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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
In this episode they shine a light on healthcare in Musanda as the young people help our staff to treat people for jiggers.
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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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