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Leadership is like a tree, a fruit tree
Leadership is like a tree, a fruit tree
For starters “Challenging the Rulers: A Leadership Model for Good Governance” is a good read. This book is a must read for every Kenyan who is interested in good leadership and wants to make an informed decision as we vote for our leaders in the 2013 elections. Hope am not infringing on any ones right by sharing this link
www.cmd-kenya.org/files/The_Book_Challenging_the_Rulers.pdf
In one short paragraph let me summarize this book.
Leadership is like a tree, a fruit tree “Planted in a soil of democracy, with a tap root of constitutionalism, Supported by a system which draws its strength from the leadership principles of servant hood, effective communication strategies and a culture of accountability. Characterized by strong result-oriented adultilised in various development fruits including Infrastructure Development, Human Development, Social Development, Economic Development and Environment Management”. Like a good fruit tree, leadership is judged by the fruits it produces
Kenyans are soon going to the ballot to elect their leaders. We just don’t know how the elections will turn out to be. Our prayer is a prayer for peace, that’s why we have mobilized our staff and members to plant a fruit tree for peace and to write to God for peace. We love what our fellow Kenyans are doing @ www.writetogod.co.ke and we as an organization have decided to reach out to 100 kenyans to write to God. By the time of writing this blog, a total of 6986 letters had been received, the target is 1 million there is still much to be done.
Other than prayer and writing to God, we must act in a peaceful manner and spread the message of Peace, Love and Unity. I invite all our friends and stakeholders both at home and abroad to say a prayer for Kenya.Spare 5 minutes and write to God via www.writetogod.co.ke. God bless Kenya, Africa and the whole world
Working with kids
The first phase of our project at Karen can be deemed a success. Together with the kids at Mokoyeti Brook centre- a CBO in Karen and various stakeholders, we planted 30 fruit trees. There are many joys and rewards received while working with kids. The major score of this project was guiding these young ones into becoming responsible citizens of Kenya and the planet as a whole.
The kids themselves planted the fruit trees and up to now still take care of the planted fruits. Each and every kid has his/her week to look after the fruit trees and ensure they get enough water. As the kids grow they have to take it upon themselves to ensure the culture of planting fruits is extended to the rest of the neighboring communities through various strategies adopted amongst themselves.
Our prayer is that the rest of Kenyans should join us in our mission to ensure each and every Kenyan has a fruit tree in their yard. Kenyan kids and youths should encouraged to embrace agriculture. As big governments are reluctant to combat climate change, we believe its up to individuals and the private sector to lead the way in conserving the environment. We have to lobby for homegrown policies that ensures the environment is conserved, and don’t have to wait for some big foreign government to come to our rescue.
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