1.0 MY JOURNEY 

I started my journey on a Thursday at 8:00AM – 9th May 2024, used a motorcycle to our home bus terminus, I boarded a bus to Nairobi where i had booked a bus to Eldoret. My journey from Nairobi to Eldoret was 6 hours and I arrived at Eldoret at 5:00PM,on the second I started my journey at 8:00AM at Eldoret to Lokchiar some kilometers from Lodwar Town. This journey was my first one to this sides, i enjoyed the beautiful scenery and the connection of the different people I met along the way. 
I arrived at my host's home and was received by the host and the family, delicious meal was prepared and a comfortable place for me to rest, I was happy my need for comfort. rest, understanding and flexibility were highly met.

In total my eventful and exciting journey was 18 hours exclusive of the waiting hours for busses to get people. 

1.     Lokwi Primary – The host school for the training 15 pupils 

2.     A.I.C Lokwi Primary – 10 Pupils 

3.     St. Paul Namortunga Primary School – 10 Pupils 

4.     A.I.C Nadoto primary School – 10 Pupils 

5.     Lokamusio Primary School – 9 Pupils 

We had a common agreement of the program as: 

Session 1: 9:00AM - 11:00AM 

Break 11:00AM – 11:20AM 

Session 2: 11:20AM – 12;30PM 

Lunch: 12:30 – 3:00PM 

Session 3: 3:00PM – 4:00PM 

Break 2: 4:00PM -4:15PM 

Session 4: 4:14PM - 5:00PM 

The pupils were excited and curious to learn about NVC. 
Topics handled on Day 1: 
 -  Introduction of NVC and the four steps of NVC -  The training was incorporated games that were meant to bring clarity to the pupils. I used the four corners game when I was introducing the four steps which brings clarity on the NEED step.  

Topics Handled on Day 2

The second day started at 11:00AM with a reminder of what we had experienced on the first day. We later handled Request in the mid morning and later in the afternoon we practiced more on the dance floor as most of the pupils wanted to practice more of the four steps. 

The third day of my stay in the village I spent it taking rest after the two days of trainings with the children. I visited different places courtesy of the Teacher Robison. I visited the five villages, the hill that had a wedding in the 1890s and people turned into stones, i also visited the shopping centre, the farm where Kai is doing some Income Generating Activities. 

The fourth and the fifth day were meant for the adults who were attended the training. We had expected to have over 20 participants but only 16 turned up for the training, our first day of the training coincided with the return to school day and most of the people who did not attend said that they had taken the students back to school. 

The training was majorly on NVC introduction, Raphael Kai (The Host), started by explaining more about the Tusoma Pamoja Initiative, how it was collaborating with the other like-minded partners to bring the training to Lokwi Village. 

The training started with introducing what is NVC, the founder Marshall Rosenberg and the NVC penetration in Kenya. We also in the morning Session handled the first Step of NVC: Observation, we had practices on Observation, In the Mid Morning we handled Feelings. Later in the after noon we handled Needs and we agreed to handle Requests the next day in the morning. 

The next day the same people came and we started with the people sharing what was alive and in them, and this was done two participants shared that was new for them and it meant so much for them to be asked what was alive in them before start of the day had a recap of the four steps that we had handled the first day, 

1.2 CHALLENGES 

1.     The adverse weather challenges - the weather is extremely so hot 

2.     Because of the weather so roads were impassable 

3.     During the adult training the where some participants were not understanding either English or Swahili thus lots of translation in between the training 

4.     The weather in Turkana is very hot during the day thus the program of the training would not fit the normal programming. 

1.3 RECOMMENDATION 

1.     Train at least three teachers from each school so that they can be able to have a follow up with the trained pupils 

2.     Establish Peace clubs in the 5 schools so that the trained pupils can have a platform to be meeting as practice groups. 

 

Sample 

Feedbacks 

Lokol Robinson – Teacher/Adult Participant 

Having been one of the active participants in NVC training from day one to the last day, I strongly recommend and appreciate our able trainer Mr. Stephen Maina who seem too passionate about NVC. Perhaps, he taught quite well as he was able to use varied teaching pedagogies. Among of these were: 

1.     Use of oral questions 

2.     Use of realia 

3.     Use of groups 

In the above regard, I have personally acquired the necessary skills by actually acknowledging that despite our diversity, we are same given the fact that our needs seem to be similar. 

In addition, I strongly recommend the NVC training to be a culture here in Turkana in general for we are marginalized, our society has been poverized with the inter community wars whose ultimate goal is to solicit resources to cater for the respective needs. The poverty index has been escalated by many raids that has also brought a negative harm than good. 

I therefore request NVC management to organize for more and more trainings in future targeting school going children, youths, women especially the widows and even local leaders, with a view to rooting out conflict. 

Delven Mbayen – Adult Participant 

On 14th May 2024 at 10:00Am I was lucky to have attended a NVC training which was indeed conducted by Mr. Stephen Maina Njenga. I really enjoyed the way he organized his ideas in as far as NVC steps are concerned. 

As a victim who lost my beloved parents through intercommunity war as a resident of Turkana County, we stay under hostile environment. These severe challenges i therefore recommend that with consistent NVC trainings we shall move an extra mile in solving a lot of conflicts that do exist in our community. More and more NVC trainings should be conducted herein Turkana for we really deserve. 

David Esuron Esinyon – Pupil Participant 

I wish this training to be conducted every holiday in order to comprehend more about NVC. 

I also personally developed more skills and behaviours 

It is interesting when the teacher taught us more steps about four step of NVC: - 

                                                            Observations 

                                                            Feelings 

                                                            Needs 

                                                            Requests 

I promise now to apply four steps of NVC in my life so as to use good behaviours and talks to my friends in peaceful manner. 

It is better for us to know more about NVC because most of the pupils were not interested to get a basic needs like food. 

I physically also comprehended more about NVC because the teacher taught us that four steps of NVC is important in our life.