Ben Koissaba

Koissaba Ben R. Ole is the author of the book “Local Advocacy to National Activism: Maa Civil Society Forum, Kenya; and the following papers: Education for All: The Prospects of Mobile Education, Mobile Schools and E-Learning for the Pastoralist Communities in Kenya; Elusive Justice: The Maasai Contestestation of Land Appropriation in Kenya. A Historical and Contemporary Perspective; Community Development: The Dilemma of Theory and Practice, and E-learning Principles and Practices in the Context of Indigenous Peoples: A comparative Study.
He is completing his PhD in International Community Development at Clemson and has his MA in Social Entrepreneurship from Northwest University as well as a Post Graduate Diploma in Theology and Development from Leeds University, UK. His research area is in Indigenous Humanities and the impacts of Globalization in the lives and livelihoods of Indigenous People. Since the late 1980s, he has worked as staff and as a consultant with various local and international NGOs, government agencies, and think tanks in Kenya, including World Vision, Plan International, Action Aid, Premese Africa Development Institute, the Kenya National Poverty Eradication Commission, the Indigenous Concerns Resource Center, and the Kenya, East African, COMESA and IGAD Livestock Policy Hub. His expertise in community development includes experience with HIV, microenterprise, workforce development, disaster risk reduction, participatory research and learning, governance and advocacy, and human rights. He is an outspoken advocate for the land rights of the Maasai people. He is an alumni and mentor of the Clinton Global Initiative University.