Tag: Video

“Girl Rising” Opens Dialogue About Educating Girls to End Poverty

NASHVILLE, TN—Tennessee Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (TNRPCV) is partnering with HumanDocs and Peace Corps to bring a free screening of “Girl Rising” to…

Helping Is Helping: Interview with Musician Nathan Fox

Almost every day in my role at Nuru, I get the privilege of connecting with individuals who are true change agents. They deploy…

Defying cultural expectations as a ‘woman leader’

As a woman journeying through various roles in different organizations, I have grappled with conflicting cultural expectations whenever I dared to seek challenging…

Have the BEST September ever! Join #30Ways

Last September, you held garage sales, and organized benefit dinners to raise over $25,000 to help bring lasting change to our neighbors in Kenya…

Jake Harriman on Happening Now with Jon Scott | Fox News

Happening Now Anchor Jon Scott brings the nation “good news” by interviewing Jake Harriman – discussing Jake’s recent speech before former Presidents Bush and Clinton, the…

Jake Harriman’s remarks at Presidential Leadership Scholars 2015 Graduation

With the opportunity to speak on behalf of his graduating class, Nuru International Founder and CEO gave an impassioned speech about the idea that…

Jake Harriman Named 2015 Presidential Leadership Scholar

Jake Harriman, CEO and Founder of Nuru International, has been selected to be a member of the inaugural class of Presidential Leadership Scholars, a…

Joshua’s Story

Joshua Makira Chacha is from Ihore Kenya. He’s been farming with Nuru for the last three years, and his story is both heartbreaking…

In June 2007, Nuru was a vision that hadn’t found a home. After spending that summer in Kenya and meeting Philip Mohochi who…

I always enjoy sharing Nuru’s story; but when it’s in front of an audience of 800 smart, promising students, it’s even more of…