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MCP Report

AIESEC Way

Acronyms

Talent Management Report

Competency Model

Exchange Report

Projects Report

External Relations Report

Information Management Report

The New MC

Trainee XPs

Alumni

Exchange Participant stories

Conferences

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F & A Report

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38,000Members

Partners 4,000

Alumni 800,000

Leadership Positions

8,300

International Internships

7,500

Universities 1,700

Countries 107

Conferences 470

Growth Networks6

AIESEC Global Numbers

AIESEC Kenya awarded AIESEC Kenya was awarded the UBS Excellence Award for Regional Performance and Excellence at the International Congress held in Sao, Paulo Brazil in August 2008. The award was presented to Kenya for the tremendous growth exhibited during the period 2007-2008. To win the award Kenya was assessed in terms of growth of Exchange numbers (Both incoming and Outgoing), Leadership opportunities, Membership strength and quality cases brought against AIESEC Kenya. The UBS award is set to give Kenya exposure as an ideal exchange programme network destination.

AIESEC Descriptor changedAIESEC International has changed the descriptor that appears under the logo. The old descriptor read “The international platform for young people to explore and discover their potential”. The new descriptor reads “The international platform for young people to explore and discover their leadership potential”. Local Committees are advised to change their branded material to the new descriptor to ensure brand alignment

AIESEC International listed as one of the Most Democratic WorkplacesAIESEC International is among forty companies who are the annual winners of the WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces™ award.

Forty companies are the annual winners of the WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces™ award, sponsored by WorldBlu, an Austin-based non-profit specializing in organizational democracy. “ Nothing has proven the need for a new model of business as definitively as the current economic crisis,” says WorldBlu Founder and President, Traci Fenton. “ The call for transparent, accountable, and decentralized companies is greater than ever, and in the midst of all the economic turmoil these organizations are a bright spot and a reason for hope.”

With innovative practices around accountability, dialogue and shared purpose, AIESEC International President Juan Cajiao is proud to lead a dynamic workplace that fosters leadership and excellence.

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In July 2008, AIESEC Kenya set out to deliver amazing experiences for all our stakeholders with a great ambition to deliver what we had set out to achieve inbuting to the achievements of our global vision.

The year started with a task of creating 171 exchange experiences, 118 leadership experiences and ensuring we had 465 members driving the organization throughout the year. With a network of 10 universities and 475 members, we were able to deliver 95% achievement of our goals. The year 2007-2008 saw AIESEC Kenya deliver 109 exchange experiences with this year, we delivered 165 exchange experiences.

We increased opportunities for our members to go on exchange experiences with global companies like DHL and Alcatel Lucent as well as other emerging SMEs within our 107 countries that builds a brand for the Kenyan Exchange Participant with more companies willing to take in our students. This did witness a growth from 22 students last year to over 35 this year.

In order to live the legacy left with the winning of the UBS award for in Sao Paulo-Brazil, we have been able to still maintain the 1st position within Africa and we expect to win the award again in Malaysia in August.

With the global theme of connecting to deliver, we have been able to partner with various organizations to create impact in society. With our flagship project under the Empower African People, we ran a HIV-AIDS project with Standard Chartered Bank Kenya and were able to impact over 2400 persons from January to June 2009. In finance, we ran a finance literacy campaign with KCB and Visa International in 4 universities within our network as a pilot program. The program is set to be run in all our member universities in the coming year.

Through our annual conferences, we have been able to impart the needed skills to our members thus enabling an inclusive, entrepreneurial, proactive and socially responsible person in society. With the global financial crisis posing a challenge to our activities over the year, we needed innovation and maximising on our partner networks in order to deliver. We were pleased to record growth in all our sectors despite the crisis. This was due to the resolve and never dying attitude of our membership.

We were able to enhance quality of our experiences by strengthening the National Quality Board. This body ensures we provide high quality experiences over the year. It consisted of: Sylvia Sudoi - Chair, Kristin Mumbi - Quality Representative, Eric Mwangi - Exchange Sector, Salome Mwangi - Exchange sector.Kaisha Godwills Boge

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AIESEC Kenya signed to and adopted our Code of Ethics policy which looks at our corporate governance structures as well as elements of Ethical Behaviour in the organization.

In terms of reporting, we have been kept accountable externally through our Board of Advisors to whom we report every quarter and get feedback on our programs. This has ensured that we remain focussed on our goals and objectives of the organizations and mentorship as we move forward. We would like to announce that Mr. David Kinyua of Stanbic Bank has been nominated as the new board chair starting 1st July 2009. The board members are: Polycarp Igathe- MD Haco IndustriesOutgoing Chairman, David Kinyua- Director Stanbic Bank Incoming Chairman, Kevit Desai – CEO Kepsa, Ken Kinyua – CEO Jitegemee Trust,Duncan Okello – Director Society for International Development, Nelly Wainaina – Brand Manager, Reckitt Benckniser, Bernice Kimacia – Partner, PWC Kenya ,James Maitho – Human Resource, PWC Kenya.

In addition to the above, AIESEC Kenya signed to and adopted our Code of Ethics policy which looks at our corporate governance structures as well as elements of Ethical Behaviour in the organization. This was signed in January in presence of our Outgoing Board Chair Mr. Polycarp Igathe. He has served on the board for over 8 years giving valuable advice to each team that came in year in year out.

On the global scene, AIESEC in Kenya has nominated one of our honorary council member, Hon. Amos Wako to the AIESEC International Hall of Fame which seeks to award and recognise the contribution of individuals to enhance the operations of AIESEC in their home countries. Over the years, the Attorney General has offered immense help to the association that has enabled us deliver to our partners.

I believe we did all this together with our National Partner Group consisting of Haco Industries, Commercial Bank of Africa, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Housing Finance, Standard Chartered Bank, Resource Associates, Kenya Shell. Not forgetting all the Local Chapters that enhanced our delivery and their partner companies during they year.

The achievement that we were able to generate was not an easy one but created the right ambition for the next generation of leaders to achieve our AIESEC 2010 goals. We wish to thank you for working with AIESEC , through AIESEC and for AIESEC to generate the impact in society and help nurture responsible leaders.

Kaisha Godwills Boge

President

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Many organizations are working to make a positive impact in our society, as we do. Each one of them has its own approach. We also have our unique way to make that

impact.

The AIESEC Way is not only a description of the way (manner) we aim to make a positive impact on society, but also describes the way (road) we are taking to achieve what we envision

OUR VALUESOur Values provide a way for the collective leadership of AIESEC to encourage common norms of behaviour across our global network which will support the achievement of our goals and will support us in pursuing our ideals.

Activating LeadershipWe lead by example and inspire leadership through actions and results. We take full responsibility for developing the potential of other people.

Demonstrating IntegrityWe are consistent and transparent in our decisions and actions. We fulfil our commitments and conduct ourselves in a way that is true to our ideals.

Living DiversityWe seek to learn from the different ways of life and opinions represented in our multicultural environment. We respect and actively encourage the contribution of every individual.

Enjoying ParticipationWe have a dynamic environment created by active and enthusiastic involvement of individuals. We enjoy being involved in AIESEC.

Striving for ExcellenceWe aim to deliver the highest quality performance in everything we do. Through creativity and innovation we seek to continuously improve our results.

Acting SustainablyWe act in a way that is sustainable for our organisation and society. Our decisions take into account the needs of future generations.

What is AIESEC?AIESEC is a global, non-political, independent, not-for-profit organization run by students and recent graduates of institutions of higher education. Its members are interested in world issues, leadership and management. AIESEC does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, creed, religion, national, ethnic or social origin.

What we envisionPeace and fulfilment of humankind’s potential.

Our impactOur international platform enables young people to discover and develop their potential to provide leadership for a positive impact on society.

The way we do itAIESEC provides its members with an integrated development experience comprised of leadership opportunities, international internships and participation in a global learning environment.

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T o an external or a newee, the first thing that they will notice when Aiesecers speak is the fact that they are alot of acronyms picture

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“Our LCP talked to the MCVPOGX about PBoXes at LDS, and we’ve decided to re-focus on our KPIs to make sure we meet the CSFs and raise loads of EPs”

It’s almost as if AIESEC has its own language that only inducted members can understand.

The following are a list of acronyms & jargon commonly used in day 2 day activities.

AAI: AIESEC International AIESEC’s full-time global secretariat, which co-ordinates activities from Rotterdam, Netherlands.

BBOA- Board of AdvisorsCorporates who advise the EB and hold them accountable.

CCEED: Cultural Envoy for Exchange Development A programme where AIESECers work for a foreign committee in order to spread best-case practice around the network.

DDT: Development Traineeship A traineeship either in a developing country or among a disadvantaged group. Compensation may be partly in-kind.

E EB: Executive BoardThe group of members (president and vice presidents) who lead an LC or MC. Used on its own, this generally refers to an LC’s EB.EP: Exchange ParticipantA member taking part in our exchange programme by working abroad.

ER: External Relations Relations with entities outside of AIESECET: Educational TraineeshipA traineeship involving teaching a subject either in a school, organisation, or company. These traineeships are paid.

GGN- Growth NetworkAIESEC is split up into six different regional blocs that allow AIESEC International to have a more efficient supervision of the regions and for the regions to help each other out due to geographical proximity and or cultural and local similarities.

HH4TF: Heading for the Future The stage of the AIESEC Experience after the member has formally left the organisation, but can continue to put their skills and understanding into practice as alumni

II2A: Introduction to AIESECthe first stage of the AIESEC Experience, where members are inducted into the organisationIC: International Congress AIESEC’s biggest and most prestigious conference, held in the Summer over two weeks and attended by all MCsICX: Incoming Exchange Exchange flow that deals with bringing in trainees into the countryIPM: International Presidents Meeting A legislative conference attended by outgoing and newly elected MCPs. The new AI team is elected here

LLC: Local Committeethe basic entity of which AIESEC is made. An LC is an organisation of AIESEC members at a university (or group of nearby institutions), lead by an EBLCP: Local Committee PresidentThe person in charge of an LC LR: Leadership Role a key stage of the AIESEC Experience where the member becomes leader of a team. Sometimes defined as leading 3 or more

people towards a task for 2 or more months

MMC: Member Committee the full-time team who co-ordinate AIESEC’s activities on a National level.MCP: Member Committee Presidentthe person incharge of AIESEC in a given country.MSS: Member Seminar SeriesWeekly meetings held in LCsMT: Management Traineeship A paid traineeship in the area of finance, accounting, marketting, bankingOOC: Organising Committee A body formed to organize a given event or conference.OGX: Outgoing Exchange The exchange flow that arranges for EPs to go on internship.PPAI: President of AIESEC InternationalPBoX: Project Based on Exchange

TTM: Talent Management TN: Trainee - an AIESEC intern.TN Taker: Trainee takerA company that takes AIESEC interns in any of the 4 categories of Internships.TR: Taking ResponsibilityTT: Technical Traineeship

VVP: Vice President

XX- ExchangeThe stage in the membership cycle where one gets an opportunity to live, work and experience the culture of another country either taking a Management traineeship, technical traineeship, education traineeship pr development traineeship.

Non Alphabetical@ Abbreviation for AIESEC @XP AIESEC Experience

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TALENT MANAGEMENT


Every day, AIESEC is supporting young people for them to discover their talents and to develop them through an integrated development experience comprised of leadership opportunities, internships and participation in the global learning environment. We believe by giving

young people this opportunity we are enabling them to make an impact in society.

This year we set out to have highly empowered members who are aware of their own learning and development. We set out to have structures that provide platforms where members are able to gain and refresh on AIESEC knowledge. For these reason, in the talent management corner we had four key focus areas for the year 2008/2009. First and foremost, Education and training with focus on recruitment and induction. Here a lot of focus was put on the learning of the members for their AIESEC knowledge and general capacity building skills. We did this at conferences and also some LC trainings that were championed by one of our learning partners, Resource Associates Limited.

Second focus area was Learning Environment Implementation. The AIESEC learning environment comprises of six elements that help in the learning of members. These are Self-discovery, mentorship, team experiences, conferences, learning circles and forums or virtual spaces. After looking at the state of AIESEC Kenya at the beginning of the year 2008/2009, it was noted that of the six elements, we needed to focus more on mentorship, learning circles and forums. It was therefore important to sell the idea of the three elements to the different Local chapters. Mentorship was mainly focused on by the National office and on this we were able to come up with a mentorship campaign dubbed LINKED UP. The campaign was launched on the 18th of April 2009 at the University of Nairobi and it so alumni and members coming together to discuss the importance of mentorship. A special thanks goes to an alumnus, Joram Mwinamo who was the core facilitator of the day. Learning circles and forums were championed by the different local chapters. Here I would like to recognize AIESEC in Strathmore University for their huge contribution on the learning circles.

The other two focus areas were Talent Pipeline Management and Implementation of Issue based experiences. Here the main focus was to ensure that we had a pool of members ready to take up the opportunities available in the organization and that even with this opportunities, some were able to give the members the opportunity to live issue based experiences. Working with the Outgoing Exchange portfolio we were able to come up with guidelines for the different local chapters on how to implement issue based experiences for the recruited members.

What was different this year?

This year we had AIESEC Kenya members represent the country greatly in the

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international network. We had some of our members at International conferences as delegates, congress committee members and even as facilitators. We also have AIESEC Kenya members in international member committees and also in AIESEC International. This gave us very high recognition in the international network. AIESEC Kenya was talked about and known widely. Some members below as facilitators and congress committee members.

I have met very many people through my interaction with the different local chapters. I have seen members who know what AIESEC can do for them and therefore get involved in the organization to the maximum. For me AIESEC has always been that organization where an individual gets out as much as they put in. If one is able to set out a clear path for themselves and determine where they want to go, who they want to meet, why they get involved in the things they get involved in and of what value is the organization to them then they are definitely destined to reach great heights in the organization. I would like to see AIESEC as the student organization that everyone wants to get into. We are on our way there we just need to push the tempo a little bit more.

