Communications Team....IM

The AIESEC Egerton Communications team also known as the Information Management team is awesome!!! here is what the AIESEC Kenya MC VP Comm & IM 2011-2012 had to say....

Let's keep the momentum high in the Comm & IM team......

The 2011-2012 Executive Board Report

Here it is...

Open publication - Free publishing - More 11 12

Please have a look at the above link, there you will find what went down during the just concluded term.... It's awesome, trust me....

Word from the Outgoing LCP and Incoming LCP.....

Word from outgoing LCP ....

The year 2011/12 has been an awesome year, that’s the simple word that I can use to describe it. A year that has seen member development as a key focus area actually being implemented, more LC partnerships being formed and strong administration relationship being formed.

The administration involvement in the Local Chapter (LC) activities has just been incredible. We had the University administration sponsoring the National Induction Seminar(2011) which the LC hosted at Kivu Retreat, an agreement struck with the LC on OGX partnership with departments.........(The full article is in the Annual Report that will be released on 7th June 2012)

Word from Incoming LCP....

AIESEC Egerton is celebrating its 17^th birthday this year and I would like to take this opportunity thanking everyone who has made AIESEC Egerton to be what it is. The journey is never that easy and with that I also thank all previous EB and their contributions towards the Local chapter. Much respect for the work done and we are still on our way to stardom.....(The complete article is in the Annual Report 2011-12 check it out)

Unveiled AIESEC Egerton's blog statistics...very insightful

A look at our hits for the past year and couldn't help but wonder.....seems our audience is more from USA than Kenya...well, isn't AIESEC Egerton located in Kenya? Check out the screen shots below and be the judge...
Big up to Ruth Atieno(Mediatrix), Abner Michieka and I(Sami).... our posts garnered the top hits....

There was a massive explosion in the number of visitors to the blog between November 2011 and March 2012.... it's not a surprise though as this was just the same time we had assigned someone to manage the blog full time...

Yeah, this was what i was talking about...USA gave us the most number of visits... this is the kind of insight that should guide the incoming team when designing the type of content to generate for the blog in the future and where to seek for GCDP/GIP ICX....(ups, the greek code i just typed means incoming interns i.e. those who come to AIESEC in Egerton either for unpaid or paid internships....

-Sami.

Word from LCP 2009....Anderson Rioba...

woooooow ..... am soo humbled .. I really appreciate the mention.i didnt have much to say .. for real ..

AIESEC will always be my best passion and my motivating factor to build a legacy of improving and changing the world.It offers the best platform to nurture leadership and I am really inspired by what the AIESEC Egerton alumni have been able to do and the innovations and leadership they currently drive in several places in the world.I really look up to them because they inspire me each and everyday to be a better person in life.I think am still young to be an Egerton Alumni .. (thats a really great title )...but hopefully budding to be one .I thank all alumni's for the great support they have always shown to the local committee and I encourage them to continually do so because its the best way to inspire, mentor and bring out future great leaders from AIESEC Egerton

For the members , continually live AIESEC:explore and develop your potential and know there is a great future ahead of you.You are in the best organization in the world..its much more worth being an AIESECER.. rather than just being a student only.. ... and enjoy all the moments and the leadership you have in AIESEC.They will really help you in the future once you graduate....There will always be a difference betwen a normal university student and an AIESEC Student.. its the best value addition to your life and be always proud of that ...!!!!Gwaragwara!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A word from Jaqi LCP 2003-2004 to the LC....

Dear LC Eger,

This is just a quick note of appreciation for your recognition during the Alumni Reconnect; though I was not there, I was definitely with you guys in spirit.  A pat on the back is always welcome and I am grateful.  I hope that each of you will have a long, fruitful and satisfying journey in AIESEC before you join us on the Alumni side of the Association. Please stay the course and keep encouraging each other  - AIESEC is truly one of the greatest things that will ever happen in your life!

Thanks again!

Best,

Jaqi

AIESEC VALUES -Our core beliefs

There are some values that we share as AIESECers, that is, they are what keeps us together as one unit- no matter from which local chapter one comes from. It is however surprising that most new-ees never get inducted into this values.the reason behind is perhaps because the values are not seen as being important in many local chapters.Today we shall out line these values:

            1.Activating leadership
            2.Demonstrating integrity
            3.Living diversity
            4.Enjoying participation
            5.striving for exellence
            6.Acting sustainably.



