Tag: Women Farmers

Dairy Livelihoods: A Lifeline for Kenyan Farmers

Nuru Kenya launched its rural livelihoods program in 2017 with dairy cattle in Migori County, Kenya. Through the rural livelihoods program, Nuru Kenya…

Nuru Nigeria Partners with GIZ to Empower Women

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 30, 2023  Contact: Simon | info@nuruinternational.org Abuja, Nigeria–Nuru Nigeria, in partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ),  is…

International Women’s Day: How One Woman Leader Chooses to #EmbraceEquity

On this International Women’s Day, the Nuru Collective is honored to join with people across our global community to #EmbraceEquity.  The Nuru Collective…

Mary Joel: A Woman Farmer’s Story of Resilience

In this final blog post for our Women’s Month series, we look at the way one woman farmer’s life has been positively impacted…

From Minimum Standards to a Gender Transformative Approach: The State of Women at Nuru

In 2017, Nuru International proudly joined a small but growing number of international development organizations endorsing ‘Minimum Standards for Mainstreaming Gender Equality.’ Now…

Vitamin Angels Partners with Nuru Nigeria

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 22, 2020  Contact: Tacy Layne | info@nuruinternational.org ABUJA, NIGERIA — Vitamin Angels recently partnered with Nuru Nigeria by donating…

On-farm Livelihood Diversification for Rural Ethiopia

Workenesh Nekeri is a Nuru woman farmer, mother, and a member of Shambara Primary Cooperative in SNNPR, Ethiopia. She and her husband became…

Learning trip inspires farmers to invest in dairy farming

Nuru Kenya has significantly improved the rural livelihoods of communities in Migori County by supporting the establishment of 14 farmer-led, farmer-managed, and farmer-owned…

Nuru Nigeria: Cultivating Resilience Through Permagardens

Mothers around the world are busy, and the Nuru Nigeria Women’s Farmer Association members are no different. They invested in two days of…