Lionsberg Africa 2022.10.13

Topics

  • Loan
  • Updates from international experiment...
  • Would like to learn about project management...
    • How we can implement the pilot project...

Loan

  • Loan came through

  • giving, sharing, quick learning...

History

  • Where did all this start?
    • Kambethu? (spelling)
    • Jordan and Estelle met - Estelle had to keep passing tea leaves to Jordan...

Discussion

  • This is not the only thing we are going to do...
  • Learning as prototype and moving on to others...
  • Do the right thing... put resources to right use...

Jordan presented learnings from abroad

  • Group of groups vs. one project.
  • Nairobi and Pokot - very different challenges... but can still network and learn from one another...
  • Toby - I like the idea working in different groups - each group is unique, each group is unique - the common things - is that there are problems and needs that need to be solved...
    • Drought
    • lack of food
    • lack of education
  • Combine challenging, learnings, and ideas as we move to other places...
  • If we focus on one - will spend one year doing one thing...
  • Estelle
    • Lots of groups - working to align things back to orginal intent
    • More groups - can learn together, strengthen one another... and grow the work...
  • We are more confident
  • wanting to be accountable
  • so open to learning
  • Groups
    • ZionBrook Nairobi
    • ZionBrook Pokot
    • New Dawn Tanzania
    • Makelle? Team
      • Patrick Aseli and his daughters work?
      • Strengthen youth on career based programs
      • career development...
      • youth in Kenya getting into trouble
      • We have been losing our children to a lot of social vices...
      • Getting youth logged onto something worthwhile...
      • Help youth learn who they are...
    • Tabitha -
      • Natural health and wellness
      • Working with people who do alternative medicine...
      • Why don't we partner to do organic farming...
      • grow herbs that will benefit human kind...
      • oils that are good for health and community
      • education around food...
      • Doing a fantastic job.
      • Get off oils, sugar, restoring health...
    • Rehabilitation Centers
      • For children on drugs and alcoholism.
    • Phyllis -
      • Also dealing with alternative health in a big way...
    • Kakuma Refugee Camp -
      • northwest part of Kenya - in Turkana County
      • Largest refugee camp in Kenya - most refugees from Somalia...
      • Locals were sidelined because of refugees... water, electricity... locals without support...
      • willing to give land if we could put up a school...
    • Home for elderly on land in Turkana...
    • Heshimika
      • Cyndy Heshimika
      • Obwanda -
    • Jamii Bora
    • Jacque - group that goes out to Turkana - go to distribute sanitary towels to girls...
      • Hygeine training, values,

Action

  • we will take international learnings, and expand out to a seed "group of groups" of 6 to 12.
  • Brainstorm this week, craft invitation, and move...