This year too we have seen our retention rate of the members rise by 15% from 60% in the previous year to 75%.

This has been the year when all the Talent Managers were ladies and that is why we were accorded the name “Mama Watoto”. To me I would not have wished for a greater team. Thank you ladies for the work you did in the LCs.

What have I learnt?

The MC has been a great platform for my own learning. As Vice president Talent Management, it is my role to create a platform where members are able to grow and develop their leadership potential. With such a role it is very easy to forget about one’s own learning. I have been able to meet very many people that have challenged me in my own development. It definitely beats purpose to take people through a process of development and not be able to go through it too. I have learnt that the greatest person in the organization is the member and that is why I was always ready to work very hard to ensure that just one member was able to grow because it then created a rippling effect and other people were able to grow when they saw what the other person was getting from the organization.

All in all 2008/2009 has been a year like no other. It has been a great honor and pleasure working for AIESEC Kenya.

Emma Wenani aka “Mama Watoto!”

Congress Commitee Members

Conference Facilitators

Boge Godwill - AFROXLDS (Uganda) and IDC (Nigeria)

Fiona Akumu - AFROXLDS (Uganda)

Winnie Karanu -IDC (Nigeria)

Lucy Kawira - LDS (Malaysia)

Emma Wenani - TEACH (Hungary)

Daniel Baaru - TEACH (Hungary)

Mutembi Kariuki- NaLDS(Germany)

Caroline Ngugi- LDS (Tanzania)

Nyasie Odindo - LDS (Tanzania)

Shammah Wanyonyi - AFROXLDS (Uganda)

Kelvyne Mwangi- AFROXLDS (Uganda)

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Competency ModelCompetency Model

Competency Assessment

The competency model was introduced in the year 2006 but over the years it has been improved to be more user friendly. The competency model is a tool that is used to assess the different attributes and behaviors that are used to determine change agent characteristics. All in all, we have 11 key competencies that are divided amongst the different stages of the AIESEC experience such that once one

is done with the AIESEC cycle and they are heading for the future they are that CHANGE AGENT that is ready to go into society and make a difference.

Right now we have our different competencies assessed after each stage of the AIESEC cycle on myAIESEC.net. There is the individual assessment tool where each member is able to assess their own competencies to see what they need to work on and what is at the right percentage. We also have the 360 degree assessment where one chooses 5 people to assess them. Here the assessment is based on one’s strengths and weaknesses. After the results are presented, the assessment tool is able to give us a way forward on how to use our strengths and also how to improve on our weaknesses.

The table below shows the change agent characteristics and the critical and supporting competencies for each of the characteristics:

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InclusivenessAwarenes of others

Self AwarenessFlexible Thinking

Effective Communication

Commitment to resultsStakeholder focusFlexible Thinking

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SelfawarenessInclusiveness

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Self AwarenessFlexible Thinking

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It has been a pivotal year for Outgoing Exchange as well as Incoming Exchange. The main idea this year was to diversify and increase the volume as well as the quality of the exchange experiences.

MAIN FOCUS AREAS AND MILESTONES FOR THE YEAR 1. Capacity Building and Improvement on structures

Team Empowerment:Done through a one-on-one basis in order to guide the activities happening in the LCs and create a plan for this. This was ensured together with LC visits in various LCs in order to increase LC capacity.

Exchange Education and Training: Done through the National Exchange Quality Board and the National Trainers Team who did various LC visits and training done during conferences.

OGX principles, fee and standards review:New policies concerning outgoing exchange were created and LCs were informed by release of the National Review Board and Selection guide. Training was done for the Vice Presidents as well as the team leaders during Planning Conference and Transition take-over meetings.

Pricing policy on exchange fee was legislated during the January National Executive Board and the national office has received 15% from all Exchange Participant fees since January which has greatly supplemented administration costs especially with regards to outgoing exchange.

LC-LC capacity building structure:This did not happen as expected and focus is to be laid on in the coming years. It only happened by way of activity support such as joint Review Boards and inter-LC exchange trainings.

2. Issue-based Experiences and Corporate focus

Recruitment Plan:This was an ultimate focus especially since most Universities would be on holiday from Quarter 3(April-May). The focus was for all LCs to strategically recruit technical and developmental profiles in addition to management profiles already clogging the system. Some LCs were successful in this, notably Strathmore, KU, Moi, USIU and Egerton. The increase of short-term internships for the calendar year of 2009 stands at 77% compared to the year 2008.

ASK project partnership with Standard Chartered:The LCs involved with this project did there best to ensure the targets set on HIV/AIDS training are met and most notable is AIESEC Egerton whose reporting has been commended by the Bank. Training also took place with AIESEC in KU taking the credit for great participation. Fiona Akumu

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Corporate focused traineeship raising:This was to be a focus for Incoming Exchange. The idea was to enhance corporate focus in order for the LCs to get experience with the corporate market as opposed to the non-corporate market which is a comfort zone for them. Some LCs managed to increase focus on raising Management and Technical traineeships.

Regional partnerships:These were created with Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. Six Kenyan students went to Tanzanian projects on HIV/AIDS,IT and Entrepreneurship; three to Uganda for Projects on Tourism and HIV/AIDS; one to Rwanda for the same.

3. High Quality Exchange Experiences

EP Communication Plan:The communication to outgoing exchange participants was to be enhanced by the creation of a knowledge and opportunities platform so that they, together with the general membership can be informed and motivated by various exchange stories and opportunities.

Short-term membership implementation structure:A structure was set up for this and a guide was released with minimums and guidelines on for Vice Presidents to make use of. This was to ensure that members who come in on a short term basis as they go for international exchanges are handled with care to ensure they enjoy the AIESEC experience as much as they can.

Country Partnerships:With Incoming Exchange, we finalized a partnership with AIESEC in Mainland China from the period of February to June for realizing 40 exchanges coordinated by a manager of the partnership from Kenya. This agreement was signed in Italy during the International

Presidents’ Meeting in February 2009.

These were discussed and planned for and apart from the regional ones, the only other partnership finalized was one with Hungary that saw four Kenyans going for two month cultural internships. The other partnerships yet to be fulfilled especially for the next year are with Rwanda(Incoming exchange), Taiwan(Incoming Exchange), Japan(Incoming Exchange), Togo(Outgoing Exchange) and Puerto Rico(Outgoing Exchange).

EXCHANGE STATISTICS

Exchange Statistics since July 2008

Incoming Exchanges Realised (July-March)- 128

Outgoiing Exchanges Raises (July-March)- 42

Main Challenges faced in the yearTeam management

Team meetings did not happen monthly and only one-on-one were

managed meaning that not all LCs were coached and closely followed up on from the MC level. Another problem was the fact that some Vice Presidents in the LCs did not communicate and others actually quit so some LCs had problems with re-adjustment and re-allocations. Also a factor was the fact that one MC member was handling these two huge portfolios.

Quality Problems

Third Quarter was plagued with a lot of exchange quality issues especially with regards to Incoming Exchange in some Local chapters and this has probably dented the AIESEC Kenya image.

Lack of diversification

This is especially seen on the incoming exchange sector where Local chapters are raising more internships with non-corporates and community based organisations and much less with corporate organisation thus the members lack the corporate professionalism and sales that they would have gained if they went for more sales meetings in the corporate market. This has been translated into bad financial times for Local Chapters and a huge lack of sustainable revenue generation with regards to exchange.

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PROJECTS REPORT

PROJECTS REPORTPROJECTS

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In 2005, AIESEC Africa started the Empower Africa Program that provided communities with change agents that have skills and perspectives needed to tackle the issues faced in Africa.

The program was adopted in that year by AIESEC Kenya and we have been running three of the projects under the program. That is:Answers, Solutions & Knowledge on HIV-AIDS (ASK PROGRAM) Information, Communication & Technology project (SWITCH) andYoung Entrepreneurs (YES)

Answers, Solutions & Knowledge on HIV-AIDSThe ASK project for the last year was run in partnership with Standard Chartered Bank. The programme was able to reach 300,000 young adults, an age group significantly impacted by HIV.

Standard Chartered Bank-Kenya Ltd led by Mrs. Doreen Kanyua freely shared its HIV educational tools with AIESEC in order to reach the 300.000 target by 2010, as education is key to reducing the number of new HIV infections.

AIESEC in Kenya therefore being part of th e global partnership with Standard Chartered Bank was able to run the program in 5 out of our 9 Universities namely with the respective project leaders facilitated by an international team of trainers from over 5 different countries: Egerton University – Angela, Strathmore University – Siongo Kisoso, Kenyatta University – Rehema Abdul, University of Nairobi – Sheila Kagiri, Catholic University – Doreen Achieng.

AIESEC in Kenya had a target to reach 3000 young persons from January 2009 till October 2009 but as of June 30th 2009, AIESEC in Kenya in partnership with our local chapters was able to reach over 2450 young persons. The project takes on a peer educator approach where we train one person with the belief that the person will go on and educate other peers in his/her community.

The project is still going on with much impact expected to be generated in the coming months with the help of our international Interns and learning partners being Kenya Medical & Research Institute

for offering excellent training in HIV-AIDS, Liverpool VCT and United States International University or hosting the Train the Trainers Seminar.

This program has not only increased the level of awareness within AIESEC and its communities on HIV-AIDS issues but has also created responsible leaders who have been able to see the need to foster education among their peers on HIV-AIDS.

For the coming year, AIESEC Kenya is looking at expanding its HIV-AIDS program to the rural areas to cater for those communities with low level of knowledge on HIV-AIDS.

Information, Communication & Technology project (SWITCH)The project aimed at enhancing ICT skills in the rural and under privileged in society in Kenya. The project was named SWITCH signifying the skills gained by the target audience to enable them unlock their potential in ICT.

The project was to enable Africans obtain quality and relevant education in ICT by implementing a course designed to teach technology skills to enhance individual opportunities, productivity, job readiness and quality of life.

The project was run by 2 local chapters in Kenya being: Strathmore University and Africa Nazarene University.

The project focused on the slum areas where basic ICT skills were offered to the youth from these communities in Kibera and Mukuru Kwa Njenga. In the coming year, the project aims to focus on combining ICT & Entrepreneurship by engaging those with ICT skills and equipping them with business skills to make the most out of their vast ICT skills and enhancing e-commerce concepts to business/entrepreneurs with limited ICT knowledge in Kenya.

The project has got funding from AIESEC Africa through Procter & Gamble (USA) to implement the project in 4 African states in partnership with AIESEC. The chosen countries are Kenya, Uganda, Ghana and South Africa.

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VICE PRESIDENT EXTERNAL RELATIONS

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For the year ended June 2009, AIESEC Kenya has seen a number of member driven activities with the support of partners from the corporate sector, respective chapter universities and the government.

The important thing being providing opportunities for us the members to discover and develop our potential and ultimately nurture youth leadership, the activities that provided these opportunities in the external relations spectra included: Event organization, Fundraising, Product development, innovation and promotion, Partnership engagement and management, Media involvement and Participation in invited youth forums and workshops.

Looking at each of these activities, key highlights are the particular per takings.

For event organization a team of 6 members was selected for the planning and execution of the 2008 Golf Day at Muthaiga Golf Club and 2009 Stakeholders Dinner on the national level. Locally, AIESEC University of Nairobi , Kenyatta and Daystar University put together alumni cocktail events on April 2009 , alumni dinner on November 2008 and alumni cocktail on April 2009 respectively. For Strathmore University was the Leadership Development Day in May.

Fundraising was mainly conducted to mobilize resources for the 2 national events as well as the 3 national conferences.

With an aim of ensuring AIESEC’s product innovation, a couple of products were introduced that included:

“I am an Achiever” campaign whose aim was to connect students to their employer’s of choice ensuring the alignment of both party’s values. Seminars on various values e.g. Activating Leadership, Striving for Excellence, Acting Sustainably etc would be held and culminate at the career fair.

Alumni Connect/ Congress to link the various genres of AIESEC alumni in driving discussions around pertinent issues in business or societies.

The products after opinion taking and research have proved worthwhile for implementation come the year July 2009 to June 2010.

Other engagement avenues AIESEC has include: The International Exchange Program,

Talent Development- conferences and training seminars, Rewards and Recognition.Lucy Kawira Mbuba.

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VICE PRESIDENT EXTERNAL RELATIONS The Local internship program- a ‘Heading For the Future’ initiative.

National Events

Publications - Annual Report/Magazine.

Community initiatives- project around HIV/AIDS, ICT and Education, Microfinance and Entrepreneurship.

Partnership Engagement included linking AIESEC products to the company needs and materializing the engagement avenues. The management aspect sort to enable the External Relations responsible in every chapter devises means of keeping the partner informed of AIESEC’s per takings and ensure the partner taps into additionally profiling opportunities within AIESEC. This is in addition to servicing of the partners in ways every chapter saw fit. For the next year, account managers have been assigned to the AIESEC Kenya partners to better manage this.

The year has seen interaction with various media groups e.g. Homeboyz Radio for the 2009 Stakeholder’s dinner promotion and Nation Media for the golf fixture profiling of the 2008 Golf Day. These have been on sponsorship level.

This year has also seen an increase in the number of invitations to youth related forums conducted by the government. Their aim being to ensure the youth’s say is counted in the youth strategy formulation by the Youth Ministry.

