of prison.
My dear sister Edith, Thanks for the comment. It has a process of transformation for them. I pray their lives change for ever as they will use the skills to generate income.
This is great Sophie!
You are not only putting smiles on their faces, but you are giving them HOPE.
We are known forTRANSFORMATION!
Keep it up
Sarah
Dear sis Sarah, Yes, hope brings peace and love too. The transformation is real, I will share success stories. Thanks for commenting.
This is a nice project sis!
Giving hope and training the prisoners at the same time is a wonderful idea.
It is nice to know that they can use their skills to make a difference regardless of what happened in their lives or what they have been through.
Ride on sis!
Love, Adanna
My lovely and able Tech sister, You got the point. It is really an amazing project that has produced fruitful results. Stay tuned to read some of their success stories. Thanks for commenting.
Indeed where there is hope there is life thanks to the creative skills for peace initiative for the prisoners.
Dear sister, Yes you gout the point. I am so so happy with the outcome of this project. Thanks for commenting.
Your initiative is full of hope and future, Sophie... Last year, here in Buenos Aires during Museum's Night, I went to the exposition organized by the PGN -the Attorney General of the Nation organism- and I could see the art & crafts presented by the inmates. As you describe... printings, cards, logos, framed pictures, and also some writings and poetry, and handcrafted notebooks. It was awesome. They were selling some of the items, like the notebooks. So, there's so much future in your doing over there!
"Prisonpreneurs" is just a word I loved deeply. Thank you for sharing and showing the way for us.
Love
Dear sis, thanks for sharing your own experience that comes to encourage me. Yes! Hope is a great pillar used in building the future. I have also gained lots of exciting experiences.
You are always inspirational, thank God for your good work, forward ever.
My dear sis Stephanie, We are together in this struggle. To God be the glory.
This is great work you are doing keep it up and thank you for sharing.
Hi Rose, thanks for appreciating my work. You are welcome!
Hi Sophie,
Thank you for being willing to take on such big challenges. By giving them hope and teaching them new skills you have touched their lives forever. I hope that their futures will be bright.
Best wishes, Kyla
Dear Kyla, Thanks for your kind comment. I was was encouraged by World Pulse sisters who had a similar experience working at the prison. I am sure their future will be brighter.
World Pulse has been very instrumental in my journey.
Oh yes, where there is hope there's life...and that life is even better, when you have a Sister like Sophie holding your hand! I love that you thought such beautiful thoughts about the empowerment of our brothers and sisters in Prison. Truth is, lots of them suffer stigma and wrongful sentences, and, are more often than not neglected by our society. Few of us would stop to even think that these people are human, beautiful souls, with amazing brilliance and untapped potential. I am, therefore, so glad that, you, Sophie, saw beyond what a majority of the society sees. Isn't it wonderful that you are doing this? You're blessed. Thank you.
My dear sis Gladys, well said. Thanks for your great comment with lots of energy and motivating falling on me. It has been a very amazing journey with them. You are welcome dear!
Cher Sophie Bonjour,
Juste t'encourager de ce travail et formation fournis aux détenus qui pourra leurs ramener l'espoir de leurs existence encore une fois et afin de revivre une vie autonome.
Merci d'avoir partager cet histoire qui espoir et avec cet espoir tout ira bien, courage !
Cher Prnicess, Merci bcp! C;set une experience unique et valable.
This is amazing!!!!!!!
I visited a maximum prison recently and it was such an humbling experience. Thank you for reaching out to the despised and forsaken.