BrandPlus TV created the Executive Woman series to showcase how women are transforming the socio-economic landscape in Kenya while also creating positive change in their communities. Using powerful storytelling, BrandPlus TV seeks to motivate women to go after their dreams. In the episode, host Ng’endo Mwangi speaks to Pauline Wambeti, the Country Director of Nuru Kenya, an …
After five years of lessons taught and of students impacted, Nuru Kenya Education is ending its outreach program to transition to a new program model that better supports long-term sustainability. The end of the 2016 school year in Kenya signals an end and a new beginning. If you’re an education practitioner, or if you’ve been …
Working in real-time with collaboration tools in G Suite has allowed Nuru International to be more effective and efficient in our day-to-day operations across 11 different time zones. We are proud to have our case study featured on Google for Nonprofits alongside other incredible nonprofits like Samasource, Kiva, and charity:water. Read our story >>
ATLANTA, Ga. — Monitoring and evaluation professionals from around the world will gather at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis (265 Peachtree Center Avenue) between October 24-29 for the Evaluation 2016 annual conference. The American Evaluation Association aims to inspire dialogue on the integration of design and evaluation in three areas: program design, evaluation design and information design. Nuru International …
Nuru International is excited that Casey Harrison joined our team in October 2016! We caught up with Casey last week for a quick interview between his onboarding sessions in Kenya to learn about the journey that led him to joining the #NuruCrew. When we asked him to name one thing he’s passionate about, Casey shared …
In early 2015, when Nuru’s Education team was beginning the Program Planning Process, one of the biggest challenges identified by community members, schools, teachers and students was lack of quality latrines at schools. Upon inspection many schools had old, rundown latrines that were poorly constructed and barely functional. Some did not have any at all. …
Meet Eunice–a Kenyan farmer who grows maize Eunice is nearing her 60th birthday. Though now a widow, she is proud to be mother to 10 children and grandmother to over 30 grandchildren. Since 2010 she has been a member of Nuru Kenya’s programs. Before, she would farm the whole long rains season and hardly get 3 …
Today, September 8th, the world celebrates International Literacy Day. Organizations around the world are requesting that people support literacy through book drives, donations, and new reading programs. My wife loves to read. She reads every night and probably averages a book a week, so it was no surprise when we found out we were going …
LOS ANGELES, CA—Hundreds of nonprofit professionals will gather today for the annual Nonprofit Learning Lab Institute. The 2016 theme is “Creating Connections and Discovering Possibilities.” This one-day, member-only event is hosted on September 1, 2016 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM PDT at the NCJW/LA Council House, 543 North Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles. The Nonprofit Learning Lab …
When I set off to work for my three-month pro bono consulting assignment with Nuru Ethiopia, I wondered whether I could transfer my professional skills to real-life situations that could be of true benefit to a community or region. For me, this was a first-time mission to provide advisory services in an unknown territory, with …
ADAMA—The Charities and Societies Agency (ChSA) within Ethiopia has awarded an “A” grade to Nuru Ethiopia. The grading system is based on how well NGOs comply with ChSA guidelines and how effectively NGOs are working within their communities. For this new grading exercise, ChSA considered over 3,000 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), including over 400 international NGOs. Nuru Ethiopia …
In July 2016, Nuru Ethiopia celebrated with the community as smallholder farmers passed a key milestone: successfully facilitating the formation of the Hidota Grain Producer Farmer’s Cooperative Union PLC. This is the first time Nuru has facilitated the creation of such a large enterprise run exclusively by farmer members. The union presently serves 14 primary cooperatives …
Zelalem Abera is the Healthcare Program Manager for Nuru Ethiopia. Zelalem earned his M.S. in Applied Human Nutrition and a B.S. in Public Health with distinction from Hawassa University. He also holds a Diploma in Nursing from Gonder University. He has worked in the health field at a clinical level at different government public health centers and …
Feven Yimer is the Education Program Manager for Nuru Ethiopia. She has a Masters in Sociology from Indra Gandhi National Open University and a Bachelors of Education in Biology from Debube University, Dilla College of Teacher Education and Health Sciences. Prior to joining Nuru Ethiopia, Feven worked as a subject teacher at multiple schools for …
PHILADELPHIA, PA—The Global Oval Summit at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) is bringing together U.S. leaders, celebrities, digital influencers and convention-goers to participate in a series of conversations on the next president’s global development agenda. Key topics will include national security, economic growth, investing in girls and women, global health, energy access and ending extreme …