{"product_id":"9781480853706","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 Bank–funded El Niño 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 School—where 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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Authonomy Gateway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49977827033328,"sku":"9781480853706","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781480853706","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}