                     -The Kisumuboy T.L, comm & IM
         

Hellen Qwach's Experience as an Intern in AIESEC Egerton

Challenges
Even though I had researched about Kenya previously, I found it a bit hectic to get settled in the country. There was some difficulty in obtaining a visa in Australia prior to travelling and a number of vaccinations the government made compulsory and needed to be taken a month before leaving.

Arriving in Kenya, I was still unsure of transportation - which was the best method to get around, from the airport to the city and from the city to Nakuru. Once in Nakuru, things were much easier with AIESECers around to ask.

I guess because of the time frame that I went, there were not many set projects or an itinerary to engage in. Day to day tasks depended on what work was available. I would have liked to have more of a long term project with the community but that could not have been helped because of the timing.

I think the timing was also made difficult because AIESEC Australia works around the semester dates of uni students, while I left before the end of semester and due to the interview dates/visas/vaccinations things got quite last minute.

Achievements
It is hard to pinpoint a long term achievement because of these difficulties but I can definitely say I learnt a lot during my experience.

I met a lot of interesting people and personally I feel more aware of different cultures, but at the same time I find so many similarities between people across the world. This is such that I am more confident in my relationships with people and widening my horizons in the future.

The initial difficulties of settling in has made me more independent and resilient. For example, I would not hesitate traveling around a foreign country despite being a solo 18 year old, for my experience in Kenya showed me I can find friends anywhere, that transportation is at my fingertips if I simply ask, that I will grow more from an experience than simply reaching a destination.

From FAIR(Intern taker) I learned a lot about the treatment and strategies in place to assist local communities on health and social issues. For example, specifically relating to epidemiology, the difficulty of assessing effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous programs which by their nature cannot be quantified numerically. Education programs by FAIR also set a good example of preventing/mitigating the effect of health problems in communities - as they do outreach into members of the community acting as peers to others. I think this is much more cost effective and efficient than some other programs I have researched by other countries. This information is of course, invaluable to my future studies and career.

Improvements
I have mentioned some of the improvements previously - perhaps better support for interns first coming into Kenya. I think a lot of the ideas from the Kabarak meeting were excellent, such as Swahili lessons, welcome pack, discount safari and even internet modem were EXACTLY what I had been looking for. I am glad these are going to be incorporated into the AIESEC Kenya experience in the future.

But besides that, I think AIESEC Kenya at current does have many social/health related community experiences for interns and there is a huge market in many universities across the world for students such as myself who are interested in medicine/health in their studies. However, I feel that the programs raising awareness about health issues could be accompanied with more direct medical experiences - such as with doctors/hospitals. I am sure that many interns are willing to undergo the extra requirements needed to take on these experiences. I personally would.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed my experience in Kenya and am looking forward to going back one day.

By Helen Qwach,

From Australia.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS BLOG

More and more people are viewing this blog daily. Records show that the popularity of this page is increasing considerably especially in these morning hour of 2012. Now, I must mention here that am truely carried away to see more people posting there experiences here. It tells me that [in Sammy's words] we are determined to' make it happen' again this year.

For along time many AIESECers in our LC of AIESEC EGERTON have never appreciated the importance of this blog.But now am glad more and more people are realizing that this is where we share our experiences and as such it is a major contributing factor towards what  holds us together as a local chapter.
The importance of this blog can never be overestimated : it goes along way in motivating those who do not see the importance of being in AIESEC. To be very precise, this blog serves the same purpose as a church testimony whose aim is usually to communicate to other church members that the miracle that happened to 'me' can in the same way happen to you if in one way or another  you follow my footsteps.

It is in this blog that you will get to read very inspiring testimonies of, say, our very own brethren who went internship say , to Uganda ,Tanzania ,South Africa, Canada,India .......and its a no-nonsense thing because the next testimony could be from.......guess who?

OK. what am trying to do is just to call upon the very one of us who have very inspiring stories like those ones we read from Abner,Rosbeller among others who have posted their stories in this blog, to step forward now and shower us with those inspirations that will propel some of us to reach their dreams as though driven by supernatural powers. How would you feel if ou are he one whose story inspired a person like steve jobs, Bill gates or say Barrack Obama?


