May 2013
ICROSS is delighted to announce the appointment of P Ole Lasoi to the Board of Directors of ICROSS Kenya. Paul is a highly respected Maasai Elder who has sat on District Development committees and policy planning councils for decades. Mr OleLasoi was the head teacher of a number of remote primary schools pioneering the education of Maasai girls in the 1970s.
In 1980 Paul helped establish the Pastoralist advisory team guiding ICROSS in Kenya to establish appropriate development initiatives. For over 20 years he led the Rift Valley programme team retiring in 2012. Mr OleLasoi works with numerous communities and has been responsible for establishing over 30 ICROSS projects since 1986.
He joins the board of Directors to represent the ICROSS communities and teams in the newly created administrative counties. His portfolio will aslso include Internal Governance and he heads up the new Programme Development team responsible for implementing the ICROSS Strategic plan 2012-2017. Mr Ole Lasoi will be in charge the financial policy planning sub committee and will be advised by the senior administration directly.
The Chairman of the board of Directors , Dr Sequeira welcomed Mr OleLasoi onto the Board as an "essential development in strengthening ICROSS moving towards the millenium goals and new challenges ahead "
The Country Director Danny Ngwiri congratulated Mr Ole Lasoi seen here with the International Director Dr Michael Meegan. The Founder said today at Ngong " I have worked closely with Paul for over thirty years, his new role places him in key policy position to help ICROSS prepare for future expansion. We are all excited that Mr Ole Lasoi has taken on these important responsibilities at board level. He is loved and respected throughout Maasai land and has an unparallelled network with leaders, politicians and elders across all the clans. This addition to the board greatly strengthens ICROSS in its long term plan for the future".
Mr Ole Lasoi was the first recipient in 2012 of the first Dr Joe Barnes Humanitarian award for his lifetime of service to the pastoral Maasai. Mr OleLasoi said " I am humbled in the faith that the board of Directors has placed in me. I feel I have many years of voluntary service left to give my people. I will spend every waking day helping to build ICROSS and Maasai owned development. I am proud of our 35 years of achievements, prouder still they have taken place through our culture and our values . All we have done has been in our own language and in our own way. I will spend my time on the advisory board and on the Board of Directors helping to build a young dynamic learning ICROSS on the firm foundation of our decades of success"
ICROSS began its activities in 1978. We aim at providing long-term assistance to the nomadic communities of the sub-Saharan region. We act as a catalyst and all our projects are run and owned by the communities we serve. We work to improve health and living standards using their own culture. We work within a five-year strategic plan. This was developed with the Ministry of Health in Kenya and sets out long term goals.
Remember, you have the power to change tomorrow.
Dr. Michael Elmore Meegan - Founder and International Director ICROSS.
ICROSS began its activities in 1978. We aim at providing long-term assistance to the nomadic communities of the sub-Saharan region. We act as a catalyst and all our projects are run and owned by the communities we serve. We work to improve health and living standards using their own culture. We work within a five-year strategic plan. This was developed with the Ministry of Health in Kenya and sets out long term goals.
Remember, you have the power to change tomorrow.
Dr. Michael Elmore Meegan - Founder and International Director ICROSS.
