Mentorship project for inner city teenagers

2. × To have all the answers
× Something profound to say
all the time
× Prior experience in
counselling
× The ability to ‘fix’ the
children or their problems
× To have their lives in
perfect order

3.  To be consistent in
spending time and
building being present.
 To be real, accepting
and non-judgemental
 To be willing to meet
their mentee where
they are at.
 To love the Lord and His
son, Jesus Christ

4. Mentors facilitate a
nurturing interaction
in which the
following stages are
prevalent and inter-
connected. This
model provides a
‘journey map’ for
facilitating a
structured
mentoring session
Challenges
Choices
ConsequencesCreative
Solutions
Conclusions

5. The role of a mentor is to facilitate the right
balance between ‘Pulling’ and ‘Pushing’

6. This requires the mentor to:
- Offer a sanctuary away from
the pressure of life
- Offer support by listening
and asking the right kind of
questions that will lead the
mentee to healing solutions

7. This requires the mentor to:
- Offer stimulation to help the
mentee with deep reflection and
consideration of alternative
perspectives
- Offer challenges, ideas,
knowledge, success stories,
models, tools, leading edge
thinking and wisdom

8. • Mentoring is more than talk. Its about
consistently showing up for the mentee
• Mentors need to be aware that inner city
teens are experiencing the awkwardness
of puberty but are also trying to bridge
gaps in their multi-faceted development
resulting from neglect
• Mentors meet their mentees where they
are instead of where they want them to
be and keep showing up for them no
matter what