2018 was a fantastic year for the Nasio Trust! We celebrated so many achievements marking more steady progress towards breaking the cycle of poverty in Kenya and beyond.
There are so many things we could list, but here are our top-ten highlights...
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Kennington Overseas Aid have been a long time and well-loved partner.
Sadly (after the death of a long-serving group member) KOA have decided to hang up their hats on this their 50th anniversary year.
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We wanted to share some surprising research recently completed at our new medical centre.
Cases of URTIs and other respiratory diseases are prevalent in Musanda and its environs due to poor hygiene practices, weather changes, dust and allergies.
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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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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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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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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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As you might be aware our founder Nancy was recently awarded an honorary doctorate for the amazing work undertaken by The Nasio Trust.
We thought now would be a great time to share a talk she did at an Inspirational Change event run by Community Change Agents.
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We’re very excited to announce that – on Friday April 28th – Nasio founder Nancy Hunt was awarded an honorary doctorate at Exeter Cathedral for the incredible work that she and the charity have accomplished!
Congratulations Nancy.
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At the end of 2016 we were lucky enough to have the nice people from BBC South Today follow a group of young people to Western Kenya.
They filmed the experience of the group as they learned about the importance of the work undertaken by the Nasio Trust. Find out more and hear from Moses, the child who started it all 15 years ago - in this great video.
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