Makilya john (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorJohn Makilya was born in Kenya on June 12, 1952, of highly talented parents. His courageous and outgoing father rejected the comfort of traditional lifestyles to venture into an unknown school life under very strict.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - John Makilya reveals an in-depth look of Kenya, its people, and its traditions in this memoir about growing up there and starting a family before immigrating to the United States of America.He traces his roots, including how his father became a pioneer educator and was selected to lead a Kenyan delegation on a pilgrimage to Rome during the 1950 Catholic Jubilee. Upon his return to Kenya, he acquired land for the establishment of a Catholic church and later ventured into parliamentary politics.Makilya also recalls his own career in various sectors, including savings and credit cooperatives, ranching and the beef industry, sustainable community-owned water projects, horticultural production and marketing, community-owned fishing enterprises, and wildlife conservation.In doing so, he shares an intimate account of his work as a consultant making socioeconomic assessments of the World Bankfunded El Nio Emergency Project, his role in the enterprise development component of a USAID COBRA project, and his work as chairman of the board of governors of the Misyani Girls Schoolwhere he insisted girls were as talented in math and science as boys.Join the author on an inspiring journey from Kenya to the United States in Life Lessons of an Immigrant.…

Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Sustainable community-owned enterprises are owned by members of the community with no individual owning more than five percent of the enterprise. All members have equal voting rights-and everyone benefits.John Makilya, a native of Kenya who has implemented numerous sustainable community-owned enterprises, shares examples of successful initiatives in this book. He explains how they distributed benefits to members without depleting resources for future generations.He also highlights models that have not helped everyday people, such as Kenya's sugar industry, which relies on small-scale producers. Even with government subsidies, the country continues to import most of its sugar from neighboring countries that rely on plantation-style models.Likewise, the beef cattle industry-as a result of mismanagement and other problems-has failed to live up to its promise.Join the author as he explores how selected projects in water, savings and credit, coffee, horticulture, and other sectors qualify as sustainable community-owned enterprises-and how they help everyday people, the world, and future generations.…