In light of engaging in these activities, various companies and bodies have played a fundamental role in their actualization. The following are the major supporters for the year:

Housing Finance who partnered with us during the 2008 Golf Day and the 2009 Stakeholders Dinner, PriceWaterHouse Coopers (PWC) who partnered with AIESEC for Leadership training seminar, 2008 Golf Day, Budgetary financial support and took 1 international intern. Commercial Bank of Africa -1 international intern, 2008 Golf Day, 2009 Stakeholder’s Dinner. East African Breweries (EABL)-3 international interns. Resource Associates- Member recruitment and leadership selection partner. Pan Africa Life- 1 International intern, 2009 Stakeholders Dinner. Barclays Bank of Kenya- 3 International Interns. Bamburi Cement- National conference sponsor, 2009 AIESEC Stakeholders Dinner. Professional Events Management(PROEM)- Event management partner for the Stakeholders Dinner 2008, 2009. CFC Stanbic Bank- National conference sponsor. Ogilvy- Pr partner starting July 2009. Reckitt Benckiser- AIESEC Stakeholders Dinner. KPMG- Audits. WYLDE International- ‘I am an Achiever’ campaign content partner. Visa International- Financial Literacy seminars. Simple Alliance- 1 international intern, local internship program. `

This year saw an increase in partner engagement from participation in dinner, golf and conferences to seminars as well as an interest in the “I am an Achiever campaign” scheduled for the next year. The amount contribution was also higher.

The new entrants were: Barclays Bank of Kenya, Ogilvy, Royal Media Group, WYLDE International, Pan Africa Life, Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), Homeboyz Group and Visa International.

AIESEC is committed to ensuring that by engaging the various supporters, the goal of developing young people into responsible leaders is reached. We thus thank our supporters in their various engagement angles and hope they too appreciate the value AIESEC offers. It is our hope that together we will strive to ensure a win-win situation.

Lucy Kawira Mbuba,

External Relations Director 2008/9

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INFORMATION SYSTEMS REPORTSYSTEMS REPORT

INFORMATION

INFORMATION SYSTEMS REPORT

This year was a first for many things in information management and it was a combination of

new and exciting feats to break as well as challenges that were a great learning experience. This was the first time that Information management was tackled from a National Perspective and it came with a lot of changes. I must say that this year was one that I am proud of, though not withstanding there is a lot to be done in our member committee especially when it comes to making all members aware of the importance of information management.

The focus areas for this year included: Knowledge Management and IS policies, Education and support and Communication.

Knowledge Management and Information System Policies:Objectives: To promote and deliver a forum to ensure all members are knowledgeable in the KM system, To implement a Knowledge management structure of all document hard and soft. To create and implement an information management guide for all LCs. To Ensure all LCs have an offline back up system To develop a protocol that will streamline the use of information and the system to promote security

Achievements: Sessions on knowledge management were made a mandatory occurrence in all national conferences. Coding Manual was created for the hard/soft documents. Archiving will be done based on the new system. Information Management guide

and policy creation commenced in the LCs. Two LCs have incorporated the policies in their Local Compendiums. Offline Backup system was implemented in one LC. Backup system in MC commenced. There was a quarterly meeting with each IM responsible in the LCs to further train on the importance of Knowledge Management and ‘one on one’ meetings for the same effect. EB members have had adequate training and have been made aware of the importance of Information Management, and all LCs have appointed someone to handle this portfolio. AIESEC Kenya Knowledge Library was created in conjunction with the NTT for ease of access to all training material/information.

Education and Support:Objectives: To ensure all AIESEC Kenya entities have the minimum requirements when it comes to IM and the IS subsystem, To ensure consistent and relevant education/training for AIESEC members on myAIESEC.net and Information Management Practices.

Achievements: A Training matrix was developed for all members and training done to all in charge of IM in the LCs. Information Campaign launched in November to all LCs with a national training day and LC training days on the system, myAIESEC.net. Applications to various coaching opportunities from AI(AIESEC International) Requisition of a new computer for the MC. Received a cyber grant from Microsoft for software for all PCs in AIESEC Kenya and its Entities. To be

issued out in the next term. Worked closely with the VP IMs in AIESEC International to share best case practices and learn how best to deliver sessions on Knowledge management, and participated in the monthly forums. Attended and facilitated at LC trainings on Information Management. Carried out hardware servicing and maintenance.

Communication:In information Management, we are mainly concerned with internal communication, which means to our internal stakeholders, in this case our members.

Objectives the main objectives were: To develop internal communication plan that clearly outlines MC’s main communication channels, To train/Encourage LCs to develop their communication plans in line with the MC, To Edit the AIESEC Kenya Website.

Achievements: Internal Communication Plan was developed by MC and sent out to LCs. All related forums for discussion, wikis, blogs, and news have been listed for all members to be able to find on the system. A menu for all portfolios was developed and put on the main AIESEC Kenya wiki for ease of navigation. And these channels updated frequently depending on the portfolio. LC IM responsible trained on the importance of having a communication plan for the LCs. Two LCs have implemented this. Facilitated web migration to the new look AIESEC website.

The New MCThe Member Committe is

a body mandated to run the affairs of AIESEC in a

particular country for a given year.

Th e MC is elected at the National Conference and Local Chapter Executive boards of the various AIESEC entities vote the MCP and give confidence votes to the MCVPs.

The Incoming team elected at the AIESEC Kenya, National Conference held at Matuu Ndalas hotel in Matuu. The incoming team will begin their term on 1st July 2009. Just a small introduction of the team that will be running AIESEC Kenya’s affairs for the year 2009-2010.

The MC team comprises of Fiona Akumu, Serah Kanyua, Diana Ochola, Manuella Muller, Joel Rao, Prashant Soegaard, Sally Muthoni.

Fiona Akumu comes on board as MCP (Member Committee President). She was previously MCVP ICX & OGX (Member Committee Vice President Incoming and Outgoing Exchange). Her home LC is AIESEC UoN where she served as LCVP ICX DT (Vice President Incoming Exchange Non Corporate Sector).

Sera Kanyua is the New MCVP F&A (Member Committee Vice President

Finance and Administration). She was previously LCVP ER (Local Committee Vice President External Relations) in AIESEC UoN.

Sally Muthoni, the incoming Director ICX is formerly from AIESEC USIU. She started her leadership journey as VP ICX her home LC.

Diana Ochola is the new MCVP OGX. Diana’s home LC is AIESEC USIU where she served as LCVP TM (Local Committee Vice President Talent Management).

The MCVP TM is Manuella Muller. She comes from AIESEC Darmstadt in Germany. She was LCVP F&A (Local Committee Vice President Finance and Administration) in her LC. She recently did a DT traineeship with AIESEC UoN.

Prashant Soegaard joins the Team as MCVP ER (Member Committee Vice President External Relations). He was previously the LCP (Local Committee President) of AIESEC Oslo.

Joel Rao comes on board as MCVP IM and Communications (Member Committee Information Management and Communications). He was previously LCVP Projects and ICX in AIESEC Strathmore.

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Fiona. Akumu - MCP

Sera. Kanyua - MCVP F&A

Joel Rao - MCVP IM & Communications

Manuella Muller - MCVP TM Sally. Muthoni - MCVP ICX Prashant Soegaard - MCVP ER Diana. Ochola - MCVP OGX

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Since establishment of AIESEC UON in 1970, there has been continuous thirst for excellence and this can be seen in the trend for last 5 years. In the area of Membership we experienced a relative growth in membership by 54% and an absolute Growth in Number of Members – 46. Our retention rate of members stood at 82% . Our talent management also ensured that we had active members with clear job descriptions of their roles and responsibility based on the Global Competency model.

The following are the events which AIESEC UON used to promote ‘I am an AIESECer campaign” :Economic Forum, Youth Leadership Forum and a successful Embassy Day.

The following are the channels used for communication of the campaign: Videos on exchange program and Leadership posted on www.magnify.aiesec.net and, Posters on the campaign were posted at the venue. The VPOGX gave a presentation on exchange opportunities as well.

We sought to give our members an understanding of our brand experience and how this is important in supporting other processes. This was done within

the teams and at internal trainings. The following key conferences had sessions on AIESEC branding: EALDS, Election Conference.

External trainings targeting incoming EB and interested members were done touching on aspects of Brand Experience. Some of the external facilitated trainings were : Leadership and Performance Management by Dr. Julius Kipng’etich BOA Chair AIESEC UON and sessions on Innovation, striving for Excellence and Project Management done by Caroline Armstrong of Housing Finance.

AIESEC UON looked to position itself by participating in various key events and supporting key corporate partners

During the Standard Chartered ‘Seeing is Believing” marathon 2008, AIESEC Uon formed over 80% of the 50 volunteers who contributed to this worthy cause to raise cash for charity. This led to raising MT’s with Standard Chartered Bank as well as commitment to volunteer in the next year. Standard Chartered were also the main sponsors of this years EALDS and contributed to two sessions and had the opportunity to interact with delegates.

Participation and ushering at the 2nd Prime Ministers Round Table - enabled

The trainers bring with them best-case-practices and case studies on youth enterprise from their countries. The trainers work with established local entrepreneurs who provide mentorship for the aspiring entrepreneurs and present their personal experience in starting and running a business.

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our members to participate in key discussions integrating youth groups such as AIESEC in key projects and concepts. In attendance were the Minister of Youth and Permanent Secretary.

Promotion and participation in events by Training Solutions Ltd a subsidiary of KPMG which allowed members to attend key events which had speakers such as Robin Sharma, Tom Peters and East Africa’s top leaders(who included our alumni Gerald Mahinda and Isaac Awuondo). This led to having TSL MD as one of our speakers for the Youth Leadership Forum.

Participation at the Kenya We Want Conference .Members got the opportunity to contribute to the Youth Forum and enabled us to network and met the German Ambassador Walter Lindner and American ambassador who participated in our successful embassy day that touched on cultural diversity and Leadership.

Participation in the 3rd Round Table was attended by the Permanent Secretary of Youth Kinuthia Murungu an AIESEC alumnus. Participation and promotion of Story Moja events which allowed members

to network and demonstrate leadership skills this led to 1 member acquiring an internship opportunity.

Brand and Media appearances AIESEC Nairobi created the role for Brand and Media relations with two people, to facilitate the branding facets and media for all events. The following are key appearances

Biashara Leo featured the LCP Daniel Mwangi and LCVPER Serah Kanyua and key alumni Kent Libiso in their article on AIESEC UON. They have attended all our events such as Youth Leadership Forum, Embassy Day and sponsored the Alumni Cocktail.

The Financial Literacy Campaign was featured in the Nation Newspaper and KBC featured two students on savings and students, on the day of the event at the University of Nairobi grounds.

The University Focus a production of University of Nairobi has featured AIESEC UON 3 times on the YES project, smart Youth Investments and Standard Chartered Sponsorship.

Embassy day was covered by Capital FM radio station, Citizen TV and Nation newspaper.

The YES Closing ceremony was

featured on KTN, Citizen and Capital FM.

In the Area of Exchange, we managed to realise trainees on the incoming Exchange side of things and we sent out exchange participants. Of the trainees we received last year, 3 went on to take leadership role as their next step in their membership cycle. Habiba Rateb went on to become VP External Relations in AIESEC Cairo, Lukas Brosig went on to become VP Outgoing Exchange in AIESEC Karlsruhe, Germany and Manuela Müller will be in the Incoming Member committee as the VP Talent Management.

Our finance portfolio reported an absolute growth in operational revenue to Ksh 100,000. Different sources of revenue being conferences e.g EALDS, events e.g Embassy Day, Sponsorships, administration fee from TN takers, EP fees from EPs, branding e.g t-shirt sales. The LC also a growth in number of months of reserve-3 months i.e we have around 400,000 in the bank account at the moment.

Halima Murunga

Local Committee President2009-2010

AIESEC UON members and Trainees During a team building at Ngong Hills.

AIESEC UON members during the Standard Chatered Seeing is Believing Marathon.

LCP 2008-2009 Daniel Baaru (L) recieving the EALDS 2008 sponsorship cheque .

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It has been a challenging year for the AIESEC in Nazarene but we do have a way off driving down the rough road. To us it has been more of a learning experience, growth and development for both leaders and members. Our team work has gone through trials of testing; it has reached a point where we now know that we cannot function without each other because we are interdependent. Our first project was aided towards our community we had a clean up, where our members went out to clean up Rongai. Members who participated in the clean up came up with ideas to make it more sustainable. We are currently working with companies in our community including our campus to make this dream a reality.

We ran the ICT project the aim

was to equip and empower the youth in our community with knowledge based on ICT, we are moving towards the information age there is no better place to start than home. This project attracted and was conducted by interns from Rwanda (Phase I) Germany, China and United Kingdom(Phase II).

For the first time we had Nazarene members representing us at the national level. We had two of our own joining the National Support Body. We are extending our knowledge beyond our campus beyond our community and into AIESEC Kenya. One of our members, Kelvyne was part of the Congress Committee of AFROXLDS held in Uganda this year. (A congress commitee is a body formed with the purpose of organising an international

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Our vision and drive is to develop our members into positive change agents by providing access to a high quality integrated AIESEC experience.

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conference) Besides activating leadership we also sent some members to Brazil and Belgium to gain knowledge, experience culture and network with AIESECers from all over the world. Our Local Committee is living the values we are activating leadership, living diversity, enjoying participation, acting sustainable and demonstrating integrity.

Our vision and drive is “To develop our members into positive change agents by providing access to a high quality integrated AIESEC experience”.

We as the Nazarene family have fallen down, cried out, given up but we dusted our selves and now we are moving towards our vision. We cannot do it without the help and support of AIESEC in CUEA,

UON, Daystar, USIU, Strathmore, KU, Egerton and MOI. We in AIESEC Nazarene believe that we exist as one AIESEC Kenya and we should work and learn from each other towards achieving AIESEC 2010

In this light we would like to thank our school administravtion, our alumni, our stakeholders and the entire AIESEC Kenya for their continuous support.

Tess Malinda

Local Committee President

AIESEC Nazarene

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AIESEC Nazarene members showing pride in their LC T-Shirt

Nazarene members with their trainees at Kenya Comfort Hotel

Nazarene members doing community Service

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Trainee XPeriencesWhat is your Name and

Where are you from?

I’m Zita Szederkenyi from AIESEC SZENT ISTVAN UNIVERSITY OF GODOLLO in Budapest, Hungary.

Where did you do your exchange?

At the marketing department of Commercial Bank of Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, between October 2008 - March 2009. It was a Management Traineeship.

