MARAGOLI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP and SUSTAINABILITY: AFTER 10 YEARS of MACODEF OPERATIONS, WE DECIDED IN 2014 THAT ALL THE INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEES and THE LOCAL BOARD of GOVERNORS WOULD GATHER TOGETHER IN KENYA to EVALUATE THE FOUNDATIONS ACHIEVEMENTS and to CRAFT A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN. LOCAL OWNERSHIP is A LARGE PART of OUR GUIDING ETHOS, and WE ALL FELT STRONGLY THAT THE LOCAL BOARD of GOVERNORS SHOULD BE IN THE LEAD, BOTH ADMINISTRATIVELY and IN FUNDRAISING. WE AGREED THAT IN FIVE YEARS TIME (THAT IS, BY THE END of 2019) THE INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEES WOULD HAND OVER CONTROL of THE FOUNDATION. WORK OVER THAT FIVE-YEAR PERIOD (2014-2019) HAS FOCUSED ON CONTINUING MACODEFS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT MISSION WHILE INCREASING SELF-SUSTAINABILITY of THE FOUNDATION IN KENYA. BASED AT THE RESOURCE CENTER, INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS POULTRY and RABBIT RAISING, VEGETABLE SALES, INTERNET and PRINTING SERVICES, and TENT RENTAL EXPANDED, LAUNCHING AN ERA of GREATER FINANCIAL SELF-SUFFICIENCY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. THE