This International Women’s Day, Nuru joins the global community in imagining a gender equal world. To celebrate the progress being made toward this bright future, we invited three creative, brilliant, and world-changing women of Nuru to share about how they #BreakTheBias every day as women in leadership. Pauline Wambeti believes in “not waiting for …
This post is the second in this blog series about farmer organizations and cooperatives. Click here to read Part 1. Farmer organizations play a vital role in helping Nuru farmers gain access to the resources necessary to increase yields and increase income. This ultimately supports their shift from subsistence farming to farming as a business. …
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the globe, and while many countries have started to see some semblance of normalcy, the pandemic itself and the lack of access to vaccinations continues to disrupt economies and destroy livelihoods across many African countries. Nuru Ethiopia navigated the unexpected hurdles of 2020, and it continues to create impact for …
The year 2020 was a critical year for many organizations, including Nuru Kenya. Against the backdrop of seemingly endless challenges created by COVID-19 and the necessary restrictions imposed to maintain safety, Nuru Kenya’s work continued. Nuru Kenya worked with 11,000 people to increase crop yields, increase incomes, and strengthen rural agribusinesses. As COVID-19 emerged last …
Courage is resolve amidst adversity. This is my reflection as countries of the world pass the one-year mark of COVID-19 entering their borders and infecting their citizens. For much of Sub-Saharan Africa, the spread of COVID-19 turned markets upside down. The pandemic disrupted value chains, and it choked off vital economic flows to countries and …
Today is world water day, a day set aside to globally recognize the importance of clean water. In Ethiopia, Nuru has been focused on helping the farming communities it serves to improve access to clean water. In 2020, amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Nuru Ethiopia successfully repaired and established clean water sources. These water sources …
At Nuru, a firm belief remains constant: the best way to cultivate lasting meaningful choices is from within the community, within the household, and within the farmer. Nuru focuses on better yields, higher incomes, more savings, and locally-led dialogues. Through this, Nuru ensures that farmers like Joshua Makira Chacha in Kenya, Denknesh Abro in Ethiopia, …
In August 2020, Nuru Kenya began expanding into Homa Bay County, Kenya. Nuru Kenya has been serving farmers, growing leaders, and strengthening cooperatives in Migori County since 2008, and now it is building on that momentum in Homa Bay County. Why Homa Bay? Nuru intends to address the prevalent poverty and other socio-economic inequalities …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 17, 2020 Contact: Tacy Layne | info@nuruinternational.org LAGOS –– In November 2020, Nuru Nigeria Executive Director Amy Gaman was awarded the Award of Excellence in Leadership and Humanitarian Services from the organizer of Nigeria Achievers Awards by Glo May Specialities, a subsidiary of Yibrem Global Resources Limited. The Nigerian Achievers Awards …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 15, 2020 Contact: Tacy Layne | info@nuruinternational.org WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nuru Kenya is highlighted in the recently published book What Transformation Takes: Evidence of Responsible INGO Transitions to Locally Led Development Around the World. The exit of Nuru International from Nuru Kenya is one of nineteen featured case studies in this …
On June 2, Nuru Kenya and Nuru Social Enterprises presented virtually for Humentum Africa. Humentum brings together international relief and development organizations to share best practices, learn from one another, and collaborate on larger opportunities. Nuru Kenya’s presentation focused on building sustainable business solutions amid challenges for the rural poor and was attended by 37 …
The first half of 2020 has been a fantastic series of tangible outcomes for the Nuru Nigeria team. The results are the product of many months of effort in training, testing, procuring and interacting with our farmers and their associations in northern Adamawa State. From permagardens for household nutrition to better monetary security and transparency …
The 2015 exit of Nuru International staff from Migori County, Kenya, was recently featured as a case study in the USAID-funded collaborative research project, “Stopping As Success: Transitioning to Locally Led Development” (SAS), a project aimed at promoting “locally led development by bringing greater awareness to the international community of the multiple dynamics at play …
Workenesh Nekeri is a Nuru woman farmer, mother, and a member of Shambara Primary Cooperative in SNNPR, Ethiopia. She and her husband became members of the multipurpose cooperative by paying 100 ETB each, about $6 USD, for their ownership shares in the business. They paid for these shares with income from their primary on-farm business …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 19, 2019 CONTACT Billy Williams | billy.williams@nuruinternational.org Washington, DC–Nuru International celebrates the passage of the bipartisan Global Fragility Act (GFA), included in the Fiscal Year 2020 spending package. This landmark legislation requires the establishment of a robust strategy to focus U.S. foreign assistance on addressing and preventing violent extremism in fragile …