Mount Madonna amazed me with its beauty, placidity and peacefulness. I would say it was more than I could expect. The sessions at Mt. Madonna were  extremely interesting and very comprehensive as I have learnt a lot, found out that my thought and attitudes got different shape and it lead me to change my conciseness mind. I began saw things in different angles.

I never was related with justice system and crime, I had  heard about thrilling stories in movie or read articles. This session provide me to look to this world without lens of visitor but as an participator. Julie. impressed me with knowledge and experience she had obtained during her life time. We touched very sensitive issues and made deliberation of peacekeeping role in the world of crime. I was concerned with the issues of inmates. We visited the prison, I was acquainted  with life of inmates, “gangsters” that means very dangerous people. they had their splited territories controlled by the chief of the gangster. It was amazing to learn  that in that world exists some rules and law. Most of them spend their life in the prison and never get out from the prison. Even sough, there is a supportive educational program for them to restore their destroyed mentality and soul, these programs are not so much helpful for them. I was very sad as I could not get to decision what is the solution for them. Violence is so rooted in their minds that it is difficult to eradicate it and convert them in another person. However, the correctional center demonstrated another picture: here the inmates had not committed such a grave crime and violence. We attended to the session dedicated for the prisoners for redressing their thoughts. A counselor strives to made them to dig into deep the problems and understand the roots of deviation. We had an opportunity to talk to counselors and ask them questions about the trauma healing programs. The most significant problem they face during sessions was a resistance that they encounter in relation to inmates. However, as one of the counselor has mentioned it is a question of time and step by step the resistance is getting soften.  I was excited to learn about the pets in the prison. Dogs are trained for a one purpose to love humans and grant them a bunch of positive emotions. It worth to touch to one of them that it was felt this positive energy, the dogs were very sweet. I have realized that emotions and feeling are very important in peace building activity: to the questions how do you train these dogs” the answer was “we teach them to love” So, I have understand that except knowledge and skills peacekeeping thinks from a heart as well.