4 years ago, my wife and I were living in Chicago and we heard about a friend’s experience living in Kenya. We both immediately felt compelled and overwhelmed with curiosity. Could we do something like that also? I came to Kenya to scout it out. A mutual friend, Mark, urged me on, “Tony, you’ve got to meet Ken Oloo! He’s like the Kenyan version of you!”
Immediately, Ken and I hit it off. As we drove around looking at schools and ministries in Nairobi, we talked about everything from being married to strong, awesome women to American politics to effective storytelling to Kenyan culture. But our conversations were always the most impassioned when we talked about the space where social impact and for-profit business intersected. It’s this space where profit, people and purpose are all so intermingled that you can no longer separate the stew. (more…)