Let us make this blog an interesting site for interaction where we come to write our own stories to inspire others and read other stories that will inspire us......and when you read story that you like,leave you comment to show the author that you liked what he/ she wrote. this also goes along way to motivate the author and others might be interested to post there experiences here of. Am saying this because it was not until the other day that I came to learn about the miracle of motivation.

Some people succeed in life not because they are so hard working, intelligent and all that stuff, but only because the are highly motivated. What this means is that somebody who is motivated [especially self motivated] will not be quick to loose hope, and this is a skill that every body not only in Aiesec but every where should have.

Lacking motivation and loosing hope are two different things but work in a very similar way because they  will both teach you to look at life from a very pessimistic point of view.Since it is our culture in AIESEC to care for one another and share each others burdens, we post our motivational testimonies in this page and that is like a powerful dose prescribed by a Doctor to cure someone from slow suicide.
I leave you with a question: did you know that when you motivate another person, you also get motivated and as such your self esteem is raised?


The kisumuboy.................T.L COMM &I.M

My Leadeship Experience for the term 11-12

Name: Abner Michieka Nyarago                                           

@mail: Abner.michieka@aiesec.net

LC/MC: Egerton, Kenya

Position: LCVP CR

Being the LCVP CR in my AIESEC experience I can say is the coooolest thing I have ever done to experience what life really is. Life is full of opportunities, when you open your eyes and get the right perspective to achieve results; means you will not regret your jobs-that my work line each day.

My role involves some of this:

ü  Selling AIESEC to the corporate world

ü  Ensuring financial sustainability of the LC

ü  GIP(Global Internship program) sales

ü  Market segmentation for the target companies to partner.

ü  Keeping close watch of corporate partner events to crash for experience

ü  And other big stuff.

Since July this year(2011) I have been doing this and what I have been able to achieve is organizing corporate events through our partners some which are national; getting to meet big people in business; meeting Alumni from different LCs like Moi, Eger, KU, UoN. And bragging is healthy,this are the events I have organized; Nawa Mikono Okoa Maisha- Dettol Handwash Campaign, Nakuru Trade Exhibition &Getting Kenyan Businesses online. On several occasions you can imagine walking into an office dressed like Mr Naikuni (MD KQ)-and talk to the manager and the next thing is a cup of tea and I’m from class feeling hungry like a tiger, you may want to put yourself in my shoes to learn more.

The most inspiring talk I have ever heard from professionals was by the CEO of FMD EA and some of our photos are as you can see below:-

Selling AIESEC has enabled me to gather the courage to meet big people through events and my tough schedule like-Google Kenya marketing manager, Dettol Kenya Brand Manager, Head of UNESCO in Africa, NACC, Deputy Mayor for Nakuru Municipality, Managers at DT Dobie, Bank of Africa, Barclays among others whom you may want to know. Getting this people to motivate, coach &train on the various aspects of business, makes me feel more valued and gain more knowledge.

The most memorable time while counting turning down 10 jobs on offer, is when I was forced to do an interview with DT Dobie because they believed I would be one of their assets. On the same account doing a window shopping for vehicles with the sales manager at DT Dobie was awesome to understand the best models of vehicles in Kenya.

The art of selling is about passion and determination not just what you think to offer but value is the attribute. It can take you to places you have never thought, taking free lunch at Hotel Cathy was not my expectation but because of AIESEC I did manage to do that.

That’s just half of the year done in my term with much hidden to tell. Being in AIESEC has changed my perspective for the last 18months but to a much extent the last 6months. Using my time in campus wisely to benefit was a good experience.

Life is a process and a one way escalator, once you’re done with one step you can’t go back. I believe that is what I learnt for the last experiences that I have been having, but the question that comes is ….if you want to gain more honey combs dip your hands in while you sacrifice the stings, are you ready to do that?.... For me the answer is YES because….

I Am anAIESECer!!!!

What about you ?

My regards to the best LC in Kenya;

Compiled By:Abner Michieka; LCVP CR

EB 11-12.

My AIESEC Exchange experience in Uganda

I joined AIESEC in June 2009 after meeting the president on a lunch lecture session about AIESEC during the orientation week in campus. I never took the organization seriously because I never imagined the kind of impact it would make in my life. My perception of the organization changed when the first guys went for their exchange, coming back as different individuals, with different perspectives and focus of life. The interaction with them made me think through the tunnel to see the light in taking the exchange program.

