Meet Dr. Tecla Namachanja Wajala!

3434 Washington Boulevard,Arlington VA 22201

12 November, 2021

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Carter School Students! Meet Dr. Tecla Namanchanja Wajala Dr. Tecla Namachanja Wanjala is a globally recognized peace practitioner with over 30 years of experience. Formerly she was Vice and Acting Chairperson of Kenya's Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) and was subsequently included in the 1,000 Women jointly Nominated for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize. She is the founder and team lead of the Shalom Centre for Counselling and Development (SCCoDev), which is committed to creating, holding, and transforming trusted spaces for healing and reconciliation. With support from MHCR, she is working in the Mt. Elgon region in Bungoma County in the Western Region of Kenya to foster healing following some of the worst ethnic land clashes in 1991, 1992, 2006-2008, and 2018. Since July 2021, Dr. Wanjala, with SCCoDev, has hosted six Community Healing Circles, each lasting five days and reaching a total of 120 people, many being women, ex-militants, ex-convicts, and the elderly. The Mary Hoch Center for Reconciliation is located at the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University.