Life Lessons of an Immigrant

<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Join the author on an inspiring journey from Kenya to the United States in Life Lessons of an Immigrant.</p>