AMPLIFIED 2015 Pre FACI Meeting is Live!

Hey AIESEC,

Amplified 2015 is underway. The FACIs arrived last night at the venue for the amazing conference. It was a very long drive from Guango to Nakuru that lasted roughly three hours. The reception at the venue was very warm and the hospitality is topnotch. You all need to have a feel of this amazing place, not leaving out the very comfortable rooms which you also need to get a taste of.

The FACIs settled in there various rooms and had dinner which was finger-licking, after which we had a little hangout which accelerated getting to know each other. Hence, it is safe to say it was a long night but fun packed the same time.

All in all, the venue is amazingly cool. The hospitality is on check. You can't afford to be left out!
See you all at the AMPLIFIED CONFERENCE 2015!!!!!

Three Days with Branham Anamon | AI VP Operations (Africa)

The Reception.

Three days with Branham Anamon started on Tuesday, 20th October 2015. Dennis Lugano (President, AIESEC in Kenya) picked up MR ANAMON from the airport. It was a very warm welcome from the Members of the MC (Member Committee). We had all been looking forward to meeting with the AIESEC International representative in the person of Branham Anamon to provide answers to questions which have been left unanswered. That being said, when he arrived it was safe to say "THE MESSIAH HAD COME HOME" Karibu Kenya.

DAY 1 - 20th October 2015

The visit started with the explanation of the agenda by Branham. After which we moved in to a short GTKEO (Get to know each other) session in which we shared our names and “what the AIVP did not know about the individual”. Next was the “who we are” session which involved a drawing activity and sharing three most interesting and random things about you. After this, we went into a more intimate session where members of the MC team shared those things they like and don’t like about each other (if any) .

The second session commenced. “The Movement”

Here we talked on lengths about where we are coming from and where we are headed to as a global network. How AIESEC started with an idea of six people to now over 80,000 members. Here we established that AIESEC should not be perceived as an organization but as a MOVEMENT. AIESEC should be something that lives in individuals. 

DAY 2 - 21st October 2015

The bulk of the coaching happened on this day. We discussed further on the AIESEC International 15/16 plan, the logic, strategies and projects embedded in it, some of which include YouthSpeak, CC for Students and Partners, AIESEC 2020 amongst others. After this we received a "cheque" from the Bank of Reality... "Reality Check" ;-), in this space we were furnished with information of the current state of the entity and how we are perceived as an entity at the Global Office. 

Day 3 - 22nd October 2015

The final day, we all did not want Mr Branham to leave! :( But oh well. On this day we were consolidating ideas and creating output on how we plan to relay the information we had received from Branham to the National plenary. After which representatives of AIESEC in KeMU and USIU came around. They got to ask him some questions which he answered. Hence, the photo session, which was guided by Her Excellency, Sandra Agyekum (MCVP TM)

Nikhil Narayanan - Untold Stories | AIESEC in Kenya

My AIESEC experience in Kenya

I was a teacher at a slum school in southern Nairobi for about 7 weeks, working through AIESEC in JKUAT. Without exaggeration, the experience was probably the best in my life, for many reasons. The first being it threw me so far out of my comfort zone that I needed to rethink my own world view, re-evaluate and create a new one. Walking into, and working in a slum is something I have never experienced before, therefore my own mind and body did not know what to expect, nor how to react to the situation; the slum is cramped, dirty, filled with substandard housing as you’d expect, and most importantly is the feeling of not belonging and being an outsider to the situation. One biggest learning experience I gained was observing my own self reacting and adapting to the new situation.

Teaching the students melted me both inside and outside. Seeing the joy [as a result of our presence as interns] in both the baby classes and the older classes gave me some perspective; what this experience meant to me meant even more to the kids that I was teaching, and the school that I helped run. The students are highly intelligent, the kids (baby class) are full of energy emanating a spark of light that I haven’t seen anywhere else, or in anyone else. Seeing and experiencing such things makes you drop inhibitions in life and rethink your own perspective and position in the world. Not only does it make you open your mind significantly, but you realize that you can only really change a small portion of the world around you, but what you finally do change, is an extremely impressionable, lifelong change on both who you change and yourself.

