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Nancy Interview Featured On The Oxford Blue Website

Nancy was recently interviewed for The Oxford Blue on themes of empowerment through education.

"Since 2001, Nancy has helped to build day care centres, a medical centre, a school and countless sustainable projects that encourage individual empowerment instead of reliance and dependency on aid. Oxford students have continued to support the charity through internships and volunteering and the University of Oxford awarded Nasio the Gold Standard for the opportunities given to students."

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PRESS RELEASE: Empowering girls’ education to end poverty in Kenya

We welcomed the recent BBC news article by Sean Coughlan, ‘Boris Johnson says girls’ education key to ending poverty’, as we have long championed the importance of educating girls in poverty stricken areas.

Nasio wholeheartedly agrees with Helen Grant, special envoy for girls' education, who said: “High quality female education empowers women, reduces poverty and unleashes economic growth.”

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Nasio Trust 2020 Achievements Info-graphic

We recently prepared this infographic and thought you might like to see it! What a year it’s been.

You can see a full version of it on this link.

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Nasio Featured On Play Action International Website

Play Action have kindly featured Nasio in an article on their website “Christmas comes early for Catherine and her children”.

It is said by the locals around the Kakamega Musanda/Milimani areas of Kenya that when their major sugar factory shut down, it was like going for the jugular for the majority of homes trying to source income.

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Esme’s Poem Inspired By Her Visit

It has since been published to critical acclaim and compared to the work of WH Auden.

Esme Thomas (17) was inspired to write a wonderful poem after visiting our projects in Kenya.

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Nancy Discussing COVID-19 On BBC Radio Oxford

Last week Nancy was interviewed over the airwaves from Kenya about Nasio’s ongoing COVI-19 relief effort.

If you missed the interview (which unfortunately was subject to some patchy network quality) you can listen again here.

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Conor & Bryn Complete 31 Half-Marathons in 31 Days

Conor and Bryn have completed a truly incredible undertaking.

At the start of May they both set out to complete an incredible 31 half-marathons. That's one every singe day throughout the month. They also set the ambitious goal of completing every one in under 2 hours.

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Nasio Trust 2019 Achievements Infographic

We recently prepared this infographic and thought you might like to see it! What a year it’s been.

You can see a full version of it on this link.

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Further COVID-19 preparation updates from Nancy in Kenya

The official number of cases of COVID-19 in Kenya is now at 25.

Nancy, our CEO, is remaining in Kenya and continues to coordinate Nasio Trust’s response on the ground as the region tightens preparations.

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Nasio Trust COVID-19 response: Update 21st March 2020

Nancy Hunt, our CEO, is currently in Kenya and coordinating Nasio’s response on the ground to the pandemic. The first cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Kenya and Nasio is taking proactive steps to prevent the spread of the virus and protect the health and wellbeing of the Mumias and Musanda communities.

Initially Nancy herself had to self-isolate as a precaution following Kenyan government instructions because she’d just arrived from the UK, a country which already had confirmed Coronavirus cases.

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