90-year-old Priscilla Sitienei is the oldest primary student in the world
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Training & development
Check out the following post from Mighty Girl. To have such a strong, unquenchable thirst for learning is powerful & inspiring. Check out Priscilla Sitienei, who goes to primary school with her great-great-grandchildren. At Leaders Vision Preparatory School in Ndalat, Kenya, one student stands out from the rest — 90-year-old Priscilla Sitienei! The nonagenarian, who […]
Tags: education, inspirational, kenya, learning, mighty girl
The Rock.Paper.Scissors newsletter is out: a Canadian Abroad
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Diversity & culture
This month’s Rock.Paper.Scissors e-newsletter focuses on lessons I’ve learned as a Canadian living abroad. (Not on the monthly e-newsletter mailing list? Sign up for free here.) 1. Living in Africa has been a wild & wonderful adventure. Kind of like the traffic. It’s a big deal to navigate in a city with the 4th worst […]
Tags: culture, kenya, westgate
Charlie’s Chocolate Factory – finding a neighbour 14,354 km away
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Diversity & culture
The strangest coincidences happen when you’re far, far from home. Like when I was on safari recently in Kenya and met THE Charlie of Charlie’s Chocolate Factory. Charlie is somewhat of a local legend & meeting him & his wife in person was a sweet treat (pun intended). Charlie’s Chocolate Factory is a family-owned and […]
Tags: culture, difference, kenya, similarity
Training & development learning well August blog post round up
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Training & development
Didn’t have time to read August’s posts? Here they are – laid out like a picnic for your perusing – here’s the Rock.Paper.Scissors’ monthly training & development round up. You’ll find all the blog posts for the month of August below. Learn well in the training & development learning well. Dive deep into the learning […]
Tags: aiesec, cross-cultural, engagement, kate sutherland, kenya, perspective
My Kenyan deep dive into delight- part 3 of 3 Learning Kenyan style
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Diversity & culture, Training & development, Travel
I wholeheartedly identify with the little goldfish above. It was time for adventure, for embracing something bigger. So what did I do? I moved to Kenya naturally, to continue and expand on my training and development work. This is the third in series of posts, with four more things I’ve been learning since I touched […]
Tags: international development, kenya, learning, literacy
There’s a 6 foot long green snake living in my banana tree
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Diversity & culture, Training & development, Travel
There’s a 6 foot long green snake living in the banana tree in my yard. So said my ‘friend’ Roman the other day while we were out walking the dogs. Trying not to faint, with eyebrows askance, I said ‘Really?’ ‘Sure,’ he says, ‘but don’t worry it’s utterly harmless.’ I was pretty sure he was […]
Tags: humour, international development, kenya, privilege, self-awareness, united nations, wes darou
And my big announcement is ….
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Diversity & culture, Travel
I’ve packed my bags. I’ve changed my postal code. I’ve rerouted my mail. I’ve relocated. I’m in for a massive adventure. Join me? I’ve moved to Kenya for a year. Yup, Kenya. The home of the Masai people (pictured above) is my new home. There will be lots of new learning adventures and more training […]
Tags: kenya, learning and development
Musings on Africa; cookie dough, screech owls, bumper cars & matatus
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Travel
Back in chilly, wet Vancouver. Remembering. Recent musings from Africa. I watched some weaverbirds making nests while running on the treadmill the other morning. Picking up twigs from the children’s playground they industriously wove them together. I marvel that they make 5-6 nests for every one they use (better protection). I especially marvel that the […]
Tags: africa, bumper cars, kenya, tanzania, uganda, united nations, weaver bird
Lulled to sleep in a mosquito net
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Travel
Enroute home from Nairobi to Vancouver. I’ve switched one cocoon (mosquito net encased bed) for another (airplane). Sleeping within a mosquito net is like: – going to bed in a fairy’s nest – entering a butterfly’s silken home – entering a den of cotton candy – being free and cocooned simultaneously Where are you free […]
Tags: africa, cocoon, free, kenya, mosquito net, united nations
I believe in hope
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Conflict resolution, Social Responsibility, Travel
Tomorrow I leave Nairobi for home. As I get ready for the 24 hour marathon journey a pause to think about my time here……. I believe that hope has a home. It lives in small places, fanned by the winds of change. I believe that hope is our compass. Without it we’re lost in the […]
Tags: africa, change management, kenya, nairobi, united nations