{"id":289,"date":"2011-07-29T07:21:13","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T11:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totalengagementconsulting.com\/blog\/?p=289"},"modified":"2011-07-29T07:21:13","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T11:21:13","slug":"progress-kenya-connection-mentoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.totalengagementconsulting.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/progress-kenya-connection-mentoring\/","title":{"rendered":"Progress in Kenya &#8211; a Connection to Mentoring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been well over a month since my last blog entry.  Much of the reason is that I was in East Africa for over 3 weeks, taking a little vacation and also doing some volunteer networking and work with <a href=\"http:\/\/mccchurch.org\/\"><strong>Metropolitan Community Churches<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.othersheep.org\/\"><strong>Other Sheep<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalroots.org\/\"><strong>Global Roots<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_298\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.totalengagementconsulting.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/progress-kenya-connection-mentoring\/building-started\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-298\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-298\" src=\"http:\/\/www.totalengagementconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Building-Started-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Building Started\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.totalengagementconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Building-Started-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.totalengagementconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Building-Started-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.totalengagementconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Building-Started.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Construction has now started on the Jipe Moyo campsite and Matangini \/ Kimer Vocational School<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With Global Roots, I returned to Mtito Andei, Kenya for the first time since providing the seed funding to start the Matangini \/ Kimer  Vocation School and the Jipe Moyo campsite.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalroots.org\/matangini\"><strong>(Link here)<\/strong><\/a>.  I am pleased to report that construction has started!<\/p>\n<p>After returning to Mtito Andei, I was asked to go on a three-day survey trip for Global Roots into the Rift Valley area of Kenya, northwest of Nairobi , to assess opportunities for new projects.  I met and was hosted by three bright young emerging leaders who head three non-profit groups in the Rift Valley area.  These young leaders are attempting to engaged the younger generation of Kenyans in the political process and economic development, with the goal of leading Kenya into a more fair, open and prosperous society that can benefit all people of the country.  These three Kenyan groups are:<br \/>\n\u2022\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartcitizens.org\/\"><strong>Smart Citizens<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n\u2022\tYouth Peace Alliance<br \/>\n\u2022\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imaginekenya.org\/\"><strong>Imagine Kenya<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_305\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.totalengagementconsulting.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/progress-kenya-connection-mentoring\/meeting-with-leaders\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-305\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-305\" src=\"http:\/\/www.totalengagementconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/meeting-with-leaders-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"meeting with leaders\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.totalengagementconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/meeting-with-leaders-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.totalengagementconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/meeting-with-leaders-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.totalengagementconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/meeting-with-leaders.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-305\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meeting with Kenyan leaders and activists in the Rift Valley city of Eldoret<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In addition, I also met with some established senior government leaders who seek to steer Kenya in a good direction.  I then saw the connection to the need for mentoring, which is one of the topics I will be speaking on a conference in August.  (<a href=\"http:\/\/gaston.k12.nc.us\/jobs\/Pages\/TeachingandLearningConference.aspx\"><strong>Gaston Teaching and Learning Conference<\/strong><\/a>.)  Ways in which mentoring can help with the capacity building of future Kenyan leadership can include:<br \/>\n\u2022\tThe emerging leaders I met with mentoring the burgeoning young adult population of Kenya<br \/>\n\u2022\tThe current established  Kenyan leaders with high integrity mentoring the emerging leaders<br \/>\n\u2022\tLeadership development and economic development expertise from other countries in the world mentoring the willing and enthusiastic future leaders of Kenya.<\/p>\n<p> I left Kenya with a positive hope of progress that can be made under the leadership of these new emerging leaders who want to build strong competencies coupled with high integrity and a real desire for the best future for the entire country.  I look forward to staying involved in this development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been well over a month since my last blog entry. 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