<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"century gothic",sans-serif">Dear Listers,</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">G</span><font face="century gothic, sans-serif">reetings from Young African Leaders Initiative Regional
Leadership Center for East Africa. (YALI RLC)</font><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"century gothic",sans-serif">The <a href="http://www.yali.state.gov/" target="_blank">Young
African Leaders Initiative</a> (YALI) was launched as a signature
effort to invest in the next generation of African leaders through Regional Leadership Centers (RLCs). There are three other RLCs across the continent in
Ghana, Senegal and South Africa.  All the Centers provide training in
three distinct tracks - (1) Business & Entrepreneurship, (2) Civic
Leadership and (3) Public Management. </span><span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"century gothic",sans-serif">Nairobi hosts the
YALI RLC in East Africa and works with young leaders from 14 East and Central
African countries.</span><span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"century gothic",sans-serif">As
part of our program, participants from the 14 countries around East and Central
Africa work on a project that solves a challenge or problem that is provided to
them by an innovative organization that is challenging the status quo in their
particular sector. We call this a <b>Design Challenge</b>.</span><span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"century gothic",sans-serif">Typically it
involves a problem statement from an organization that allows the participants
to go out into the field and interview potential clients/stakeholders and
then come up with possible solutions. </span><span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"century gothic",sans-serif">We are inviting
you to come on board and provide our participants with a Design Challenge - an
opportunity to apply the tools they learn to come up with a solution to some of
the areas of difficulty or areas where you would like a fresh perspective and
new insight not only from a Kenyan perspective but from a greater East, Central
and Horn of Africa perspective. </span><span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"century gothic",sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"century gothic",sans-serif">Attached find a guiding document that will assist you in structuring your presentation and coming up with a design challenge based on the unique needs of your organization.</span><span style="font-family:"century gothic",sans-serif"><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"century gothic",sans-serif"> </span><span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"century gothic",sans-serif">Please feel free to get back to me in case of
any query or clarification. You are also welcome to visit our center at Kenyatta University for
further consultations as you prepare your design challenge.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"century gothic",sans-serif">Kindly note that
there is NO financial implication for presenting a design
challenge to our participants.</span><span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"century gothic",sans-serif">Best Regards</span><span></span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b>Gakiria Andrew <br><br></b></div></div>
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