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Rank: Veteran Joined: 9/7/2010 Posts: 1,063 Location: Kenya
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'Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime' ...Though overused, i still find this saying quite apt. Kudos James Mwangi for giving young children an opportunity to shape their future. What a humble man...God Bless...Now showing on TV channels... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAhvDkqC6qU
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Rank: Member Joined: 9/14/2011 Posts: 834 Location: nairobi
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Agreed
It is even hard to imagine the kind of legacy and impact that this program will have
Its brilliant
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Rank: Chief Joined: 5/9/2007 Posts: 13,095
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A great initiative indeed. ION, From a business perspective, if these children succeeds in life, and they are in senior decision making positions in the next 10 to 20 years, Equity might be taking all the huge businesses and accounts from the various businesses they will be owning and/or running.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 9/7/2010 Posts: 1,063 Location: Kenya
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washiku wrote:A great initiative indeed.
ION, From a business perspective, if these children succeeds in life, and they are in senior decision making positions in the next 10 to 20 years, Equity might be taking all the huge businesses and accounts from the various businesses they will be owning and/or running. ...Succeed. How are you @Washiku though? I agree!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 5/1/2010 Posts: 3,024 Location: Hapa
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Kudos to Mwangi and team. I listened to the stories of kids from various parts of Kenya and was touched. I noted that a number of kids are getting scholarships to study in universities abroad and a young man said he hopes that the quality of education in Kenya will improve so that students from other parts of the world (apart from East Africa) can apply to come and study in Kenya in future. I liked that. Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. - Muhammad Ali🐝
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Rank: Member Joined: 9/12/2009 Posts: 236 Location: Nairobi
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butterflyke wrote:Kudos to Mwangi and team.
I listened to the stories of kids from various parts of Kenya and was touched.
I noted that a number of kids are getting scholarships to study in universities abroad and a young man said he hopes that the quality of education in Kenya will improve so that students from other parts of the world (apart from East Africa) can apply to come and study in Kenya in future. I liked that. YES, the time when lecturers in Kenya will stop moonlighting and concentrate their energy in one college for the benefit of students...
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Rank: Chief Joined: 5/9/2007 Posts: 13,095
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Atalaku wrote:washiku wrote:A great initiative indeed.
ION, From a business perspective, if these children succeeds in life, and they are in senior decision making positions in the next 10 to 20 years, Equity might be taking all the huge businesses and accounts from the various businesses they will be owning and/or running. ...Succeed. How are you @Washiku though? I agree! Am good @Atalaku, just 'succeeds'ing.  Thanks for the correction.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/27/2007 Posts: 2,768
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In 20 years time this Mwangi fellow might yield the power to decide who the next president of Kenya would be..... ...besides, the presence of a safe alone does not signify that there is money inside...
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Rank: User Joined: 8/15/2013 Posts: 13,237 Location: Vacuum
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washiku wrote:Atalaku wrote:washiku wrote:A great initiative indeed.
ION, From a business perspective, if these children succeeds in life, and they are in senior decision making positions in the next 10 to 20 years, Equity might be taking all the huge businesses and accounts from the various businesses they will be owning and/or running. ...Succeed. How are you @Washiku though? I agree! Am good @Atalaku, just 'succeeds'ing. Thanks for the correction. I suspect washiku has two succeeds, One for the wife and one for him. Mrs.Washiku's car  Mr.Washiku's car  If Obiero did it, Who Am I?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/4/2006 Posts: 13,821 Location: Nairobi
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there is nothing more life changing than changing the life of a child - these people could be ANYTHING!! I think he has created a huge part of future kenyan pride. All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 11/17/2012 Posts: 1,461 Location: Ngong Forest
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#teamotoyo mbona kimya hivyo?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/17/2008 Posts: 23,365 Location: Nairobi
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Kudos JM, we also have Eric Kimani of Palmhouse Foundation. He doesn't publicize but he will send volunteers to conduct interview in all regions of Kenya. ..."Wewe ni mtu mdogo sana....na mwenye amekuandika pia ni mtu mdogo sana!".
