{"product_id":"life-lessons-of-an-immigrant-john-makilya-9781480853690","title":"Life Lessons of an Immigrant: Sustainable Community-Owned Enterprises","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMakilya 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoin the author on an inspiring journey from Kenya to the United States in Life Lessons of an Immigrant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Makilya\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1480853690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781480853690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Archway Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/28\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d","brand":"John Makilya","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48439354032383,"sku":"9781480853690","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d1af63b6-3cb5-4350-8a95-84bb56c6f8f6.jpg?v=1777177093","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/life-lessons-of-an-immigrant-john-makilya-9781480853690","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}