What did your JD entail?

Internal brand sensitization: helping in the designing and content for the CBA’s Staff newsletter (electronic version), assisting in the layout and content of the Focus magazine

CET project communication support: assisting in the editing of the communication content to staff

Handling the communication material in marketing stores

Events (TGIF, End of year staff, Sports Day): assisting in the preparations of the setup and organizing of the event minutes at the committee meetings, organizing of the party and communication to staff

Competitors & market research: Data collection, report on competitor and market intelligence

Christmas preparation: distribution of Christmas

cards and diaries, decoration in branches

Why did you choose to do your internship in Kenya?

I wanted to experience something totally different from my own culture and those which I have seen before. I wasn’t specifically looking for something, I just wanted to experience a different life and I liked the JD a lot.

How was your reception at your hosting LC?

My host LC was USIU. At the airport there were like 15 people waiting for me. It felt really good, I knew I was taken care of and very welcome. That was my very first impression about Kenya and it was more than perfect. For the first month I was hosted at an AIESECers place. I could never be more thankful for that. It really gave me some time to integrate and helped me out on a lot of things. I could see a Kenyan’s family’s life and I could always call them with any problems,

not only that time, but even after through the whole internship. Afterwards I didn’t really get help from my hosting LC, I would have needed a visa extension and as I learnt later on they could have supported me with a work permit which could have made national parks and museums way much cheaper. Lot of help, I got from other trainees and another LC, UON. They organized many activities which I was always welcome to and of course, we trainees were also able to do some things on our own :) My farewell party was also organized by USIU, but of course other LC’s people and non-AIESECers were present. It was the most perfect farewell party ever. I got to be taken to the airport by matatu. I am so thankful for all the memories and experience I have had and I miss people from there so much.

What was your membership stage prior to exchange?

LR, I was LCVP Communication, HR & X

Zita feeding a Giraffe duing a tour of the Giraffe Centre

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Trainee XPeriences

Hi! I am Joanna Sznajderska (Asia)from Poland (Asia is short for Joanna in Polish). Between October 2007 and mid January 2008,t I

was doing a Management Traineeship in Nairobi Kenya through AIESEC in Daystar. The experience was amazing! Especially the last month. Even though it was after election period, when demonstrations and riots began and it looked really bad in media, the reality was not the same as what the media presented. I mean the photos and movies they were showing were probably real however it was not like that the whole of Kenya. Nairobi itself was rather safe except in the slums and some areas where demonstrations took place- however those were announced in advance so if you did not

want to participate all you needed to do was to avoid those regions that were unsafe at that time. During all my stay I did not experience any violence; I did not feel insecure at all. I do not want to neglect the political conflict in Kenya; however it concerns the people who are involved in it and go out fighting and demonstrating. In case of any, even the smallest doubts about security AIESECers from Daystar, my roommate and my friends were ALWAYS making sure that I was in a safe place and warned me even when there was a slightest possibility of any political event. I left Kenya because my traineeship ended however if there was any possibility I would stay longer without hesitating. Joanna Sznajderska (Asia)from Poland

Joanna in Garissa

Joanna in Mombasa with relatives

My first weeks were really tiring: so many new impressions, the change of climate, the dozens

of tribal languages mixed with English in “funny” accents. Daily life in Nairobi is different from Frankfurt! For public transport Kenyans use minibuses with loud music and because of traffic jams you spend you a lot of time on the road.

After 3 weeks I was able to handle daily life quite well. I enjoyed talking to all the

people on the streets a lot, took it as part of the experience. I carried books and a water bottle to survive the traffic jams.

Job Description

I worked with three organizations in the Mukuru Slum. One of them was the Kayaba Beauty Fame Youth, a community driven youth group that I supported with two of their projects. There is a primary school, which is a so called non-formal school, that means that

they are not funded by the government or the parents but by sponsors, or are run totally without money. So I was a voluntary teacher there in grades 4th to 6th. Apart from that I assisted the headmas ter in questions of how to run the school and to raise funds.

In a private secondary school in the slums I was asked to run dis cussion classes and ex tracurricular education.

Overall Experience

I had been on an internship with AIESEC before, this time I wan ted a true challenge, culturally and also in terms of worldview.

All my expectations were absolutely fulfilled: There were a lot of friendly Kenyans, the hospitality of the people is legendary and I had the chance to introduce some structures for the organisations I worked for. I lived in a developing country for some months and it challenged my worldview.

Thank you, AIESEC Nairobi!

Manuela Müller from LC Darmstadt, Germany Manuela(Front row , extreme right) with fellow trainees and her students

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AIESEC CUEA was started in 1995 by a group of highly motivated individuals, paving and

creating a platform for other like-minded students to further their leadership and other skills.

AIESEC CUEA boasts not only a large base of accomplished alumni, but also a supportive university administration that enables AIESEC CUEA to carry out most of our activities; they have sponsored the dinner event for over 4 years, as well as sponsoring AIESEC CUEA members to travel for conferences and other development t ventures.

Projects and activitiesIn the past year, AIESEC CUEA has taken part in many activities and trainings to expand the knowledge of the members and others through projects and trainings, such as the HIV/AIDS project, Answers Solutions and Knowledge in HIV/AIDS (ASK). In which we trained students from Highway Secondary School and Sunshine Secondary School, with the assistance of our trainee, Lotte Lien, from Norway and Yuyu from China.

Talent ManagementIsaac Muchiri, an AIESEC CUEA member was appointed to the Organizing Committee for the AIESEC annual dinner to be held in July, the biggest AIESEC Kenya calendar event. This was after a review board selection process. He serves as the Organizing Committee Vice President- External Relations. The dinner is set for the 10th of July 2009.

Mutembei Kariuki was elected Member Committee Vive President- Talent Management for AIESEC Austria and got the position. His term is set to begin in June. He attended the Western Europe and Central and Eastern Europe regional conference, EUROXPROS Romania 2009, from the 14th- 21st of March 2009.

Edmund Kagume was also selected for the position of Local Committee Quality Representative in January 2009. He is therefore a member of the National Quality Board charged with auditing exchange procedures for AIESEC CUEA.

Team building activitiesAIESEC CUEA organized a teambuilding activity on November

AIESEC CUEA boasts not only a large base of accomplished alumni but also a supportive university administration

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22nd, 2008, at the Buffalo Den in Ongata Rongai. This activity was attended by 15 members.

The LC held a teambuilding activity at the Crayfish Camp in Naivasha from the 28th February to the 1st of March 2009. The teambuilding was attended by 14 LC members and one AIESEC UoN member.

National Organizing CommitteesAIESEC CUEA was proudly represented by four of its members, Stevens Muga, Sean Mpungu, Christine Gitari and Maureen Maitai, in the organizing committee for the National Alumni Golf and Barbeque held at the Muthaiga Golf and Country Club on October 31st 2008.

AIESEC CUEA also had a member, Mercy Kakuvi, in the National Teambuilding Organizing Committee for the National Teambuilding event on the 4th of October 2008

Exchange exchanges for the year managed to grow achieving raised and realized numbers in the incoming exchange,

with four incoming exchanges realized and one raised MT which is yet to be realized. We also managed to get a partnership with Neema Community, which will take 5 DTs each year.

Other partnerships are in the process of being finalized. However, this coming year will definitely experience high exchange numbers when realizing the raised forms as well as matching the numerous EPs that have passed the requirements.

Board of AdvisorsAs well as boasting a supportive alumni database, supportive companies, dedicated and motivated members and a supportive administration, AIESEC CUEA is proud to have a B.O.A that advises guides and support us at all times, we would like o appreciate the support of Cecilia Njoki Muhoho, our B.O.A chair who provides rewards for active members and also tickets foe events like dinner, as well as always being in attendance despite her busy schedule. Njoki also employed an alumnus of AIESEC CUEA, Pauline Kinyua. Also, Gentrix Obiero, Sheila Harrison and Gerald Owino, who sponsor members in

terms of funding for conferences and tickets for events, as well as taking the time to come over and motivate our members with their words of encouragement, which is always welcome.

AdministrationWe would like to acknowledge our patron, Mr. Gerald Atheru, the dean of commerce, who also sits on our Board of Advisors, who shares our passion of supporting the development of young leaders. His passion extends to having the AIESEC logo as his screen saver.

The Catholic University of Eastern Africa’s administration takes AIESEC very seriously, and assisted us in acquiring our new computer, and are in the process of expanding our office space.

Many thanks go out to our Dean of Students, Dr. Magdalene Dimba, her secretary, Patricia, the DVC Administration and Mr. Muchoki .

Wambui Kariuki

Local committee President

AIESEC CUEA 2008/2009

Incoming LCP CUEA Doreen (L) with ASK programme trainee Lotte Lien (R) from Norway.

Former LCP Mutembei and Sera (R) at the NALDS Conference, Germany.

AIESEC CUEA members and a trainee during a team building at Lake Naivasha.

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The year 08/09 was a special year for AIESEC. We commemorated our 60th Anniversary. AIESEC Kenya adopted alumni relations as part of the global and national strategic focus for growth of the organization.

The year was full of challenges as we had to win the alumni confidence on why they should invest their time and money on alumni relations despite previous inconsistencies on the portfolio existence in the organization.

Despite these challenges we were able to achieve the following in alumni relations in the past one year:MC alumni tracking of 19 out of the 39 AIESEC generations. As a result of this we have an up to date MC alumni database for the year 2007 to 1992.

Established communication systems between the AIESEC and alumni network which have been used for the past one year i.e. an annual alumni newsletter, periodic emails to individual alumni and information dissemination through other alumni platforms like AIESEC Kenya alumni face book group and AAN Kenya alumni group.

Set up a frame work to facilitate the formal registration of AIESEC Alumni association in Kenya and presented the necessary paper work to the registrar of societies. This initiative is being spearheaded by three interim officials to the alumni association i.e. Alvin Mbugua Joram MwinamoSylvia Kahoro. The registration is being facilitated by one of our alumni; a lawyer who has consistently supported us through the year Helene Namisi.

Come up with defined ways for alumni engagement in AIESEC.Over the years alumni have been involved in the association by mainly attending AIESEC events. This year we publicized of the different initiatives that alumni can get involved in and this saw the involvement of our alumni in: Mentorship through a national mentorship workshop carried out in April with the aim of empowering our members by the alumni mentoring them. Trainings and chairing of AIESEC Kenya conferences has involved a lot of alumni engagement in the past one year.

Apart from member development we encourage our alumni to help us in generating revenue for the association by assisting us in getting more partners on board and raising of exchanges.

Above all this we saw quite a number of alumni coming for our national conference and also a high raise of the number of alumni at this years annual dinner. We are glad to see the alumni warming up involvement in AIESEC and its our hope that this will continue in the next one year.

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Alumni Profiles

In this coming year we will be focusing on the following issues on alumni relations:

Creating alumni products as a result of our partnerships with companies that target the profile of alumni that we have mainly: health insurance, financial institutions offering mortgages and flight operators.

Empowering the LCs to leverage on their performance using the alumni.Launching AIESEC Alumni Association in Kenya and getting members registered of to the association.

Marketing myaiesec.net for alumni .MyAIESEC.net for Alumni is a global platform for alumni from all generations to connect to one another and to AIESEC it’s an excusive platform created for alumni to have manage their own information, leverage on your business by meeting link minded alumni and also connect with AIESEC at ago in one system which is very user friendly.

Caroline Ngugi,

National Alumni Coordinator,

AIESEC Kenya 08/10.

Alumni Congress in BrazilAlumni Congress is a conference for AIESEC Alumni to share, learn and celebrate achievement. This year it was held in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Alumni Congress brought together key alumni who had served the organization in different capacities. As the alumni had their conference current AIESECers had International Congress running concurrently. International Congress (IC) is the biggest international conference

in the AIESEC network with over 6oo delegates in attendance.

AIESEC Kenya was represented at the congress by two alumni. Shivo Lawrence and Immaculate Mwake. The congress brought together approximately 200 alumni from different generations and diverse backgrounds as well as supporters of AIESEC. This provided an environment for sharing on sustainability, intergenerational learning, networking, celebrating achievement and sitting around tables and having fun.

Immaculate during a session

Immaculate with other delegates

Hellen NamisiTell us About yourself : I am an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, currently practising with the firm Namisi & Company Advocates. I was a member of AIESEC Nairobi before moving on to the MC.

When were you in AIESEC? From Sep 1999 until June 2001.

Why did you join AIESEC? Initially, I joined AIESEC because I wanted to travel. A very shallow reason, I know. i have always enjoyed travelling, seeing and exploring new places. I wanted a chance to travel abroad, and I heard that AIESEC could facilitate that.

What positions did you hold during your time in AIESEC? Member of NatConf 99 OC, Member of ESALDS 2000 OC, National Alumni Coordinator 2000 - 2001

When were you in AIESEC? February 1997 to July 2000

Why did you join AIESEC? It was a chance to have disproportionate influence while still a student. There are people who’ve worked for ten years, in fairly senior positions, who haven’t done half the things and met half the people we managed to meet while in AIESEC.

What positions did you hold during your time in AIESEC? OCP Careers Day 1997; LCVPPP (Projects and Programmes) UoN 98/99; MDT (Member Development Team) 99/00; in charge of External Day for ESALDS 2000; Global Communications Team, IC 99

How valuable are the skills you got in AIESEC in your current job? Pretty valuable, though not so much the hard skills as the soft ones. The links and connections made while in AIESEC remain the most valuable to this day, both personally and professionally.

Wallace Kantai

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Even though AIESEC Moi has been in existence for over 10 years. It could not escape the high low moments which faces other organisations as well. At the start of the year 2008/2009 perhaps the big question was will we revive it? Will we defy the down curve? With that in mind we all came together at various points

AIESEC Moi continues to exist, develop people and prove its relevance! Although with many challenges.

