User talk:Gonzaga17

Aloyce Gonzaga Lekuton was born into the Ariaal clan of the Samburu ethnic group in upper Eastern of Kenya. He grew up in Sambamba a village of diverse cultures and he is the only child in his village and family to study outside the country, he received a scholarship to study in Costa Rica, Central America. On December 5th, 2014, he graduated with a Licenciatura in Bachelor of Sciences in Agricultural Engineering at EARTH University, Costa Rica.

Among his achievements, In 2007 to 2009 after completion of his High school Education, Aloyce has worked with World Vision Kenya as a volunteer in Child Sponsorship Program and later was given chance as a child from a minority tribe to study accounts in Jamii Bora Trust Limited and upon finishing his studies he joined Jamii Bora Bank as Loan Officer for six months. He worked in Kibera slums in a small office crediting and advising the Jamii Bora Kibera clients on how to save and manage their small businesses and later he was promoted to Acting branch manager in Laisamis Town, Marsabit South County. During his University life, Aloyce teamed up with his classmate from five other nationalities (Costa Rica, Colombia, Guatemala, and Haiti) was able to come up with a business feasibility study on how to grow vegetables without using soil. They named the Project KARIBU COMPANY which was very successful and was rank one of the most profitable and successful EARTH University student business projects in 2012 – 2013. In 2013, He was also been able to transmit the knowledge he gains during his first and second year of studies in EARTH University to the community of Mafikeng in South Africa when he was doing his internship with Orchard Africa. On his Professional experience, he assisted EARTH University Educational Tourism department in guiding the visitors with information of different farms and also Motivation speeches on specific groups. He has been a close friend to GYLI in EARTH University since 2012 to date where he shares his inspiring life experience with the students.

He wrote an article as sub author with a Professor on “Teaching Entrepreneurship to non-Business Majors: The Case of EARTH University Constructivist Learning Approach” which was published§ in 6th and 7th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ECIE 2011) in Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen Scotland, United Kingdom 2011.