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Nuru International is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending extreme poverty in remote, rural areas. Learn all about our work in Kenya and Ethiopia here on our blog.
After a long search, Nuru’s Education Program has finally found a District Manager. George Baridi officially began work with Nuru’s Education Team in March of 2013. Baridi has a long history of working in the international education sector with various NGOs and other collaborations with governments. Over the past 10 years, he has worked as …Continue Reading
In February 2013, Nuru International held interviews with applicants from all over Ethiopia who were interested in working in the new Nuru Ethiopia Agriculture Program. The task was to find high-capacity agriculture experts who also held a strong commitment to servant leadership and the eradication of extreme poverty. The group of applicants that walked through …Continue Reading
In February 2013, Nuru International’s project in Ethiopia transitioned into the early phases of field implementation. In this update, I introduce Douglas La Rose, Nuru International’s Agriculture Program Facilitator for Ethiopia. Before I do so, I want to review where we’ve come from and where we’re at currently. Nuru International started working in Kuria, Kenya …Continue Reading
Update from Matt Lee: After implementing the Research and Development (R&D) program for several months, we saw an opportunity to further improve the program in order to serve our community better. Social Enterprises has been pursuing different avenues to increase revenue streams in order to ensure the financial sustainability of our programs. One promising business they …Continue Reading
When the Leadership Program launched a couple of years ago we had some specific ideas about how we wanted the organization to value the voices of those we were serving and desired to strategically put us in a position to lead together with those living in extreme poverty. We believed a ready-made Western solution to …Continue Reading
As the start of Term 2 approaches in Kenya, the Nuru Education team is poised for success and continued impact. The team has generated considerable momentum this year under the strong leadership of Victoria Tissian and Jimmy Leak. George Nyamweya’s move from a Field Manager to the team’s Training Manager has enabled us to take …Continue Reading
Nuru International’s Agriculture Program: Commitment to Environmental Sustainability
Matt Lineal
Sustainability and Environment The subject of this post is Nuru International’s approach to environmental sustainability in the Agriculture Program. Nuru International often discusses sustainability in terms of projects running on local finances (Financial Sustainability) and local leadership (Leadership Sustainability). While these values are fundamental to the way projects operate, there are other qualifiers of sustainability. …Continue Reading
Putting Rules in Place: Developing a Group Constitution
Elias Fanta
We are thrilled to see Nuru’s Community Economic Development (CED) program growing every day and expanding its services to every village and community in Kuria West District. As of March 31st 2013, CED has helped more than 2000 community members in organizing 304 savings and loan groups in its Misingi Wa Kapesa (Mwak) model. The …Continue Reading
Thoughts from Kenya: M&E Guest Post by Mwita Babere
Jamie Frederick
It’s very sunny here in Kenya but we are still working hard and when I think of Nuru’s mission I work even harder. When I joined Nuru, I never thought I would be so emotionally committed to Nuru and “ending extreme poverty one community at a time”. This phrase takes my heart away, especially when …Continue Reading
This is a question we have often contemplated in Leadership, and while it seems on the surface to be inherently complicated, we are slowly beginning to make sense of it. In a previous blog post I mentioned that one way of measuring our program will be through the Staff Leadership Review. In addition to this, …Continue Reading