It is a happy moment to say that At the present, AIESEC Moi has approximately 60-around 40 core ( Chepkoilel and Main Campus) members, consisting of robust, enthustiastic,willing to learn members and leaders who are tirelessly working towards developing the same ideals and dreams of the association and working towards to ensure what we envision stays on.

PeopleAIESEC Moi has a young and inexperienced though quality membership due to the implementation of a member recruitment and selection process: promotion, reviews and selection.

We strive to ensure each member goes through the entire experience that

entails: Introduction to AIESEC: Conferences and Training Seminars.Taking responsibility: OC and Portfolio Teams . Leadership : Team leaders, Project Leaders and EB. Exchange : Empowering Africa Programme and Internships.Heading for the Future: We are looking into the Alumni providing guidance in our member development more so at conferences, through mentorship, professional networks and the Heading for the future stage of the AIESEC eXPerience.

And to ensure People subsystem is intact we have since held an information session, had a well planned recruitment drive, Induction and selection, had OCs for team building and end of semester AIESEC party( 29thNovember) , Newies Integration day(22nd March) and AIESEC MOI annual Stakeholder Dinner( April 4th) . We too had a moment with the AIESEC Moi pioneer (Mathew Ashers)

Between January and April we had formed 4 OCs (NID, Peace week, Dinner, I am an Achiever Campaign) and all w orked on their mandated roles.

We also have teams already set up(TM, F&A, projects, X, ER, IS)

.... a happy moment to say that at present , AIESEC Moi has approximately 60- around 40 core (Chepkoilel and Main Campus) members

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E xchangeThe exchange program has played a days and a team of exchangers that manages the process.

We have since had an exchange training by the MC OGX director (Fiona) and yet to do more with regard to training the exchange team and members in general.

Through the Empowering Africa Project, our exchange projects focus on HIV/AIDS, Entrepreneurship, Education and ICT. Currently AIESEC Moi is working on the HIV/AIDS Project which kicks-off in September 2009. ICT project is under planning process being done by the IS team. This will involve both incoming and outgoing exchanges.

We still run the traditional AIESEC exchange and focus on DTs which we have packaged it into an education program that AIESEC at providing teachers and support staff to local children centres and schools.

We have since re raised 4 incoming, matched 2 incoming exchanges. Raised over 10 and realised 2 outgoing exchanges. After creating awareness on exchange we received many members interested to go on exchange during the coming holiday and so we did reviews

before they attended March cultural preparation seminar and some yet to attend the June one.

OrganisationA key achievement that has ensured member participation has been the creation of drive teams and organising committees that support functions in the LC by developing and implementing strategies ensuringF the functional areas achieve their objectives.

The current EB is a team of 7 people: President, Finance and Administration, External Relations, Talent Management, Information Systems, Projects and Exchange. And a support EB at Chepkoilel Campus with 5 people. We are still try to impart as much knowledge to the young membership in order to have a succession team in place.

We have a BoA (Mr. Lagat and Mr. Kigen) who we are by and by getting more involved in the association although we are making approaches to various individuals to join the BoA so as to have a full one.

We have since approached two individuals both in Chepkoilel and Main and in the process of sealing the

deal and finally having a Patron.

FinanceThe LC so far mainly thrives on income from member subscriptions and exchange income which is not entirely sufficient for the efficient running of the LC. The EP fees have gone a great deal to ensure we clear MC debt and have a bit of operational cash. TN takers are yet to pay. However cash availability still poses a great challenge to the LC’s operations.

In the recent past, especially at the start of our term Alumni have helped a great deal( Alumni-members getgogether in June( Hubba, Alex,Coletan, Quincy), Amby, moment with @Moi pioneer-Mathew Ashers and (Victor and Phil attending Dinner). We hope Alumni will come a great deal in ensuring AIESEC Moi is fully back on its feet. This will be through supporting and participating in the LCs events posted to them, engaging in the mentoring system with our membersand financial support( Buying the T-shirts and merchandise we have for them alumni).

Kiama Nancy Njoki Riguga

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Out going Africa GN Director, Phil Oduor(L), LCP AIESEC Moi(C) and a member(R).

Out going Africa GN Director, Phil Oduor(L), LCP AIESEC Moi(C) and a member(R).

LCP 09/10 Nancy(L) with her predecessor.

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The first three quarters were a real challenge to the local chapter but we have managed to overcome all

the odds and perform tremendously.

In our term, the major focus areas were member development, Improvement in areas of exchange performance, revenue generation, branding and information management.

Member development has been well dealt with. We have a stable membership of about 40 people who are aware of the AIESEC way and are already living their experiences very well. They have been able to develop competencies and do goal setting as well as involve themselves in the running of the organization at the local level. Lots of motivation has really been a focus as the members needed to see the real difference AIESEC offers to our members. We had a motivational seminar facilitated by three former LCPs namely Benedict Kariuki, Joram Mwinamo and Jacqueline Kamau. They really inspired our members on the experiences they had plus how relevant it has become in their day to day life. We really appreciate their support.

We held our Newies Induction and Intergration Seminar (NIS) at Agricultural Resource Centre in Egerton University on February 6th and 7th 2009. The conference was aimed at creating capacity within our new membership as well as introducing them to AIESEC .The facilitators were the Local Executive Board of Advisors and they were assisted by the Member Committee.

In areas of Exchange we were able to realize 3 trainees for the ASK Project. ASK project is a project aimed at sensitizing the community on issues about HIV and AIDS and how they can live positively if infected as well as how they can avoid getting infected by the virus. The project is run worldwide in partnership with Standard Chartered Bank. It was successful as we managed to reach out to over 500 delegates mainly from Njoro Boy’s High School and Kilimo High School. The interns who participated were from China namely Li Kuangyi, Lin Meixue, and Remond Ruimin Zhou. We are still working towards the realization of Management traineeships. In outgoing exchange, we have been able to realize one Technical traineeship with AIESEC in Dominican Republic. Andrew Ndung’u went to Santa Domingo

We, the youth, need to have various opportunities availed so that we can have the needed impact in transforming our country. This can be made possible with inclusion of our stakeholders and the government.

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to work for a whole year as web developer. Two technical traineeships have been matched. Anderson Rioba to Pakistan and Wilfred Njeru to India. They will be leaving the country in June. A lot of excitement is there within the LC as more members are willing to go for exchange and this is very encouraging .The leadership is looking forward to creating more partnerships with other countries in order to realize more exchanges.

In branding and External Relations, we have managed to hold an event dubbed “Entrepreneurship Day”. It was held on the 5th November 2008 at the Faculty of Arts Theatre. The delegates were taught about how entrepreneurship can really help them in realization of their goals.The facilitators were :Dr. Wahome Gakuru - The Director - Strategy for Kenya Vision 2030, Mr. Stephen Ayaka - Kenya Bureau of Standards Manager, Quality Assurance for Rift Valley Region, the Operations Manager Equity Bank Nakuru branch and the Managing Director ,Africa Gold Investments Mr Steve Awuondo.

The facilitators were really impressive. During the event, there was promotion of Safaricom’s new

product Jibambie and Equity Bank who registered new bank accounts as well as facilitated. During the fourth quarter, we were to do a career fair in conjunction with the university administration but it didn’t happen due to the university strike that hampered activities within campus. We look forward to working more with the campus to organize more events.

In revenue generation and diversification, exchange and membership fees have been really the major source but plans have already been put for a long term investment plan. A portfolio on Business Development has already been set by the incoming President which will look into the investments that the LC wishes to involve in thus create a sustainable cash flow within the Local Chapter not only in the short term but also in the long term.

In information management, the LC website is currently being updated on the www.aiesec.org platform. Information flow has been good within the membership plus internet is now in the office. We were also donated a 3G Safaricom modem by Raymond Were Jumah, an

alumnus of the LC.The internet connection has really assisted in the realization of the local chapter exchange goals. The alumni have been communicated to via their yahoogroup. We encourage our alumni to use myaisesc.net as they will also be able to connect with other alumni from other countries.

We wish to give thanks to all our stakeholders who assisted us in the development of our LC. Our Board of Advisors: Mr. Kent Libiso = ICDC , Mr. Peter Mbui- Rift Valley Machineries, Mr. John Masanda=Kenlloyd Logistics Uganda, Mr. Joram Mwinamo, MD Wylde International, Prof Jude Mathooko, Deputy Vice Chancellor Research and Extension, Egerton University, and Dr Edward Saambili, PS Ministry of Planning and Vision 2030. Our Alumni have also been a rich source of advice and continue to give us the direction as to how to run the LC activities.

Anderson Rioba


AIESEC Egerton

2008-2009

AIESEC Egerton doing a trainee pick up. delegates at the AIESEC Egerton NIS conference.

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At the beginning of the just concluded year 2008/2009 a lot of goals were made. In the course of the

year many of these were achieved others showed that no matter how good-there is always room for improvement. This is a detailing of the exploits of an LC in it’s journey to the achievement of a vision,”…to be the best LC in Africa…” AIESEC Strathmore-Report 2008/2009.

A Time to SPARK.As a relatively young member of the AIESEC Kenya family AIESEC Strathmore still has a lot of ground to cover but has grown quite a bit this year. The organization’s membership has increased to 67 active members with an average retention rate of 80% for old members and 70% for new recruits, with an intention to increase its membership in the coming year and to improve it’s retention rate. Growth of members is pegged primarily on the LC’s ability to offer each new and existing member a personalized, quality AIESEC experience

The LC has not only managed to offer it’s own members quality growth experiences but also other

members of the larger AIESEC network and has also used the network to enhances members’ experience. This was possible through the7 outgoing exchanges and 22 incoming exchanges carried out by the LC. The 22 came from all corners of the AIESEC network mostly to work on the 2 projects that the LC ran. These were ASK-an HIV project that ran again in Strathmore based on the successes of the previous year. Most trainees came to run the project which was located in the Kibera slum. Ask was an amazing experience for all who took part, and based on it’s level of impact the LC is running it again in the coming year. Some of the other development trainees came to facilitate an ICT-education project that also ran in Kibera.

As a member of the Strathmore fraternity, AIESEC Strathmore has carried on with the AIESEC culture of excellence and was this year recognized by the University as an invaluable member of the fraternity. Among the awards received by the club was “Best Event” for the Leadership Development Day. So strong is our commitment to the activation and development of leadership that we have decided to

AIESEC Strathmore walks the road to the achievement of its vision, …….to be the best LC in Africa!

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make LD-Day an annual event.

Externals.As a relatively young LC Strathmore is still in the process of enhancing its network. This is made a lot easier by the dedicated members of the BOA who are always available to guide in the right direction. The Alumni have also played a big role, and a good number have come out strongly to offer their support to the LC. We however mourn the passing of our first LCP-David Gakinya. Though most current members never got to hear him encourage or motivate during MSS, it is definitely because he was that we are. WE miss you David-a true AIESEC Legend.

Pipeline.This year has been exciting in more ways than one. This is the year that has seen AIESEC Strathmore expand to KCA University. Our aim is to help them in their journey to becoming a valuable addition to the AIESEC Kenya network and to inculcate in them the values of the organization. This will take time and dedication from our members and theirs but all involved are

passionate and doing a great job so far.

Closer to home, in the AIESEC community AIESEC Strathmore tries to broaden it’s network at every opportunity. It has been represented at all regional conferences. Indeed the LC organized the largely successful Pioneers EA, 2008/2009. We have also been represented in a number of international conferences, e.g. International Congress-Brazil, Africo- Poland & Hungary, International Development Congress and at AFROs XLDs where we had the largest delegation.

As the year draws to a close and the new one dawns AIESEC Strathmore walks the road to the achievement of its vision, “…….to be the best LC in Africa!.....”

Siongo Kisoso


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Richard Etemesi, CEO Standard Chartered, the key speaker for the Leadership Development Day.

Strathmore members at a team building. AIESEC Strathmore members at the AFROXLDS conference in Uganda.

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AIESEC in KU for the past year has had a fair shares of up and downs. A great lesson has been learnt and this is well

captured by the famous poem by Marriane Williamson that indeed our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate but powerful beyond all measure…..

We have had a number of awesome events that have been organized by great LC members and also having support from our stakeholders. In Nov 2007 we were able to organize the first AIESEC in KU dinner we were able to have over 65 people attending, it was held at the Hilton Hotel. The people who attended the event included AIESECers, Parents (Biggest Stakeholders), Corporates such as Kent Libiso and administration staff from Kenyatta University. We even featured in a magazine article known as Biashara Leo.

Still on events and forums held we were able to do a forum on Kenya’s Vision 2030 and this gave an opportunity for the college students to understand and take part in this vision. We also held an Alumni

Fun Day to give an opportunity for our Alumni to have fun and interact with our members. It was an amazing experience as we had a lot of fun and also used it as a basis to reward our hardworking members.

Truly AIESEC KU has made an impact in the society. We engaded in the ASK project and the concept was building capacity amongst students in schools; giving knowledge, skills so as to combat this deadly epidemic known as AIDS. The project is centered around on art theme where we not only educate peer educators on HIV but also give them an opportunity to express how they feel about HIV and what they have learnt through Art. The team was trained by Stanchart Kenya on the subject and also on how to deliver the sessions. After that we had an opening ceremony in Kenyatta University. In attendance were the schools we were to train: Frames of mind sec. school, St Theresa high school and Komarock road secondary school, our training and financial partner: Stanchart, representatives from Kenya aids law and our chief guest George Gathenya from Afri Afya. We’ve had 2 interns from Tanzania also work on the

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project, Imelda and Joshua. They worked at mama watoto vision plan and also took part in the training.

Apart from this excellent project, AIESEC in Kenyatta University has been involved in enabling the student body with information and knowledge. We have done a no of forums such as Vision 2030 as mentioned above and one on investments; The intention was to encourage our university student to start investing at a young age.

We do believe that we have also made an impact in some of our partner companies who have taken up exchange. Case in point is Simple Alliance who have a management trainee, Patrcia, from South Africa who is doing an excellent job. Also Seven seas technologies we have another trainee working there from Belgium, Phillipe. The trainee are having an amazing experience (Note: Experience, both positive and negative encounters.) They have been exposed to working culture in Kenya and also the fact that the country has a lot to offer.