My internship experience in Uganda last year gave me a different focus of life, meeting with people from different walks of life, knowing how to accommodate them in my life was so challenging since I had never ever in one time lived with a friend from far even for a minute. 

Working in an NGO that’s establishing itself in the country was so challenging in that we had to do some introduction of the organization to people. My work as an intern involved going out to the field-community- carrying out a research on the levels of hygiene then coming to analyze it to help the organization develop services that would improve the living conditions of the community. Delivering career guidance and counseling to high school students with aim of empowering them to excel in life, visiting patients in hospitals gave me a reality of the Health Sector in Africa which needs to be worked on appropriately. The most challenging part was when going to the field in that we used to walk long distances and by the time we were done for the day @ noon, we had to wait for the shade since the areas were so unbearable with the sun scorching heavily on the inhabitants and us. Writing reports was the odd of the day, week and month.

It was called the “Pearl of Africa” rich in culture and tradition, sites, fashion and many more. We were shocked of the country’s culture the first time we realized that women had to kneel every time they were talking to men and they are to greet men not vice versa. Coming to food it was so shocking no Ugali for a whole three weeks which we had to ask for because of our Kenyan genes, crazy, crazy with the delicious delicacies of Ugandan brothers like rolex and Katiko…you can’t imagine all that experience being shot of words to express it out as we had to take some few lessons on how to prepare Katiko.

The internship brought out an experience in which I was able to appreciate my African roots-waking up early in the morning to fetch water from the river brought back my memories of the roles of men in society. It was so fascinating that under such circumstances you get to know people better and better. The river in the morning is so clean that you could think of the streams of river Jordan in heaven, but to your amazement you could kill yourself by noon if you saw the river.

I really appreciate what AIESEC has done in my life after that impactful experience that gets me guessing every time I see young people wasting their lives without prior knowledge of what they could do while impacting other people, as agents of positive change in society. The experience gave me a new lease to think differently to always ask why, speak out my mind, developed my personality, experienced a different culture, and showed me how to interact with different personalities, increase my network. If everyone could see where I was before AIESEC they could not believe the impact. That’s why I will always advocate AIESEC to every young person in the world.

If you think you have heard enough experience, think again because AIESEC is something you need to experience once more to get its experience.

The internship was in courtesy of:

Changed by AIESEC!

Just like most other guys, I was attracted by the good corporate and fun stories of AIESECers. AIESEC has different meaning to different people; others view it as an avenue to better one’s leadership and personal abilities and skills, others as a platform for opportunities in the corporate world, others a networking and diversifying platform in terms of culture and ideas……therefore AIESEC is what you make it, it depends on you as much as you depend on AIESEC.

To me AIESEC means a complete three sixty degrees change. In AIESEC one’s participation, commitment and passion counts. This has enabled me to strongly bring out my abilities, skills and talent, and get used to running my activities professionally enhancing the culture of punctuality and meeting deadlines.

I wanted to give more into AIESEC and benefit from its services as much as I offer my service. The only way I would do this successfully is by taking a leadership role. Early 2011 I took the responsibility of being the Team leader finance and administration (F & A). It wasn’t easy but I don’t regret, I learnt so much about finance at a professional level. LCVP F&A, 2011/2012, Kiprop Anthony, was my boss. Working with him was the best part; he carried out his role with integrity and demanded accountability.

AIESEC a student run organization, gives one a real taste of how an organization especially a multinational organization, really operates in the corporate world. In AIESEC one gets to acquire skills in IT, Business Management, Marketing and Branding, Communication and Public Speaking and Social relationship without necessarily attending a lecture like in campus; in AIESEC, it’s all practical and on job training/learning.

I had a chance to attend and participate in various events and conferences like NIS 2011, East African Pioneers Conference 2011, Planning conference 2011, E+L forum 2011, Business Summit 2011(INDIAFRICA) and various educative and fun team buildings. Life has always been different after every event having met different individuals with different perceptions about the  general life, the world and the business world…..SO WONDERFUL…….I always needed an incentive to make me step out of my comfort zone , thanks to AIESEC, a blessing from God, I have found the strength and direction.

“If you want to walk fast, walk alone but if you want to walk far, walk with others………..walk with AIESEC”

By Rosebella Oruko,

    Team Leader F&A,

                2011-2012.