FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 21, 2023 Contact: Tacy Layne | info@nuruinternational.org Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso–Nuru Burkina Faso, in its second year of operations, has secured a grant totaling $2 million through USAID Locally Led Development Initiative in support of its TILIGRE Initiative for Farmers’ Resilience (TIFR). Notably, while other organizational members of the Nuru Collective …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 20, 2023 Contact: Tacy Layne | info@nuruinternational.org; Michelle Tsai | mtsai@helmsleytrust.org Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso–The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has announced a new grant to fund Nuru Burkina Faso for the next two years. This funding of $2.25 million will enable Nuru Burkina Faso to expand agribusiness opportunities …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 10, 2023 Contact: Amy Gaman, Chief of Party BSL | info@nurunigeria.org Yola, Nigeria – Nuru Nigeria has successfully completed the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funded Building Sustainable Livelihoods (BSL) activity, focused on improving food and nutrition security, promoting health and hygiene, building profitable farmer cooperatives, and increasing …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 7, 2022 Contact: Elizabeth Atherton | info@nuruinternational.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – Nuru International applauds USAID’s recently released Local Capacity Strengthening Policy. As part of USAID’s increased focused on localization, this policy dictates that USAID collaborate with its local partners in the following ways: “Define their own vision for success; Strengthen their ability …
ADAMAWA STATE, NIGERIA – Locally-led NGO Nuru Nigeria hosted a closeout workshop on June 1st, 2022, to mark the end of its Farmer Cooperative and Business School Livelihoods project, proudly funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the European Commission (EU), and co-financed through the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), a …
Childhood Malnutrition Around the world, more than 3 million children die from malnutrition each year. That means that every 11 seconds, a lifetime of potential is lost. In Nigeria, one million children under five die every year, and 35% of those deaths are due to causes attributable to malnutrition, making Nigeria one of six countries …