On the other end we also have had two of our members going out to other countries. One, Emma Kerubo got an opportunity to go to Nigeria and work on their ASK project. After having been there for 2 months she got a wealth of experience in project management and got to learn a lot about the West African country. The other member who went was Wesley Chege. He got an opportunity to work with Jordan River Foundation; the lessons learnt and exposure gotten was great. He met new people and also got an opportunity to know himself more. It is very interesting to note that after his exchange experience he came back and took a leadership position.

Their stories had such an impact on our member and inspired them to go on exchange. We have over 15 forms on the system waiting to be matched and many more who want to go on exchange.

Our members have grown immensely. To begin with we had about 20 members and we can boast of 56 members who have either being involved in

taking responsibility, leadership opportunities and even in going on exchange. We have had a number of conferences that build our capacity. From Local and Training Motivational seminars to Tranisition and finally Local Planning and Motivational seminar of which members took part in helping to plan for the year 09/10.

AIESEC in KU has worked extremely hard and it is amazing to note that we became a full member. There are so many people to appreciate for this, stakeholders, patron, BOA and of course great members .

Peterson Ndirangu

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The Executive Board started the year with a team building on the rugby pitch, to get to know

each other, to give each other feedback in a casual way. At first, we had to focus our energy to building the EB so that eventually we could pass it down to the members.

We started the year off with style too, with our biggest stakeholders, our parents - who we often leave out of the AIESEC picture. We had a tea party with them and we shared with them our goals. We had some alumni Angela GIthuthu, Brian Muthiani, Isaac Maluki and Sheila Harrison come and share their AIESEC experience with us and the parents. This did some good branding with our biggest stakeholders!

Increasing the number of quality exchanges and being financially sustainable through exchange were the major focuses for AIESEC in USIU. There was also a need to be well positioned in USIU. This was realized in one major way by a recruitment carried out in at the beginning of the term. The Local Committee conducted a successful recruitment whereby we had Brookside and Nestle as our Partners for the drive. Diana Ochola and Jeremy Kinyua were key in securing the partners. We recruited, interviewed and

selected members to the organization. This was carried out by a very impressive Organizing Committee led by Anthony Njoroge. This positioned AIESEC in the campus well. The LC with the guidance of Diana Ochola introduced the Student Affairs Council to the idea of reviewing and selecting and giving of job descriptions to Organizing Committees to the school events. USIU’s annual campus awards nominated AIESEC in USIU as the best club and the Local Committee President, Sharon Njoroge was voted for best female club leader. This definitely put AIESEC in USIU’s map.

On exchange, we sent 2 students abroad, both to India. We brought in 9 to Kenya; 3 as Management Trainees and 1 as a Technical Trainee to Commercial Bank of Africa and to Mobikash Kenya. We had 3 as Developmental Trainees. We run ASK in Marurui, this year, successfully. The countries of origin of all the trainees coming to USIU were from Japan, Hungary, Brazil, Tanzania, China, Netherlands, Cameroon and India.

As the year came to an end, the Local Committee visited a children’s home in Dagoretti with Alex Mungai, an AIESEC alumnus. We spent the day with the children, playing with them,

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singing and telling each other stories. It made us as an LC reflect on the state of our society and what we can do to make a difference, however small.

AIESEC in USIU hosted National Conference that was held in Matuu Ndallas. This brought together the nine local chapters for election of the next year’s national team.

At the conference, we were recognized as to so far as having the best People Management System and the best in Exchange, Corporate Sector.

We held in-house trainings as the year went by, hosting both national and local trainings. The Standard Chartered HIV training was held in USIU where representatives from all Local Committees attended. Our Board of Advisor’s Chair Mr. Henderson, C.E.O of Indigo Telecom, held a Diary Management session with the LC. The session was well attended and feedback from the members was great.

Throughout the year, we have solidified partnerships with Ketepa Kenya, Brookside, and Nestle and new on board as joining our exchange partners is Mobikash Kenya and also with schools and other communities

around us.

The alumni support and keep us in check and always challenge us to do more. Our alumni are always willing to help, mentor and coach the LC. James Kamau, Christine Maina, Wangechi Gitahi, Gertrude Maithya, Ken Kaniu, Jemimah Baariu, Rina Macharia, Angela Kagume, Godwills Kaisha, Anthony Gitobu, Chris Kinyua, Munge Maina, Angela Githuthu, Brian Muthiani, Wanja Ngunjiri who have held one on ones with us, who have sat on our review boards, who have chaired our events both national and local, who have supported us monetary wise and for all their sound advise.

For the year, we would like to thank USIU, the administration, for without it, there would be no AIESEC in USIU. The Dean of Students, Mr. Onsarigo, whose counsel we never took for granted, the Head of Student Activities, Mr. Ronald Kimani whose support we appreciate, and Mr. Chris Ayuoyi’s guidance, the university’s Club’s Coordinator who the LC worked with very closely with, and always kept the LC on its toes. We worked hand in hand throughout this year and their effort does not go unnoticed. We would

also like to appreciate our patrons both Mrs. Linge and Dr. Katuse for their guidance. We thank the Student Affairs Council Isaac Njoroge and his team for recognizing and working hand in hand with the LC.

Our Board of Advisors that held us accountable to our plan and budget and provided us with advise and for believing in the LC, for always attending our meetings, for keeping to our appointments, for the life lessons; Mr. Henderson, our BOA Chair, Mr. Pasha, Mr. Muthoka and Mr. Gitau, we thank you.

Special thanks also go to Emma Wenani, Member Committee member who was responsible for USIU and was with the LC every step of the way.

AIESEC in USIU has an endeavoring spirit. We want to be recognized in USIU as the best club, we want to be recognized within AIESEC as the best Local Chapter and we know we can do more and do more we will.

Sharon Njoki Njoroge


2008-2009Local Commite

Members and a trainee Tatsuki Shirai aka Muli outside the AIESEC USIU office

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Where are you currently doing your exchange?

Im currently doing a Management Traineeship at General Electric Capital in Sydney, Australia

Why did you choose that particular country?

The Exchange opportunity was tied to the country (I was open for any country as long as the opportunity was worthwhile.) The proximity to Asia is also a plus (cheap shopping destinations).

What does your JD(Job Description) entail?

Accounts Associate (cash team)-Controllership finance GE ANZ

How are you integrating yourself in your hosting LC?

I participate in LC activities as well as assisting in conducting Exchange Participant reviews and team buildings

tHow did your AIESEC XP in

Kenya help you when you went on exchange?

AIESEC is time consuming and requires personal planning and goal setting otherwise you will find yourself at the end of your term with zero achievements-I have applied this in my exchange experience having concrete goals can set a path to where you want to be.

What lessons did you learn from the Exchange XP?

Independence and cultural integration.

What was the biggest challenge faced and how did you over come it?

Being alone in a distant country can become very lonely. Engaging in different activities helps-I have done abit of travel, started a new sport Gaelic football (Irish rules football) plus I’m learning to twist my tongue to acquire an Australian accent.

How do you plan to apply what you learnt during the Exchange XP to

the remainder of your AIESEC XP?

Mentor other members of AIESEC to grow and develop professionally as I have AIESEC to thank for my professional growth as I met great mentors (David Kinyua, Douglas Eshitemi and Deo Onyango)-who have guided me throughout.

What is the next step for you both in AIESEC and in your personal life?

In AIESEC I will be interested in mentoring other members. Personally (tough question)-Look for opportunities (job or business) in Kenya or any part of Africa plus do some travelling in Asia before I come to Kenya.

How was the Cultural Experience?

The culture is different-everything is systematic making life very simple plus the life is very commercial you can get anything you want at your convenience as long as you can pay for it, plus anything that can be bought is sold. The Australians are easygoing people it’s a great environment to live in.

Did you experience culture shock?

Yes-I didn’t think Australia; especially Sydney had so many cultures embedded in one country (Asian, Indian, Middle eastern), the biggest population being that of Asians.

What preparations did you make

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prior to going on exchange?

I attended cultural learning session this helped a lot especially in intricate preparation details. I applied everything I was taught.

What would you advice someone who wants to go on exchange?

Don’t even think twice GO FOR IT…and don’t give way to excuses like funds (which is common to all) these are just small bumps that can be easily solved.

Juliet Gateri Accounts Associate GE Capital Australia and New Zealand

The world is full of many new faces, people and places that give one a lifetime of wonderful experiences. It would be unfortunate to have had a long future behind yourself rather than a long history in a short past. In life we should endeavor to make the present bearable and the future worth waiting for not only ourselves but others in this life. This is the reason why old men and women plant trees that they will never shade in. This was and still is the philosophy of life of a 23 years old philosophy and psychology 2nd year student at the University of Nairobi.

With this in mind; when the opportunity for doing this came through the AIESEC’S GLOBAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM, I jumped at it.

I left for Tanzania in May 2008 full

of ideas on how to impact a difference among the African youths through the YES-YOUNG ENTEREPRENEURS, project that is run in a number of African countries. The project involved preparing sessions on how to conceive a business idea and prepare a business plan. The sessions were carried out two venues- university of Dar Es Salaam and Institute of Finance.

The fact that I was not from a business school and disseminating and sharing business related information largely impacted on my knowledge base. I came across new skills, tips, information that has since come in and impacted directly in my small scale in-house travel company that I was running before I left for my exchange.

Sharing and exchanging with other young people from different countries

was a lifetime experience. Working in a different environment was the epitome- living and working with people from over six nationalities for three months. But more so a the input that I gave to the sessions from a Kenyan experience and interpreting relevance in Tanzania to complement the business ideas of students, graduates an people already doing

business.

This is what in my opinion AIESEC does best; acting as a bridge between the book theory work and the exercise field (job market) while at the same time promoting personal development into a mature and healthy world citizen.

After the exchange experience I was convinced that I needed to go through a full AIESEC EXPERIENCE; it is for this that when I came back I have since held various positions with varied responsibilities and challenges. I joined the ICX-; In-coming Exchange where I helped to pick up and assist in the integration of new interns. By the end of the year I was the team leader of the Reception team in the ICX Team.

Since then I have been chosen to do the same responsibility but on a national level in the National Support Board of AIESEC KENYA, as the National Co-coordinator for Integration and Exchange promotion. I would candidly say that my exchange experience has come a long way in assisting me have a different approach to working in the 21st century, place of young people in world development and relevance of living the AIESEC experience.

William Wamaru

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ICWhat is IC?

International Congress (IC) is the other legislative conference that exists apart from IPM which is held at the beginning of the year. At a legislative conference major amendments to policies are done.

Historically the conference was used for exchange. Since there was no platform like the current one (www.myaiesec.net), matching could only be done at IC. Prior to going for IC delegates would raise partnerships for exchange and seek to get possible interns.

Who is gets to attend IC?

The delegates to IC consists mainly Member Committees (MCs) and Local Chapter Presidents (LCPs). Member Committees attend so as to represent their respective countries during voting. LCPs get to attend IC because of transition and also for them to understand what happens on a global scale.

How is IC different from other conferences you have attended?

The key difference is the diversity of representation. Unlike IPM (International Presidents Meeting) where only Incoming and Out going Member Committee Presidents can attend, IC allows for Members of the National Support teams (NST) Member Committee Vice Presidents as well as Local Chapter Presidents to attend and contribute to the global legislative process. Also it sets precedence for us to discuss the future of the organization and come up with new strategies to develop the association.

What role does IC Play in legislation?

IC as a legislative conference gives the chance to countries to pass AI budget as well as pass any other specific motions that may be discussed. IC enables the smooth running of the association by allowing countries to pass legislation that will affect how the organization will move in the future.

What was the Most Memorable moment at IC 08?

The most memorable was during the official dinner when AIESEC Kenya won the UBS Award for Regional Growth and Excellence for Africa. This was significant to us having come out of post election crisis that had affected our performance. This is apart from the continent theme parties that we held each night that really showed diversity in our organization as well.

What is the criteria for the excellence awards?

The criteria for the excellence awards are a country that has been able to grow in all portfolios over the year as well as being on increasing their contribution to the global association for the year.

It also looks to award a country that has been able to demonstrate and show leadership to the rest in the continent.

Other than legislation what else happens at IC?

What happens at IC is the creation of partnerships by different countries on different elements like conference attendance, strategic meetings, making friends, presentation of the AI supervisory group report for the year and also discussion towards the future of the organization in the coming year.

Talk about the 60th Anniversary celebrations at IC 08

The 60th Anniversary Celebrations were celebrated by having different generations of AIESECers attending the conference. There were 2 parallel conference happening being IC and Alumni Congress that brought together key alumni who had served the organization in different capacities.

It also gave a chance to the organization to re-examine itself and look at our vision and where are we going and where we have reached. It gave a chance to celebrate our achievement as well and dream for the future.

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DO ITMy name is Fiona Mungai from AIESEC CUEA, I got the opportunity to attend DO IT in Switzerland October 30th- November 2nd 2008. DO IT is mainly a Leadership Development Seminar. The conference focused mainly on training people in the LR (Leadership Role) stage of their membership cycle namely EB (Executive Board), Team Leaders and Project Leaders. it had tracks for alumni and trainees.

DThe Major difference I noted when comparing DO It to local conferences in Kenya was how the Externals and Alumni actively engage with AIESEC, facilitating trainings and sessions, simply put, an overall involvement with conferences.

There is also diversity as it is an international conference and so you meet and interact with people from all over the world.

The Quality of the sessions is of a much higher scale than local conferences. The content and the angle at which the training is approached is also different.

I would recommend for any person on the LR stage to attend DO IT. It is a good place to realign your strategies, assess your performance and correct areas that aren’t working and how to re-evaluate your leadership.

IPMWhat is IPM about?

