Creativity, inspiration and resolve. That’s the atmosphere here surrounding Nuru Ethiopia right now. We’ve just embarked on the journey to create our new Financial Inclusion (FI) Program with some of the brightest, most talented and motivated individuals from the community here in Southern Ethiopia. We have asked these select six to join us for the …
As internal evaluators at Nuru, we periodically assess if our impact programs are contributing to our organization’s mission of ending extreme poverty. How can a theme as complex as poverty—which varies by region and personal perspective—be concisely quantified in an actionable way? Our team believes composite scores can be helpful. A composite score is formed …
As the Nuru International Agriculture Program launches operations in a new year, I find myself yet again pausing to contemplate plans for this year and to reflect on last year. Nuru International’s Agriculture Program is growing in area of operations and increasing the value proposition to farmers. Nuru Kenya’s Agriculture Program will serve thousands of …
As Nuru works to end extreme poverty in remote rural areas, it is the people who make all the difference. In this series introducing the Healthcare Program’s Field Managers, we will see examples of the dedication that makes it possible to positively impact the lives of the Nuru farmers and their families. First we will …
One of the most inspiring things about working for Nuru is being able witness our local leaders’ amazing ability to create innovative solutions to end extreme poverty. Whether it’s designing a new loan package for farmers, working with cutting-edge technologies in the field, or partnering with ground-breaking non-profit organizations; Nuru Kenya’s program managers are constantly …
After months of hard work, the Education Team rolled out its new curriculum to begin the school year on January 6, 2014. George Nyamweya, our Training Manager, and Jolene McCall, Education Intern have been putting in a lot of effort for the last 6 months on new lessons for our students in Pre-Unit (Kindergarten) through …
In October, I wrote about the Nuru Kenya Agriculture (NK Ag) Program’s new crop offerings including brown sorghum, finger millet, maize and Grevillea trees. While the NK Ag team is very excited about growing new crops, convincing farmers to embrace diversification can be a very challenging task for any agriculture program. To encourage farmers to …
WASHINGTON, DC—Nuru International is proud to welcome its newest member, Raj Kumar, to its board of directors. His extensive knowledge and prominence in the international development sector will add significant value as Nuru establishes its second project site, Nuru Ethiopia. Raj made the decision to join the board of directors after a field visit to Nuru Kenya …
“With enhanced creativity, instead of problems you see potential, instead of obstacles you see opportunities, and instead of challenges you see a chance to create breakthrough solutions.” “Creativity is incredibly important as we address challenges that come our way and to build a better future. It can be enhanced by learning idea-generation techniques, building environments …
Nuru International is delighted to announce a new partnership with Kiva, a non-profit organization which connects potential lenders to people without access to traditional banking systems. Our partnership with Kiva is based on a shared goal to alleviate poverty and this shared ideology: “We envision a world where all people – even in the most …
Nuru’s Community Economic Development (CED) program was honored at the Mifos Summit, in October of 2013, with the award for the most innovative Micro Finance Institution (MFI) sponsored by Mifos and Google. The presenters noted Nuru’s use of financial inclusion, as well as other programs, in working to eradicate extreme poverty in an innovative and …
During this time of the year, it is only natural to look back and reflect on the accomplishments and challenges of the previous year. We reflect, regret, and realize how we have failed and where we’ve succeeded. In terms of the Leadership Program, there have definitely been a lot of challenges and some fantastic accomplishments. …
As the Nuru Kenya Agriculture (NK Ag) program gears up for growing new crops in a new season, I took some time to hear from one of the NK Ag program’s founders, Andrew Sinda. Andrew, who is currently a field director with NK Ag, was one of the people who helped start Nuru in Kuria West …
Nuru Kenya’s Agriculture Program is offering a diversified loan package in 2014, including a robust mix of crops including maize, brown sorghum and millet. This recent blog posting from Amy Sherwood lists the benefits of the crops package in contributing to nutrition, food security, and resilient rural livelihoods of farmers in extreme poverty in Kuria …
It was about two years ago when we first began talking about “cross-pollination” at Nuru. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines cross-pollination as “the transfer of pollen from one flower to the stigma of another.” Though I had never used the word in a sentence before literally or as a metaphor, it was an exciting idea. We …