Margaret’s Volunteering Visit
Margaret is a long time Nasio child sponsor and recently undertook her fourth trip to Kenya, in order to meet the three children she supports.
Here's what she told us in the run-up to her trip!
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With deep sadness, we announce the death of Mark San
It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of Mark San on the 4th July 2017.
He was chairman of the trustees until he resigned due to ill health in 2012. Mark's warmth, spiritual insight and guidance helped plan the initial concept for child care in Kenya and he used the same qualities to assist Nancy and Jonathan with the formation of the Nasio Trust.
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Empowerment Through Unity: Rethinking Western Attitudes to Development Work
In recent decades, changing discourse from the United Nations has altered the focus of international relations from preventing interstate conflict to furthering the human security of individuals.
The UN Development Programme 1994 Human Development Report highlighted these new ideals of “freedom from want” and “freedom from fear” for all people, and claimed that this was the best way to overcome global insecurity.
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New Vehicle Donated!
Every now and again we experience an act of such incredible generosity from our supporters that we have to shout about it!
An amazing donor (who has asked to remain anonymous) has donated a vehicle to the social work team in Kenya.
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10 Essential Considerations Before You Book A Volunteering Trip
At the Nasio Trust, we believe passionately that volunteering can make a difference to the lives of people in desperate need.
However with so many "voluntourism" options available, how do you know you're choosing the right one?
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The Voluntourism Debate… And Why We’re Different
In recent years much criticism has been directed at the phenomenon of voluntourism whereby individuals mix foreign holidays with voluntary work for NGOs.
The concern is that projects can become more about the volunteers and their experience than about meeting community needs.
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Good Luck To The Oxfordshire Scouts!
We are delighted that 23 Scouts will travel to Kenya to take part in a Nasio volunteer community project and Safari in July 2017.
The 14 day trip will be a mix of volunteering and safari, as well as an opportunity to meet Kenyan scouts in order to exchange skills and knowledge.
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The Booys Family Technology and Engineering Bursary
We’re very excited to announce a new bursary being generously offered by Richard and Sue Booys.
The importance of encouraging the children we support into further/higher education cannot be overstated if we're to achieve our goal of creating self-sufficient communities.
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Volunteer to be a part of our UK team
Are you thinking of a gap year, looking for a new challenge, change of career, interested in international development or have any free time to spare? Spending a few months at Nasio UK Office is a great way to hone your skills.
We would love to hear from you. We try to keep our overheads to a minimum so that the money raised by our supporters goes to where it is needed in Kenya www.thenasiotrust.org to support our children and their communities.
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Identifying responsible overseas charity work
We’ve just seen a fantastic article over on the Oxford Student website about responsible voluntourism.
Well worth a look and Nasio get a great write up too!
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