Jayne Waithitu

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 and 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 a court accredited mediator, the Executive Director of Transformative Interaction Solutions and founder of Peace Warriors Organisation (PWO), a grassroots women-led NGO of peace builders and mediators throughout Africa. Jayne is the President of the Women Peace Builders under the umbrella of ACR which is a professional body in USA.

Jayne has been training and coaching mediators from all over the world in different international Organizations. Jayne is a Master Mediator certificate holder and PhD holder in education and has held several positions in 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.