Partnerships can be a powerful force for good. Our partnership strategy is a Nuru distinctive. It says, “If our goal is to end extreme poverty, and it’s really about the poor and not about getting credit, then let’s put aside our brands and start working together!” Partnering with other organizations allows us to extend our reach, increase our impact, realize rapid results and avoid the ever-dreaded reinvention of the wheel. Taking a page out of the for-profit playbook, Nuru brings in experts to fill specific domestic and international operational needs, and performs the role of a “general contractor of NGOs”.
Center for Affordable Water & Sanitation
The Center for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST) provides water and sanitation expertise for the poor in developing countries. They have developed highly effective picture-based training materials designed to reach both those who can and cannot read and write. CAWST’s curriculum, posters and interactive games are being used to teach Nuru members, many whom cannot read or write, life-saving water treatment and hygiene practices. Nuru, in turn, has provided CAWST with a Kiswahili translation of their posters to be used by others in East African communities.
DrinkWell
DrinkWell arose from the Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability Class at Stanford University. Iron deficiency impacts the physical development and long term health of children, especially in poor rural areas where commercially fortified foods are not available. Drinkwell is developing an iron dispensing device for installation at water pumps. Nuru is partnering with Drinkwell by allowing them to test their device with a placebo at our project to support this innovation that could strengthen children and pregnant mothers and save lives.
Dry Tears
Dry Tears is a campaign that was started when a few high school guys decided that they could no longer stand by while people around the world died due to lack of clean water. They began raising money to bring clean water to Africa. Dry Tears partnered with Nuru’s “Be Hope to Her “ water awareness event by raising funds to drill deep wells for our “Water for Schools” project.
Engineers Without Borders
Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is a network of 12,000 professional engineers and engineering students who volunteer to serve communities in need in over in 40 countries. A team from the EWB Boston Professionals Chapter, the majority of whom work for a leading water and wastewater engineering consulting firm named CDM, is partnering with Nuru to pilot rainwater catchment technology in the Kuria Seed Project location.
Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability
Entrepreneurial Design and Extreme Affordability is a graduate-level project course hosted by the Stanford Institute of Design that involves graduate students from all seven schools at Stanford. The course gives students opportunities to design comprehensive solutions to challenges faced by the world’s poor. Nuru is a host organization for the course and we’ll help the students identify a specific need in the community and consider their design for implementation.
Flip Video
Flip Video Spotlight helps charitable organizations use video to make the world a better place. Flip Video partners with Nuru through this matching purchase program, which allows us to bring you candid, up to the minute video updates from our projects.
Harvard Law School - Law and International Development Society
Harvard Law School - Law and International Develoment Society (HLS LIDS) formed to further the missions of development organizations by assisting with legal work. The HLS LIDS is partnering with Nuru to develop agreements that facilitate a mutual understanding of roles and expectations between Nuru and our partners and to perform a legal review of our savings and loan program.
Hope Phones
Hope Phones is a grassroots campaign that uses old cell phones in the US to provide mobile phones for clinics and healthcare workers in the developing world. Cell phones are valuable tools in the battle to reduce disease and illness. The field of mHealth - the provision and coordination of health-related services via mobile communications - is blossoming in response to a global shortage of healthcare workers and the demonstrated impact made by simple, mobile tools. Hope Phones is partnering with Nuru by providing mHealth technology to our Health Representatives. To learn more or to donate your cell phone, visit HopePhones.
LaMotte Testing
LaMotte Testing is a leader in providing top quality equipment and guidance for water analysis. Nuru pursued a partnership with LaMotte for their expertise and the purchase of portable water testing equipment to use in Nuru Seed Projects. LaMotte partnered with Nuru by donating a state of the art colorimeter that provides rapid chemical analysis, and also provided technical support and discounts on other testing supplies.
Living Water International
Nuru pursued a partnership with Living Water International (LWI) because of their 20 years of experience drilling wells in Kenya. LWI has local operations in Kenya and 25 other countries where clean water is scarce. LWI partners with Nuru by providing technical support, cost-sharing and contracting with us to drill deep wells for our “Water for Schools” project, providing lifelong clean water sources for the community and enabling girls to attend school rather than spend their days collecting water.
Maranatha Early Childhood Teacher Training College
Maranatha Early Childhood Teacher Training College is located in a town near the Kuria Seed Project location. Nuru pursued a partnership with them because of their recognized excellence in teacher training and convenient location. The Maranatha Early Childhood Teacher Training College is partnering with Nuru by providing pre-school teachers with quality training at a discount.
ONE
ONE is a grassroots campaign and advocacy organization backed by more than 2 million people who are committed to the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa. Cofounded by Bono and other campaigners, ONE is nonpartisan and works closely with African policy makers and activists. ONE is partnering with Nuru by using their very credible and very loud voice to spread the word about Nuru awareness campaigns. Read Nuru founder and CEO, Jake Harriman's post on the ONE blog and watch the video about his story: The End.
One Acre Fund
One Acre Fund helps East African farmers to grow their own way out of hunger by providing quality seed and fertilizer loans and training to maximize crop yields. Nuru pursued a partnership with One Acre Fund after witnessing their enormous impact on communities in Kenya. One Acre Fund shared their proven program model and training curriculum, which provided a foundation for the Nuru Agriculture Program.