In 2003, Rabta reviewed its strategy and started a mentoring process with a smaller group of police officials. The purpose of this was to support police officers, encourage them to be more sensitive, and to create conditions that would sustain a longer term change among them. Before this, Rabta was conducting 6-7 day regular training workshops with 20-25 police officers on a monthly basis. The mentoring process evolved after getting observations of the Rabta team, feedback from the senior management of police, and the thoughts and ideas shared by the police trainees who attended the attitudinal change workshops conducted by Rozan.

Many participants reported that within the workshops they had felt moved and realized the need for change. They also shared that they had been able to manage some level of difference in their lives for some time after the workshop, however, many mentioned that after a certain period of time they found it difficult to sustain these changes. They shared the following factors that hinder to sustain the changes:

• High stress conditions of work
• Little appreciation and understanding of the process of self-awareness and sensitization on part of the police management and the larger police force
• Informal or minimal contact and reinforcement for the police officials from Rozan
• No connection between trainees who attend the Rozan training.

This developed a sense of isolation among the police officers trained by Rozan because the number of police force who had not attended the training was much bigger. It was also observed that participants who maintained long-term contact with Rozan were more open to change and that they also sustained the learning from the workshop for a longer period. These reflections led towards the formulation of the mentoring cycle.

The mentoring process aims at sustaining the attitudinal and behavioral changes brought about by workshops and trainings among the police participants. It is spread over a period of one year and is a 20 day exercise (eight hours a day) involving training, reflection, and community police exercises.