Nikhil Narayanan

How our EPs feel After Experiencing Kenya!---EP UNTOLD STORIES

          Hello!
This is a story from one of our EPs who recently experienced a 3month exchange here in Kenya with AIESEC JKUAT.
"I would sincerely like to thank AIESEC - JKUAT for allowing me to come and experience Kenya in the most fantastic way possible. The reason that I came to Kenya was because I knew absolutely nothing about it. Now, after 3 months, I can say that I have learned quite a bit, both about Kenya and myself. For that, I cannot thank AIESEC - JKUAT enough. 

#UpgradeYourWorldKE #YouthforPeace Twitterthon

Hey AIESEC in Kenya,

Today as we know is the day of the year set aside for Peace all over the world by the United Nations. And we as AIESEC have our vision as the PEACE and fulfillment of Humankind's potential. Having said that it is safe to say that it is a GREAT Day for us at AIESEC.

Hence, we will be having a Twitterthon today at 3pm GMT +3 @ AIESEC_Kenya on Twitter where we will be sharing our amazing stories as AIESECers and our individual and collective efforts to ensuring there is Peace in the World today.

Below you will find some more details about how the Twitterthon will unfold. and if you have any questions about the event please feel free to drop a comment or send us a mail at aieseckenya@gmail.com

Are you an Exchange Participant with AIESEC? – Were u an EP, are you an EP, would you like to go on exchange someday? Share an experience during your Exchange (pictures), if you are also reading this and you are currently an EP share a picture of you at the project or workplace or would you like to go on exchange tell us what country  you would like to go for your exchange and why?

Sample Tweets for EP Section

1. I went on exchange in Kenya (2014) and I have discovered so many things about me I never knew. Thus, I #Vote for @AIESEC_Kenya to #UpgradeYourWorldKE #YouthforPeace

2. (Attach a picture from your exchange XP) Me at the project Island of Hope with the awesome kids. I #Vote for @AIESEC_Kenya to #UpgradeYourWorldKE
#YouthforPeace

3. I am currently on exchange in Malaysia and it has been the most interesting four weeks of my life. I #Vote for @AIESEC_Kenya to #UpgradeYourWorldKE
#YouthforPeace

4. I am yet to go on exchange through AIESEC but I will love to visit Bahrain. I #Vote for @AIESEC_Kenya to #UpgradeYourWorldKE.
#YouthforPeace

Feel Free to copy and paste! and also to adjust to suit your experience!

    

Are you an Alumni? – share with us highlights of your AIESEC experience, were you chair as some point, or a FACI? Did you go on exchange? In one way or the other has AIESEC given you something to look back at and be thankful for?

Sample Tweets for Alumni Section

1.    When I was in AIESEC, I was able to travel to about 16 countries and create a positive impact in every one of them. I #Vote for @AIESEC_Kenya to #UpgradeYourWorldKE
#YouthforPeace

2.    Once an AIESECer always an AIESECer! I #Vote for @AIESEC  #UpgradeYourWorldKE
#YouthforPeace

3.    While I was in AIESEC I had the opportunity to facilitate a conference in Pakistan. I #Vote for @AIESEC_Kenya to #UpgradeYourWorldKE
#YouthforPeace

4.   While I was in AIESEC, I was opportuned to go on an exchange program in Ivory Coast. I #Vote for @AIESEC_Kenya to #UpgradeYourWorldKE
#YouthforPeace

5.   AIESEC in 100% the reason why I am where I am today. I #Vote for @AIESEC_Kenya to #UpgradeYourWorldKE
#YouthforPeace

       Feel Free to copy and paste! and also to adjust to suit your experience!

       

      Are you Member? – How long have you been in AIESEC? What roles have you taken up? How have this roles impacted you positively? Let Kenya and the world at large know the good things AIESEC in Kenya is doing in the society.

Sample Tweets for Members Section

1.     I have been in AIESEC for just six months and I have not for one day regret joining this amazing organization. I #Vote for @AIESEC_Kenya to #UpgradeYourWorldKE
#YouthforPeace

2.    AIESEC has become like second family to me. I #Vote for @AIESEC_Kenya to #UpgradeYourWorldKE
#YouthforPeace

3.    Thus far in AIESEC I have taken up 7 leadership roles! Quite Challenging I must say and intense also. I #Vote for @AIESEC_Kenya to #UpgradeYourWorldKE
#YouthforPeace

     Feel Free to copy and paste! and also to adjust to suit your experience!

 

     

Get your #UpgradeYourWorldKE Personal Picture in a minute! Just tweet at us with your picture with the hashtag #Vote #UpgradeYourWorldKE @AIESEC_Kenya

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