IPM stands for International Presidents Meeting. IPM is pretty much Member Committee Presidents (MCPs) in coming and outgoing meeting to elect the AIESEC International Leadership and create a global plan.

Why is it that only MCPs can attend?

Because it is one of the legislative conferences and only MCPs can vote. The other legislative conference is International Cogress (IC). Unlike IC which has a wider representation having only MCPs at a conference it becomes easier to manage, cost wise due to small numbers.

It is also part of the transition process between incoming and outgoing MCPs. Another reason is representation of Countries in election and policy making.

How is IPM different from any other conference you have gone for?

Lots of planning sessions and from a leadership perspective, planning for the year. The difference also comes from who is allowed to attend.

What were the highlights of IPM?

As an incoming MCP the highlight was the legislation. It is the kind of excitement one has as a newie attending LCEB for the first time and participating in voting

What is the relevance of IPM?

IPM is relevant in the creation of the global and regional plans for the organization. It is AI’s tool for laying a foundation for the upcoming year by selection of the new international leadership, education on the planning framework to be used and other important information that the network should know.

What was the scope of the conference?

Having only MCPs, AI , GN boards, and AI candidates and mainly being about laying a path for the next year ,the scope of content was very specific, delegate generated and deeply based on strong AIESEC knowledge and varied AIESEC Experiences.

What is your overall take on the conference?

IPM was a life-changing experience in terms of my general learning about AIESEC and my upcoming role, learning from others’ experience and learning about myself and my potential in the coming year.

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The last one year has been an important milestone in the history of AIESEC Daystar. We

have strived to reinvent ourselves to come up with new products in line with our core work. The year has seen us sell our products to more partners and students to increase our relevance, visibility and impact. Our committed and supportive BOA who play the important advisory role, have been very instrumental in helping us achieve our goals.

Our vision was to be the best branded and positioned organization in Daystar that is financially sustainable, and whose members are self driven towards their learning through integration of new members, has been a constant remainder of where we aimed at being and where this LC ideally should be.

With regards to the school administration, The Club of the Year Awards in Daystar saw AIESEC win two awards as the best club in Corporate Social Responsibility and the most Innovative and Creative club. Our members are proactive individuals who have carried fourth most of our projects with the EB serving a guidance and advisory role. We are now more visible in the student community and we have positioned ourselves appropriately.

Our aims in 2008/2009 were:

Create Belief in our products to more people: products that immensely add value to society, companies etc

Increase our relevance and competitiveness by interacting with the external environment

Financially sustainability

ACHIEVEMENTS

Talent ManagementWe aimed to have 50 active members, 16 leadership opportunities, 75% member retention rate. Current members- Athi River-45, Valley Road Campus-8, Leadership opportunities-15

Recruitment was focused on 1st year students and on 2nd – 4th students (for exchange)

As a result 40 members went through induction with a Member retention rate of 75%

Increase in leadership opportunities for members to engage in rose from 10 in the previous term to 15

40 members on AIESEC.net - access to a wider knowledge pool

EXCHANGE ACHIEVEMENTSIn the CORPORATE SECTOR our goal was: 4MTS, 2 TTS. We realised

The Club of the year Awards in Daystar saw AIESEC win two awards as the best club in Corporate Social Responsibility and Most Innovative and Creative Club..

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The Local Chapter Training and Motivation Seminar (LCTMS) Organising Committee

Stakeholder Cocktail at Parklands Sports Club, 2008

Members promote the organization during the Daystar

the following: Resolution Health - 1 Technical Trainee, Color Creations Ltd – 1 management Trainee (MT), Ayon Africa- 1 Management Trainee and Emerging Markets Communication- 1 Technical Trainee

In the Development Sector our goal was 4DTS, 2 ETS and our realisations were: Joyce Xuer from China - Jamhuri High School -DT, Jessica Patrick from Canada- Humanist Centre –DT, Vanisha Mistry –UK- Working at Moi Forces Academy and Humanist-DT, Maddie- Canada working at Jamhuri Boys and Humanist -DT

The Goal for outgoing exchange was 4 EPS. The Reults were: Margaret Wanjeri- Development Traineeship in Austria and Management Traineeship in Turkey- Microsoft . Currently in the system: Mwihaki Kariuki (alumni), Dennis Ndambuki

Gordi

PROJECTSThe Goalwas to run at least one project per year. the Results were: Bridging the Digital Divide project – New Dawn School- Huruma. Donated 20 computers acquired from Via Africa and 1 lap top donated to the school by Fina Bank

Answers Solutions and Knowledge (ASK project)- 3 DTS as HIV/AIDS teachers

ENVIRONMENTAL WEEK took place on November 2008 and was sponsored by APA Insurance. Radio Air time given by Capital FM

50 Trees were planted at Lukenya boys and girls secondary school. Over 100 trees planted at Daystar University

Impact created incleded :Sensitization of the community on the importance of tree planting and keeping the environment clean. Students and staff of Lukenya girls and boys planting trees with Daystar students

FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITYThe Goals: At least one financial partner, 60% of the budget financed by exchange.

Resolution Health Partnership yiekded sh30000 and 2 MTs, 2TTs to be realized- revenue sh120000

EVENTS WE HAVE ORGANIZED

MEET THE CEOsInteractive forum to expose students to AIESEC alumni in the corporate world- attended- Peter Nduati- Valley

road campus in September

TEAM BUILDING, on November 2008 at Aboretum. Sponsor- Mr. Nduati, Resolution Health CEO; Board of Advisor

LOCAL CHAPTER TRAINING & MOTIVATION SEMINAR The confernce was sponsored by CIC Insurance. Attendants: 80 (delegates from Daystar, KU, CUEA, Nazarene, UoN, KCA plus alumni)

Aim of the conference: To motivate and encourage members to continue living their AIESEC experience. To evaluate the various Local Committee performances over the last AIESEC year.

AIESEC Daystar was also represented at the following conferences and events:International Congress, Newies Integration Seminar, Planning conference, Pioneers conference, National conference, Afroxlds and National team building

CONCLUSIONWe have been working very hard to ensure the growth and sustainability of this great LC. We believe that we have set a strong foundation for the incoming team to build on and accomplish even more in their term.

Part of the USIU EB looking pretty during a

Luncheon at the Attorney General’s Residence

Members of AIESEC UoN after concluding their Election Conference at KWS Nakuru

Kenyan delegates at IC 2008 celebrating winning

the UBS Award for Regional Performance and

Excellence

AIESEC UoN Embassy Day OC with US Ambassador Michael Ranneberger and German Ambassador Walter Lindner after a succesful event

Presidential Tour of Rome. AIESEC Kenya MCP Kaisha Godwills(L), AIESEC Uganda MCP, Ram Abubakar and Incoming MCP Fiona Akumu sight seeing in Rome during IPM 2009

AIESEC Kenya Member Committee with the MD

of Resource Associates at the AIESEC Kenya

Golf Day

Delegates at AFROXLDS 2009 in Kampala,

Uganda. Kenya had the biggest delegation at

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AIESEC Culture: AIESECers do a rollcall (AIESEC Dance) during the 60th Anniversary Dinner at Carrnivore

AIESEC Kenya PICTORIAL

AIESEC Kenya President Kaisha Godwills and Siongo Kisoso representing Kenya at IDC Conference, Nigeria

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What motivated you to do CC for Afros?My main motivation was the fact that I wanted to experience AIESEC in a different country.

You invited the Ugandan youth minister to come for Afros as a speaker, how did you pull it off given you aren’t Ugandan?The fact that she was a new minister made it easier for me because she was building up a public image and when I explained what AIESEC is and what I was doing in Uganda, she became very interested so we scheduled a couple of meetings to paint a clearer picture. When I asked her if she could be the guest of honour, she happily agreed.

How was it working in a multi cultural team?Quite frankly it was tough. This was mainly because of the diversity of culture. Different people had different ways of thinking, doing and implementing things, after a while, I learnt how to accommodate and see the best in my fellow CC members.

How is CC work different from any OC work that you have done before?The main difference between CC and OC is the international nature of the work. Firstly you are answerable to AIESEC International. Secondly, you have to learn work culture and ethics as well as other socio-cultural aspects of the host country quickly so as to be able to work more efficiently. In my opinion, fitting in the Ugandan culture was the hardest part of the whole experience.

What role did you play in the CC and what did it entail?I was Vice President Communications & Delegates Servicing. My main duties were divided into two sections:

Communications: Setup and maintain official conference website and wiki with continuous updates.Develop promotional videos for

different GNs. Develop and send delegate mailers with all relevant information.

Maintain constant communication with delegates providing answers to any questions they may have.

Ensure that all AfroXLDS 2009 Uganda Logos are approved by AIESEC International

Develop the final conference report to be handed to all external conference sponsors and AIESEC International.

Bring in a Media Partner for the Conference

Delegate Servicing: Facilitate all immigration procedures for delegates, facilitators and external guests attending the conference.

Provide continuous up to date information through regular mailings to delegates and facilitators.Be on call 24 hrs a day during the conference to attend to all delegate requests.

What lessons did you learn from the CC experience?Regardless of what you are doing, you need people; you can never do it alone.

What was the biggest challenge faced and how did you overcome it?My biggest challenge was adjusting to Uganda’s work culture. Things were not happening at fast as I wanted them so I had to learn how to accommodate and trust that my fellow CC members will execute their duties professionally.

A Congress Committee (CC) is a body mandated to organise an international Conference. A good opportunity to grow in AIESEC

Kelvyne Mwangi (4th from the right) and Shammah Wanyonyi (5th from the right) the only Kenyans in the CC

Delegates at AFROXLDS 2009 in Kampala,

Uganda. Kenya had the biggest delegation at

the conference

AIESEC Culture: AIESECers do a rollcall (AIESEC Dance) during the 60th Anniversary Dinner at Carrnivore

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Give your AIESEC CVI was in the Organizing committee of Newies Integration Seminar responsible for finance, I got selected to be VPSN (Currently VPOGX) was responsible for all outgoing exchanges for AIESEC in Moi University. I was in this position for two years in AIESEC Moi. Then ran for Local Committee President of AIESEC Moi, and lost, thereafter I just did exchange that year and coaching new members on how to manage the exchange process. I later on got selected in the National team to be responsible for Exchange, Non-corporate sector. I was responsible for Development traineeships and projects. I was then elected as President of AIESEC Kenya in 07-08 term, at this time, I was responsible for the membership subcommittee of AIESEC Globally and a member of the Steering team, representing Africa in strategic discussions on the direction for AIESEC globally, AIESEC in Kenya in my year received two awards, Finance Learning Networks Award, with cash award of 2000 Euros, and UBS global achievement and excellence awards, with a cash award of 1400 Euros. Later on in January last year, I was selected Director for AIESEC International for Africa, of which I am finishing my term on 20th July 2009.

How is leadership at AI level like?Leadership in AIESEC International is quite intense, considering we are a team of 22 individuals from 16 different nationalities. There are different personalities, backgrounds, perspectives and philosophies of life, that make the leadership in AI enriching. There are also different communication styles as well as extremely diverse thoughts on how to advance the organizational goals to a network of 107 countries. It therefore makes the leadership here in AI interesting, and a fulfilling experience to live.

How did the experience in leadership gained in Kenya help you during your term at AI?In several ways; Working with a diverse team of people from different countries helped me in knowing how to manage different communication styles, and how to ensure I had my messages across in most situations.Leading huge operations across 9 Local Committees gave me a perspective on how to lead AIESEC in many countries within the African network.

The learning that I got on leadership by doing prepared

me well in blending adequately with the role I had in AIESEC International.

There are other minor but extremely significant experiences that also helped me during the term, they included: confidence, emotional intelligence, public speaking, communication, conflict management and other competencies.

What was your motivation for seeking leadership opportunities abroad? My main motivation was the desire to contribute positively to the development of AIESEC in Africa. I also wanted to travel more, see the world, challenge my world view,

My AI Story

Phil Oduor (Extreme Right) with the rest of the AI team. PAI 2008-2009, Juan Cajiao (Back row extreme Left).

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enhance my personal learning and the learning of others and gain an experience on how to lead a global organization.

What did you achieve during you term?My region grew by 65% on the number of exchanges. AIESEC in Rwanda became a full member country, we started AIESEC in Liberia and AIESEC in Mozambique. There was also a launch of an ICT project as part of the Empower Africa Program which contributed highly on the exchange results. But the achievement that puts a smile on my face is the increasing number of African students who go abroad everyday for traineeships, this is because this is the most intense experience that AIESEC offers, and seeing more members from Africa going for traineeships, means that we are having more impact in people’s lives, contributing towards their personal and professional development.

What did you learn during your term?

The biggest thing I learned was more about myself, what I like, my dislikes, my natural competencies, my strengths and weaknesses, the environment that bring the best out of me, and skills such as cultural integration and awareness, public speaking in diverse audiences from different cultural, educational and national backgrounds. I was also able to learn a lot about the current cultural, socio political and economic status of 19 African countries, 14 of which I visited during my tenure. I must say I learnt also the dynamics of world politics and perceptions of different regions, world mobility and the economic crisis and its effects in the day-to-day lives of people.

What challenges were faced and how did you handle the challenges?There were a wide range of challenges that I faced, some of them included not being able to understand the accent of some people in my team at the beginning, blending well with different cultural mindsets/thinking styles, not being able to pass my messages effectively in French speaking African countries, as well as being a virtual leader, since a significant portion of my work was to oversee the running of the organization at national levels of the 19 countries that I was responsible for. I basically overcame the challenges through discipline and harbouring habits that enabled me to aver the challenges. Further, creative ways of communication through different channels and the perfect use of physical platforms enabled me to handle the challenges.

What are the perceptions of Kenyans that exist out there?It really depends on who they have been in contact with and on what they have been talking about. But during the Obama elections, people had a perception of Kenyans being very smart people. Additionally, most people obviously think that all Kenyans are runners, tall and dark skinned.

