In a landmark event aimed at reshaping rehabilitation efforts in Kenya's correctional services system, First Lady Rachel Ruto officially launched the Shimo La Tewa Chandaria Workshop and Carakana Program, a comprehensive empowerment initiative designed to equip incarcerated women with practical skills, digital literacy, and therapeutic creativity.
The Shimo La Tewa Women's Prison, which holds 135 inmates and 7 accompanying children, now joins a growing list of prison facilities, including Langata, Kisumu, Nakuru, Kakamega, and Kitale, that are embracing Carakana's integrated training model.
Women at the facility will have access to specialized units in bakery, tailoring, and textiles, and ICT training, with a newly launched Carakana Cross Stitch Studio offering a therapeutic space for creativity and healing.
The official ceremony was also graced by the Principal Secretary for Correctional Services, Salome Beacco; Commissioner General of Prisons, Patrick Mwiti, Priti Chandaria; Mombasa County Woman Representative, Zamzam Chimba; Kisauni Member of Parliament, Rashid Bedzimba among others.
