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International Teachers Supporting Kenyan Teaching Team During Lockdown

In different parts of the world right now, we are all learning to be a little more resilient with ourselves and especially with everyone around us.

Personally, I was looking forward to joining our Nasio school teachers in Kenya in March to deliver our second Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE) program, but due to Covid-19, it had to be postponed. Postponed till the day I got a message from Ian Mbati, our Nasio schools head teacher, humbly asking “how can we develop our teachers during the quarantine?” At that moment I realized that our ECDE program must not be postponed, instead it should be reinvented.

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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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A New House For Sheila & Leila

Amidst great hardship we often hear tales of wonderful kindness, and of communities pulling together to help those in need.

Sheila (aged 8) & Leila (aged 7) are both beneficiaries of the Nasio Trust. Their home was built on clay soil and the recent floods had destabilised it to the point where it was dangerous to enter.

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Displaced By A Flood With New Born Twins

Regular supporters may be aware of the recent flooding affecting the areas of western Kenya where Nasio operates.

One of the people affected by the flooding is Margret Mukabana. Margret gave birth to twins on the 2nd May by caesarian section at St. Mary's Hospital. Shortly afterwards, Margaret’s home and all of her possessions had been washed away.

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From Volunteer To Trustee – Sue’s Story

Over on our Facebook page, we have been posting all this week about ‘Sue’s Story’ and how Sue Russell went from sponsoring a child, to volunteer to charity secretary!

Sue’s story is truly inspiring, and we hope it may convince you to consider becoming a charity trustee yourself.

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Areas of Mumias West devastated by flooding

As our supporters will know, the rural communities we support in western Kenya are being hit hard by COVID-19. We’re now sad to report that the river Nzoia in Mumias has burst its banks and is in flood.

With heavy rain now predicted for at least the next 7 days, there's no sign of improvement in the situation.

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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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Faye’s Story – 5 Trips & Counting!

It all started January 2013 when I bounced through the doors of my house (aged 15), turned to my Mum and said “I’m going to Kenya”. She looked at me and said “oh really”, I don’t think she quite knew how serious I was being, but I knew that year in October I would be boarding the plane.

Little did I know how much of a difference it would have made the next 7 years of my life. My friend had gone the previous year, she asked me if I would like to go and I knew straight away I had to.

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Izaac’s Volunteering Story!

My fundraising started in early 2019 with the Abingdon YOCO group. We did various group fundraisers such as concerts, running 5km and car parking at a local village festival. This was a good way to become familiar with others in my group and created a strong team mentality.

We landed at Kisumu airport and were greeted by our designated Nasio drivers and they were very helpful and friendly all through our drive to the compound, pointing out local traditions and explaining some of them to us. They also pointed out local landmarks.

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