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 11/17/2012 Posts: 1,461 Location: Ngong Forest
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McReggae wrote:Kudos JM, we also have Eric Kimani of Palmhouse Foundation. He doesn't publicize but he will send volunteers to conduct interview in all regions of Kenya. Fresh air!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 5/27/2008 Posts: 3,760
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Another positive outcome is that our local banks are copycating, KCB, COOP. much as it exposes the lack of lateral thinking by our banks, the end result is good for us.
Let's now wait for the Kenyan malaise to creep in - corruption.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/10/2008 Posts: 9,131 Location: Kanjo
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Gordon Gekko wrote:Another positive outcome is that our local banks are copycating, KCB, COOP. much as it exposes the lack of lateral thinking by our banks, the end result is good for us.
Let's now wait for the Kenyan malaise to creep in - corruption. Possible but minimal in coorporate Kenya. Kudos James, he probably feels indebted after what they did to Trade Bank (the customers & their families) i.am.back!!!!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/17/2009 Posts: 3,583 Location: Kenya
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I like what equity is doing, and above all they have not kept it secret, keeps the pressure on them to continue and also pulls in other institutions to do the same.
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Rank: Member Joined: 5/17/2014 Posts: 231
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harrydre wrote:Gordon Gekko wrote:Another positive outcome is that our local banks are copycating, KCB, COOP. much as it exposes the lack of lateral thinking by our banks, the end result is good for us.
Let's now wait for the Kenyan malaise to creep in - corruption. Possible but minimal in coorporate Kenya. Kudos James, he probably feels indebted after what they did to Trade Bank (the customers & their families) He actually copied this from Starehe Boys' Center. His 3 sons all went to Starehe. But he blew it to a scale that Starehe never could (esp after GWG died). It is an absolutely wonderful thing he is doing. There are lots of bright and poor children in Kenya who would never get a good education if it were not for what he is doing. "Occasionally I drop a tea cup to shatter on the floor. On purpose. I am not satisfied when it does not gather itself up again. Someday perhaps that cup will come together."
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 9/7/2010 Posts: 1,063 Location: Kenya
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nakujua wrote:I like what equity is doing, and above all they have not kept it secret, keeps the pressure on them to continue and also pulls in other institutions to do the same. ...And the communities' trust in the bank grows day by day...I hear this is the only bank in Kenya that pays workers at the end of the month even when the employers have not remitted their salaries!!! Mhhhhhhh...Should open an account here.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/4/2006 Posts: 13,821 Location: Nairobi
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Ngong wrote:McReggae wrote:Kudos JM, we also have Eric Kimani of Palmhouse Foundation. He doesn't publicize but he will send volunteers to conduct interview in all regions of Kenya. Fresh air! my take - the more the merrier. in the words Quote:Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from good will
the latter do it out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel;
the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me distress in my imprisonment.
What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice,
my take is the same - as long as good is being done, the motives are secondary All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 5/21/2013 Posts: 2,841 Location: Here
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masukuma wrote:Ngong wrote:McReggae wrote:Kudos JM, we also have Eric Kimani of Palmhouse Foundation. He doesn't publicize but he will send volunteers to conduct interview in all regions of Kenya. Fresh air! my take - the more the merrier. in the words Quote:Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from good will
the latter do it out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel;
the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me distress in my imprisonment.
What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice,
my take is the same - as long as good is being done, the motives are secondary I, too, concur. The more the merrier. Reminds me of an old lady who walked in to the local Family Bank branch recently clutching only her national i.d, an introductory letter from her area chief and her dependant's (grandchild) KCPE result slip. She said that she had been informed by the chief that the bank would educate her grandchild for free since she had no means to pay for his high school fees herself. The kid had performed well, having got 413marks. Long story short, her wishes were granted and she went home happy. Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
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