I have a scar on my right shin from trying to start a crappy motorcycle that I stalled out in the mud. There’s kind of an art to gracefully negotiating sub-par motorcycles on the goat paths and rutted hills of Kuria West, an art that I am better off leaving to other people, like the …
Nuru Intronational announces its most important fundraising campaign to date – I Am Nuru. I Am Nuru is a sustainable giving campaign where individuals or families donate monthly to support Nuru’s work in Kuria, Kenya. There are 1,000 families in Kuria that need continued access to Nuru’s lifesaving Agriculture, Water & Sanitation, Healthcare, Education and …
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Today Nuru International’s visual essay How Nuru Works was featured on Motionographer, the world’s premier motion graphics and visual effects website. Nuru’s Bjorn Amundsen wrote, designed, directed and animated the piece in collaboration with Nuru’s media team. When asked about his reaction to seeing How Nuru Works on the Motionographer website, Bjorn replied, “I was …
12:00PM on Thursday. I have been called, right before I am going to eat. The vaccines are not approved by the Ministry of Health (MOH). Even though they were approved the day before, they are now unapproved, which means I have to drive an hour by motorcycle on a very dusty road to resolve the …
If I could choose a superhero power, I would choose to be able to stop time. Mostly, so that I could sleep. Which probably isn’t what a superhero would do. Then again, my second choice power would be to be able to eat 5,000 calories a day without gaining weight. Yes, these are the things …
Some days I can’t help but think, “Geez, I’ve taken a heck of a long commute to get to work.” From the moment I wake up underneath my mosquito net to the last moments I lie awake listening to the rain pound on our tin roof, I am conscious of the fact that I have …
Nuru’s operation tempo and growth over the last few months has been crazy, and with the launch of our new website, I wanted to take the opportunity to update you on Nuru’s International and Domestic Programs. International Programs Leadership/Community Mobilization There are now 670 farm families (about 3,500 people) enrolled as Nuru members. We have …
Cause 1: There is a hiring freeze on teachers in Kenya. That means that the government will only hire a new teacher when a government teacher dies or retires from their post. Cause 2: The Kenyan government recently declared primary school education to be free and open to all citizens. This means parents are no …
Nuru International’s Foundation Teams in Kuria, Kenya work hard to promote savings, planning, and budgeting as the cornerstones of the program foundation. So far this year, the CED program has developed several effective strategies to empower Nuru members: the Savings Club Program to accomplish; the Farmer Savings Program, and the Apprentice Program. The CED Program …
This is my first blog post! I am very excited to start communicating with the whole wide world about what I think about every day of the week: poverty measurement. Since this is post number ONE, I’ll start with a little background! Our Senior Research Officer, Stephanie Jayne and I manage Nuru’s Measurement and Evaluation …
An update from Education Program Manager Chelsea Barabas, Education Field Manager Frances Magigwe, and CDC Chairman Philip Mohochi on Nuru’s early childhood development training for local preschool teachers.
The following week Tamwi and I researched the total cost of all the books Gukipimo needed. The price came out to about 50,000 ksh (approx. 675 USD). After playing with some numbers and estimating how much each farmer in Gukipimo could reasonably contribute to buying books, we decided that for every 100 shillings that Tamwi …
Disease Intelligence Network, Part II A while ago I told you all about the concept of the Disease Intelligence Network. As a refresher, the elevator pitch is this: we plan to collect health data and make it useful to the health workers. We want to know who has a cough (and where they are) this …