What did you miss most about Kenya?The people and the weather. I missed AIESECers energy too! What competencies did you develop during your term?Resilience, cultural awareness, inner strength, developing others, creative thinking etc.

Phil Oduor Director for Africa AIESEC International

Phil Oduor (Extreme Right) with the rest of the AI team. PAI 2008-2009, Juan Cajiao (Back row extreme Left).

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I joined AIESEC while in my first year at Daystar University and that was my best decision in campus! I never regretted that choice and took up all the chances I got to develop my skills through the enormous possibilities of engaging with other like

minded AIESECers.

The weekly Local Committee meetings at campus, the activities we did, the conferences, the CSR projects, the dinners, etc were all preparing me for a better life outside campus.

I was not fortunate enough to go for any international conferences and sometimes would get discouraged but I had planned a different course for my life after campus. While some of my friends never missed any international conference, I decided not to be demotivated but to plan for my exchange experiences.

I had set out a goal to do a Development Traineeship (DT) and thereafter a Management Traineeship (MT). My heart was set out to work in Europe and that’s where it all started.

I got a DT in Graz, Austria with the Regional Centre of

Expertise (RCE) where I was working on projects aimed at achieving the Millennium Development Goals and the Global Marshall Plan. This was the best 2 months of my life! I met great people, made life-long friendships, went for

rock concerts that I had always dreamt of (Linkin Park)and made such a positive impact in people’s lives that one of my work mates at the RCE came to the Kenyan RCE for a 1 month internship. Kathrin enjoyed Kenya so much that she said she would be coming back often. This made me aware of my ambassadorship qualities!

The power of networking should never be underestimated especially in AIESEC. It is through building such networks that one gets the job they want. AIESEC provided the best platform for networking with corporates, local and international students which helped me broaden my worldview as I became more culturally inclusive.

AIESEC enabled me to sharpen my facilitating, presentation and communication skills through the marketing calls, conferences and other activities and I never underestimated my abilities and even when things would look very impossible, I would always find a way of sailing through.

After this, I knew I had to accomplish my other goal as an MT and I got an internship with Microsoft in Turkey at the Middle East and Africa HQ in the PR department.

This was a dream come true and I learnt many things that I will use to get to where I want in life. Sharing an apartment with people from 7 other countries was awesome and we even dedicated 1 night a week for each of us to prepare a meal from our countries and tell the rest about our countries. The working environment was the best I had ever been to; in my second day at work, I was already been given PR plans to consolidate for around 78 countries and the responsibilities kept growing but as each of us learnt how to handle the pressure all was well.

AIESEC gives us the platform and it is up to us to grab the opportunities that are presented to us no matter how big they might seem they are never bigger than what our God given abilities can achieve.

All we need is to believe in ourselves and set realistic goals and leave the rest to our maker, our fate and AIESEC for it is through AIESEC that I developed my potential.

AIESEC has truly lived up to its values and is a brand that I am proud of representing.

Two traineeships and counting!

Maggie with the AIESEC Graz Executive Board

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Maggie (L) enjoying Baklava(A popular Turkish Snack) with other Trainees and her boss MIcrosoft MEA head of PR (Bottom R), during her farewell party.

Maggie (L) with Trainees and an Executive Board member of AIESEC Vienna (R)

I am currently working at Alcatel-lucent India as a management trainee within the Corporate Communication division.

My work generally involves keeping strong communication systems amongst the 900+ employees of Chennai region. I work everyday

in ensuring flawless, accurate and timely information exchange between the Research & Development Teams and the Regional Unit Communications team . I organise internal events and also work to increase the visibility of the company to external audience in Chennai (potential clients and employees). I am on a daily basis expected to come up with out-of-the-box ways to strengthening positioning of our branch in Chennai.

The job is very involving but also fun, as I have so far organised employee 2 fun CSR events where we visited childrens’ homes and donated food, clothes and books. I am learning alot and gaining from this international experience.

Being an Exchange Participant has made me meet several other EPs from other countries who are also working in India. We often joke that when are together its like a mini United Nations Assembly which in essence , it is. I am getting a real global perspective from my daily interactions while sharing with them

my Kenyan story.

This is an experience I would wish on as many young people as possible. AIESEC has enabled me to fulfill my dreams of travelling, meeting poeple from all over the world, and working in an International company. I would not trade this experience with any other.

By Angie Kagume

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Members having fun on the golf course

Golf Clinic Facilitator, Johnson Mwangi(In yellow top) explains finer points of the game

Wendy Kimani Performs for the guests at the Golf Day barbecue

Members and officials enjoy good meal after a long day of golf clinic

The annual golf day was held at the Muthaiga golf club on 31st October 2008. A golf clinic was conducted by Johnson Mwangi, an alumnus. During the golf clinic members were taught the basics of the game. Last year’s golf tournament had the biggest ever turnout for

golf clinic, PWC golfers scooped most of the awards.

Sponsors for the event were: Commercial Bank of Africa, AON Minet, Housing Finance, PWC, Standard Chartered Bank and GlaxoSmithKline.

A barbecue was also held at the golf club in the evening and it was ran by alumni present from the master of ceremony: Martin Muhiu and was followed by a key note speech by Isaac Maluki. Entertainment was provided by our very own talented TPF2 Finalist, Wendy Kimani form AIESEC Nazarene. The barbecue was a platform for members present to interact with the alumni and corporate who were present at the event.

The annual golf day is an event that is targetted at the alumni and the greatest challenge we would pose to our alumni is to learn how to play golf if one does not play as over the years the trend had been getting more corporate golfers as compared to the alumni golfers that we have.

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On the 21st of October 2007 I landed in a place I never expected to spend a year of my life. As I disembarked from the SN Brussels

flight at Malpensa in Milan I didn’t know what lay ahead of me but I certainly knew I was ready to live this new part of my AIESEC Experience.

I had been to Europe quite number of times but I never imagined that I would spend a year of my life as part of my AIESEC experience in Milan in Italy. When I received the information from the AIESEC DHL Global coordinator that I had been accepted for my internship by DHL in Milan, It was a moment of joy and also confusion as I didn’t know what to expect.

Yet in my mind I had the resolve to live this part of the AIESEC experience that I had over the years encouraged others to take. Suddenly I was transformed from managing the process to being the one going through the process that I had seen happen so many times over the years.

I had a lot of excitement from the fact that I was going to live in one of the worlds most renowned capitals. Milan is the home to some of the major global fashion brands like Louis Vuitton, D&G, Gucci, Prada, world renowned designers like Valentino and luxury and home to world famous AC Milan and Inter Milan football clubs based at the San Siro.

InternshipMy internship as the Management Assistant to CEO of DHL Southern Europe has been an eye

opener as it has given me an opportunity to work with people at a very senior management level of the organization in different countries in Europe and this in turn has given me a lot of knowledge of how the organization functions.

My role involves carrying out different tasks and responsibilities from Analyzing data using programmes like Ms Excel & Ms Access, Making business presentations, overseeing and coordinating projects, managing the southern Europe management board that comprises of CEOs from the sub region countries. Most of these skills I developed during my AIESEC days.

During the last 6 months I have come to deeply appreciate the skills that AIESEC gave me an opportunity to develop over the four year period that I was actively involved. I manage a lot of tasks and responsibilities for my boss that require me to deal with CEO’s at country level and other Vice Presidents at regional level, I would have never done this effectively If I had never had the chance in AIESEC Kenya where I interacted closely with people at senior level like Mr. Tom Gitogo-CEO Pan African Life, Polycarp Igathe-CEO Haco Industries,Bernice Kimacia-Partner PriwaterhouseCoopers, Dr. Kipngetich Director KWS, Hon Amos Wako-The Attorney General and many other .This helped me to develop and build the confidence to work at such a level.

My traineeship involves working closely with the regional CEO in planning and developing various projects that he is

sponsoring within our unit in the DPWN Logistics Division in Europe and here we do a lot of brainstorming, planning, goal setting and tracking of the projects, the planning and project management skills that I gained from guiding the brainstorming and planning process in AIESEC at Local Committee and National Committee level have come in quite handy for me during this process.

At the same time am actively involved in

managing the Southern Europe Management Board and its meetings and here again I rely on my experience from managing AIESEC meetings and especially the AIESEC Board meetings at AIESEC Kenya.

Challenges.The main challenges of my traineeship has been the fact that I don’t speak Italian and in Italy a very small number of Italians speak English. DHL through my boss has been very helpful with this and is currently paying for my tuition fee to attend Italian classes at Inlingua.

Accommodation was quite difficult in the first two months as housing in Milan is quite expensive and good houses are difficult to come by but AIESEC has been very helpful especially AIESEC Bocconi through its alumni, EB and members.

Adapting to the weather in the first few weeks was quite tough as I arrived during winter it was quite cold and raining continuously, it was such a drastic change compared to the weather back at home. I cant wait for the summer to get here.

Looking back at I would say that I am happy I had the opportunity to experience AIESEC as i feel it gave a platform to develop my self while at the same time offering me very many opportunities to progress in my career at both local and global level.

I would not hesitate to recommend AIESEC to any young person out there who is going through his higher education right now. Take up the platform and challenge offered by AIESEC!

DARE TO LIVE THE XPERIENCE

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Partners support AIESEC with their knowledge, their own products or both. As a not-for-profit youth organisation run by volunteers, AIESEC thrives on strong and sustainable partnerships with organisations from the corporate, governmental and non-governmental sectors.

We would liketo thank the following partners for their support and their continued commitment to and investment in AIESEC

NATIONAL PARTNERS

Activation Sponsor

Annual Stakeholders Dinner Sponsors

Event Sponsor

Award Sponsor

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VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

ADMINISTRATION


VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE AND

Financial sustainability being an issue within the organization, has created a need for formulating strategies around this issue based on the current reality of the organization and past current trends of organizational sustainability.

With analysis of the year, the revenue sources of AIESEC Kenya have remained similar to the previous year, being namely events surplus and corporate sponsorships. This sponsorship is through partnerships with different companies and AIESEC Kenya with the stakeholders seeking to attract young local and international talent and build their global employer brand through working with us.

Financial managementThis year has seen focus and improvement surrounding:

More financial awareness and interest for Finance within the organization through the Financial Literacy Forums that were ran in 3 universities in partnership with Visa International and KCB Foundation.

Working of a finance sub-committee to come up with financial models that would increase the revenue received from the local chapters based on the number of members and number of exchanges generated.

The creation and implementation of manuals such as the budget manual, conference manual, reporting templates and the financial policies improved the efficiency of the finance subsystem.

Long-term PlanningLong-term financial plan was a focus this year. The lack of financial records and cooperation from the LCs hindered the completion of this process but plans are still underway to finish it by the end of July. Patrick Ngumi, Financial Manager in Housing Finance has assisted in coaching and mentoring throughout this process.

InvestmentNo additional investments were made this year. BRITAK is managing a balanced fund of Ksh. 430,000. The incoming team should sort other options for investing as the current fund yields very low returns per month.

Legalities

The trademark registration process commenced in May 2009 and it’s being facilitated by Ranja and Advocates to facilitate the registration. The process will take atleast eight months. The owner, Andrew Ranja, is the National

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VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE ANDLegal Advisor whose role is to advise on the different agreements and contracts that AIESEC enters into.

The Alumni Association is also in the process of registration. Namisi and company is facilitating this process. The process should take no more than 4 months to complete.

Governance and Accountability.The half year audits were done by the national office based on the finance manual. The recommendations were given on book keeping practices, accounting and financial reporting. A governance and accountability structure was put in place and implemented in almost all the local chapters. All LCs are to have internal auditors not only to audit the LCVPF but also the rest of the Executive board including the LCP.

Two internal auditors from different LCs were appointed to do the audits for 2007-2008 and 2008-2009. This was to ensure that proper book keeping is done and also to ensure that the KPMG will have all the information needed to do the external audit.

An internal auditor for the MC was also selected for the next year. He will play a big role in implementation of the finance manual, accounting practices and reporting systems.

GrantsThe year was marked by a grant by Standard Chartered Bank which was able to facilitate the running of the Answers solutions and knowledge Program(HIV/AIDS).

A partnership with the Ministry of Youth saw that any student who wants to go for an international internship will be able to access a loan from the Youth Fund subject to a 4% interest rate.

Concluding remarks on the AIESEC 2008/2009 financial year

As the financial statements suggest, this year we made a loss of Ksh. 311594 and accounts receivable of Ksh. 968,095. Debt collection is still a challenge and more mechanisms should be put in place to reduce the accounts receivable.

Revenue generation was still a challenge as most companies cut back their CSR and marketing budgets that AIESEC normally falls under. Innovative and value adding products need to be developed so as to remain competitive in the market as well as to be able to generate more income.

Recognition of areas to be improved in the next term.More focus should be placed on exchange partnerships. This is because exchange is a sustainable source of revenue as more likely than not companies re-raise the traineeships.

Also another focus for the next year should the Alumni Association so as to ensure that it is up and running as it it’s a high potential source of revenue not to mention a very sustainable source of income.

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AIESEC KENYA INCOME STATEMENT AS AT 31ST MAY 2009

INCOMES IN KSH Affiliation fee 83,285.00

Exchange partners 35,000.00

Dinner surplus 299,416.00

Golf surplus 141,421.00

AIESEC International 570,668.00

Standard Chartered Grant-ASK Program 122,826.00

National Partner Group-PWC 100,000.00

Other Partners 416,094.00

TOTAL INCOME 1,768,710.00

EXPENSES Administration Costs and office expenses 779,477.45

External and Alumni Relations 24,240.00

International travel 641,956.00

Local travel 28,060.00

National conferences 140,300.00

Talent management costs 83,929.00

Exchange Related costs 47,100.00

Information Systems 56,500.00

Rwanda Expansion 44,541.00

ASK and ICT Project costs 234,198.00

TOTAL EXPENSES 2,080,301.45

SURPLUS/(LOSS) (311,591.45)

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Documents

AIESEC Kenya Lead Magazine